[Canada] Canadian Politics Redux

[Jacob]

Sad. You'd hope people would be against shows of bigotry.

Yeah, you would, and it seems the larger Canadian body politic shares that opinion. Sadly, it seems that the PQ has sliced it to appear as a conflict between secularism and religion in the French vein, and that apparently convinces a number of people in Quebec that they're not bigoted even as they adopt grallon's positions.

[Neil]

So we're now saying bad things aren't part of our history?

Gay sex is pretty insignificant.  And also bad.

[Neil]

Yes, but it isn't our history, because it's not about white folks.

Its surprising that you and Grallon dont get on better than you do.

I think he feels bad because I am civilized in a way that he, as a non-anglophone sexual deviant, never could be.

[crazy canuck]

Sad. You'd hope people would be against shows of bigotry.

Yeah, you would, and it seems the larger Canadian body politic shares that opinion. Sadly, it seems that the PQ has sliced it to appear as a conflict between secularism and religion in the French vein, and that apparently convinces a number of people in Quebec that they're not bigoted even as they adopt grallon's positions.

I read an interesting piece that took the view that the position of the PQ will have negative consequences for the rest of the country as new immigrants would be excused if they took a distrustful view of all governments when this one acts so recklessly toward the rights of minority groups.

[Jacob]

I read an interesting piece that took the view that the position of the PQ will have negative consequences for the rest of the country as new immigrants would be excused if they took a distrustful view of all governments when this one acts so recklessly toward the rights of minority groups.

I doubt it given the united response of "the rest of Canada". I expect rather it will further entrench the Quebec-ROC divide, even in the mind of new immigrants.

[Syt]

By Josephus' suggestion:



TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
1. Vancouver : 1.5 million people and two bridges. You do the math.
2. Your $400,000 Vancouver home is just 5 hours from downtown.
3. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations.
4. There's always some sort of deforestation protest going on.
5. Weed.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ALBERTA
1. Big rock between you and B.C.
2. Ottawa who?
3. Tax is 5% instead of the approximately 200% it is for the rest of the country.
4. You can exploit almost any natural resource you can think of.
5. You live in the only province that could actually afford to be its own country.
6. The Americans below you are all in anti-government militia groups.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN SASKATCHEWAN
1. You never run out of wheat.
2. Your province is really easy to draw.
3. You can watch the dog run away from home for hours.
4. People will assume you live on a farm.
5. Daylight savings time? Who the hell needs that!

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN MANITOBA
1. You wake up one morning to find that you suddenly have a beachfront property.
2. Hundreds of huge, horribly frigid lakes.
3. Nothing compares to a wicked Winnipeg winter.
4. You can be an Easterner or a Westerner depending on your mood.
5. You can pass the time watching trucks and barns float by.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ONTARIO
1. You live in the centre of the universe.
2. Your $400,000 Toronto home is actually a dump.
3. You and you alone decide who will win the federal election.
4. The only province with hard-core American-style crime.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN QUEBEC
1. Racism is socially acceptable.
2. You can take bets with your friends on which English neighbour will move out next.
3. Other provinces basically bribe you to stay in Canada .
4. You can blame all your problems on the "Anglo A*#!%!"

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEW BRUNSWICK
1. One way or another, the government gets 98% of your income.
2. You're poor, but not as poor as the Newfies.
3. No one ever blames anything on New Brunswick .
4. Everybody has a grandfather who runs a lighthouse.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NOVA SCOTIA
1. Everyone can play the fiddle. The ones who can't, think they can.
2. You can pretend to have Scottish heritage as an excuse to get drunk and wear a kilt.
3. You are the only reason Anne Murray makes money.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
1. Even though more people live on Vancouver Island , you still got the big, new bridge.
2. You can walk across the province in half an hour.
3. You can drive across the province in two minutes.
4. Everyone has been an extra on "Road to Avonlea."
5. This is where all those tiny, red potatoes come from.
6. You can confuse ships by turning your porch lights on and off at night.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEWFOUNDLAND
1. If Quebec separates, you will float off to sea.
2. If you do something stupid, you have a built-in excuse.
3. The workday is about two hours long.
4. It is socially acceptable to wear your hip waders to your wedding.

[Grey Fox]

Quebec's #3 , that's right!

[crazy canuck]

1. Vancouver : 1.5 million people and two bridges. You do the math.

For someone who who is asking people to do math, this person doesnt know how to count very well.

2. Your $400,000 Vancouver home is just 5 hours from downtown.

In five hours you can get from downtown Vancouver to the ski lift on Big White (outside Kelowna).  Not only can this person not do math but they arent very good at estimating time and distance.

3. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations.

Perhaps 10 years ago.  But the market is dominated by other coffee shops now

4. There's always some sort of deforestation protest going on.

Another good indication this was written 10-15 years ago

[garbon]

CC, lacking humor. What a surprise.

[Malthus]

The most accurate Ontario one is this:

2. Your $400,000 Toronto home is actually a dump.

Sadly, it's somewhat true.

In the paper the other day there was an article about someone selling a "home" for only $240,000 ... only it lacked certain things: like plumbing.

It was, in fact, a garage someone had done up as a "man-cave" (for a man who, evidently, does not shit ... a sort of anti-Ed if you will  ).

[Grallon]

I think he feels bad because I am civilized in a way that he, as a non-anglophone sexual deviant, never could be.

As you can see we get along very well    It's the condescending hypocrits I can't abide.



G.

[crazy canuck]

CC, lacking humor. What a surprise.

There are a lot more funny things that can be said if one doesnt opt for posting something that is badly out of date. 

[Jacob]

CC, lacking humor. What a surprise.

garbon pointlessly snarking - what a surprise

[garbon]

CC, lacking humor. What a surprise.

garbon pointlessly snarking - what a surprise

That's true. I should have continued my point. I don't think the maker of that list was intending everything to be exactly accurate (note the gripe about inability to count and where 5 hours actually gets you).  Fine if one doesn't find something funny or even generally accurate, but no need to get grumbler on it.

edit: actually apologies to grumbler, it was viking who had begun to undertake a line by line refutation of Putin's op-ed.

[garbon]

I think he feels bad because I am civilized in a way that he, as a non-anglophone sexual deviant, never could be.

As you can see we get along very well    It's the condescending hypocrits I can't abide.



G.

Hypocritical in what sense?