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Originally Posted by Igottago
You veil your argument with ideals about "common goals" and then you drop the absurd bombshell about the system being against white males. That shows me one thing, you are okay with minorities being here as long as they remain minorities and have little say in how the country operates. Well tough luck buddy, better go hide in a corner somewhere before the evil minorities come and destroy your race.
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I don't think he meant this. Granted i haven't read all of the posts but i don't think he wants minorty groups to not have a say in what happens to Canada. I for one treat everyone equal and that inlcudes people like me, an able-bodied, straight, white, middle-class male. sometimes (here in the UK at least) someone who is not from one of these groups will get a different treatment that a majority person will get. I just want everyone to be equal no matter what. I am not better than anyone else but they are not better than me also, thats what can annoy me. Its ok to have a gay only bar but not a straight only bar? Its ok to have a radio station dedicated to black music but not to white music? its ok to have an asian community centre but not an English community centre. All these things and more are making the steps of integrating all groups harder because it is telling the peoples that you are not part of one group (the country) but part of smaller groups. I know that there maybe preferential treatment for white Canadians when it comes to some aspects like jobs and that should also be changed.
In this case the celebrating of Christmas is not just for the religion of Christians, it is a cultural and historical part of Canada and that includes, decorations, trees, reindeers, the stories, nativity plays and all else that goes with it. By changing it, no matter how slightly we are taking away part of the country that has made Canada. Adding to it with other religious festivals and celebrations is so great but taking away parts of longer standing ones is not the way to go.
Over here, most of the peoples of other ethnic backgrounds and religions love Christmas and do not want any part of it to change. They respect that is part of our culture and history but all it takes is one person to get 'offended' by the 3 wise MEN and boom everyone is wondering what they can omit from Christmas in order to not offend anyone else. That is what is wrong.
Sorry for the rant but it really annoys me when any culture/race/sex/etc is treated unfairly.
Love to you all - well apart from Oiler fans... (that was a joke)