I am a proud Canadian, always have been (well, at least as far back as I can remember) I hope to always be that way. So, to have a fellow citizen slam another country in a time of great tragedy upsets me to the core. http://www.soulcast.com/post/show/60052/Why%3F-Murder-at-Virginia-Tech#
Who in their right mind can tout about how sensitive we as
Canadians are while slamming a country in mourning? Where is the
sensitivity in that? I was initially embarrassed. Then it struck
me. I am not the same as that person claiming to be a holier-than-thou
Canadian. First of all, I can spell. Secondly I would never kick a
person when they're down. Whether it be an American, or any other
nationality.
I am a proud Canadian and although from time to time (just to tease my
half-American husband) I make fun of the US,
it is just in jest. Most of us Canadian's do it. Usually it's
related to the fact that those in the states have no idea that we exist as a sovereign
nation.
I love my country and almost everything about it (minority governments-not so
much!). I am not one of those people who likes to complain about the
politics of our nation. As I see it, if the government I helped vote in
is in , I got my way. If the other parties running got in, well, at least
I didn't vote for them.
I am a Canuck; I do not use the word 'hoser' and rarely finding my self saying
'eh' (even less since Happy Days stopped being cool).
As a Canadian I have experienced only once in my life a misguided American who
had ski's on their car in July and did not know where all the snow was.
Yes, it snow's here and it can get pretty cold. But it also becomes
fairly hot in the summer (and no, it's not a dry heat).
I am a Canadian, and we too have troops in Afghanistan
and we too have troops being killed there. I am from a major metropolitan
centre and we too have crime and guns and murders. But we also have a
future generation that needs to be taught to love our world and love our
freedoms. Perhaps it’s the generation of
my children that will bridge the snobbery that some of us hold dear to out
hearts when it comes to our neighbours to the south. Surely we as Canadians can point to a number
of our fellow country-men and find idiots where we are. Perhaps it’s not that we should be pointing
fingers or making assumptions about one nation or another or even our own
country-men. Perhaps we should just try
to love ourselves for who we are and try to find the good in others.
