Playing O'Canada

[Rockslinger]

The Province of New Brunswick has ordered all schools to play O'Canada daily. This should really piss off the LLL. Remember that idiot school principal who ordered the playing of O'Canada stopped because a couple of immigrant parents hated Canada?

 

[WoodPeckr]

Did those immigrant parents move to New Brunswick?....

 

[ig-88]

You're more than welcome to send your kids to a private school if you can't stand O Canada.

 

[Rockslinger]

Did those immigrant parents move to New Brunswick?....

I doubt the JTF kidnapped them from their happy home in Afghanistan and dragged them kicking and screaming to Canada and then held them here against their will and forced their kids to sing O'Canada. BTW I don't think the school ever disclosed the actual names of the two families that complained except to say what terrible people Canadians are because we are trying to protect women's rights in Afghanistan.

 

[spankingman]

I doubt the JTF kidnapped them from their happy home in Afghanistan and dragged them kicking and screaming to Canada and then held them here against their will and forced their kids to sing O'Canada. BTW I don't think the school ever disclosed the actual names of the two families that complained except to say what terrible people Canadians are because we are trying to protect women's rights in Afghanistan.

I recall a piece of an old joke,wish I could recall the whole thing but the last few lines were as follows

I like Canada,damm good place,
too damm good for white mans race
White man don'tlike coloured man
PLENTY ROOM IN PAKISTAN!!!!!!

If they DONT like it here GO BACK its simple!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MYSITEONLY]

They should play O Canada at every school, private or not, otherwise go back to where you came from, we don't want you here.

 

[diehard]

They should play O Canada at every school, private or not, otherwise go back to where you came from, we don't want you here.

the hymn is not that big of a problem.

sing it or not, are they true citizens?

 

[Brookstone]

umm.... maybe I"m just too tired right now from working on the computer all day and not thinking straight, but isnt playing O'Canada at the beginning of the day, everyday the norm? Pretty sure thats how it was for me back in school.

 

[Hangman]

So much hate and racism disguised as patriotism.

Whether schools play the damn song or not, your getting all butthurt about it doesn't make you better Canadians, and it doesn't make immigrants the bad people you think they are.

You want schools to play the state song? How about every federal, provincial and municipal office?

And its JTF2. Not JTF. When you use the military in your little political arguments, do try to get the acronyms correct.

 

[Hangman]

They should play O Canada at every school, private or not, otherwise go back to where you came from, we don't want you here.

I have no problem with people not wnting to listen to the state song every morning, comrade. They can stay. Your totalitarian attitude can go though.

 

[moresex4me]

So much hate and racism disguised as patriotism.

Whether schools play the damn song or not, your getting all butthurt about it doesn't make you better Canadians, and it doesn't make immigrants the bad people you think they are.

You want schools to play the state song? How about every federal, provincial and municipal office?

And its JTF2. Not JTF. When you use the military in your little political arguments, do try to get the acronyms correct.

Acronym for a non-existent unit doesn't really matter, does it? And there is no JTF1, so I don't think anyone would get confused!

 

[Rockslinger]

I was watching the late night CTV news last night and saw a group of children singing O'Canada. They are Argentinian students at a school in Buenos Aires, Argentina! Love it!

 

[goldfinger]

umm.... maybe I"m just too tired right now from working on the computer all day and not thinking straight, but isnt playing O'Canada at the beginning of the day, everyday the norm? Pretty sure thats how it was for me back in school.

Was for me .

Ya know to make everyone happy they could play all anthums and not learn anything but how to sing all national anthums from A to Z.

Oh forgot they never learned there abc's only singing all day... my bad...

 

[Barca]

So much fake, forced "patriotism".

Some of the most proud, positive, contributing Canadians I know are those who don't care if these forced, superficial token demonstrations of patriotism happen or not.

And some of the worst Canadians I know are the first to get up in arms over whether the anthem is played.

You know what makes a good Canadian?

It's being a law-abiding citizen.
It's helping your fellow man.
It's contributing to the improvement of each other's lives.
It's being concerned about our environment, in particular how to care for our beautiful country.
It's wanting to make this country better and actually doing something to achieve that.

It has nothing to do with whether you support or insist that a song be sung every day in a half-assed manner.

This anthem issue is such a red herring. Singing the song but then running out and having a negative effect on society does not make you a good Canadian. To me...show me you're a good Canadian by your actions not by whether you force someone else to show their "patriotism".

 

[Anynym]

You know what makes a good Canadian?

It's being a law-abiding citizen.
It's helping your fellow man.
It's contributing to the improvement of each other's lives.
It's being concerned about our environment, in particular how to care for our beautiful country.
It's wanting to make this country better and actually doing something to achieve that.

It has nothing to do with whether you support or insist that a song be sung every day in a half-assed manner.

Some of these are responsibilities of citizenship.

 

[Hangman]

Barca et al have the right of it.

To some people, freedom means you have to do what we tell you, like singing a song or learning a language. New Canadians who live their lives differently than you or I do not weaken our culture. They can make it more complex, and sometimes more difficult to navigate, but that's worth it to me. I don't want to live in a homogenous society. I like this one, in the form it is today and in the new ways it will transform itself through the contributions of all.

I guess I'm just more tolerant of what it means to be free.

JTF2 doesn't exist?

 

[train]

So much fake, forced "patriotism".

Some of the most proud, positive, contributing Canadians I know are those who don't care if these forced, superficial token demonstrations of patriotism happen or not.

And some of the worst Canadians I know are the first to get up in arms over whether the anthem is played.

You know what makes a good Canadian?

It's being a law-abiding citizen.
It's helping your fellow man.
It's contributing to the improvement of each other's lives.
It's being concerned about our environment, in particular how to care for our beautiful country.
It's wanting to make this country better and actually doing something to achieve that.

It has nothing to do with whether you support or insist that a song be sung every day in a half-assed manner.

This anthem issue is such a red herring. Singing the song but then running out and having a negative effect on society does not make you a good Canadian. To me...show me you're a good Canadian by your actions not by whether you force someone else to show their "patriotism".

I have to agree with the points you are making. On the other hand its equally disconcerting to hear an individual or a group petitioning to surpress the anthem. I mean how can anyone be offended ?

If you are offended by the flag or the anthem then perhaps you haven't found what you are looking for.

 

[Rockslinger]

If you live in Canada, what is wrong with singing O'Canada? Why would some people think that makes us bigots?

70 million Iranians would love to have the rights of Canadian citizenship or residency. There are schoolchildren in Argentina singing O'Canada.

 

[Hangman]

What does any of this have to do with Iran and Argentina? I thought this was in New Brunswick.

The point I've tried to make, and that you deliberately miss, is that people in a free and democratic society have the right to choose whether or not they want to sing the state song. Why does people's freedom to choose bother you so much?

I'm not talking about suppressing anything. There's nothing wrong with wanting to sing O Canada. There's plenty wrong with forcing people to sing it. A strong society doesn't depend on outward jingoistic patriotism to be strong.

 

[Rockslinger]

I'm not talking about suppressing anything. There's nothing wrong with wanting to sing O Canada.

Ok, thanks.