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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
The Maple Leaf Forever
Posted by Richard Anderson on July 1, 2009 | Permalink
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Rich White Ontarian crap! My ancestors didn't fight at Queenston Heights or Lundy's Lane - and neither did most others. That should be changed to "Vimy Ridge, Normandy, Kapyong, and Shah-i-kot" to make it more relevant.
Posted by: Zebulon Pike | 2009-07-01 8:02:17 AM
What a refreshing post! It is a reminder of what Canada once was and of which we should be proud. There is however no relation to the Liberal myth creation that began in 1965 with the replacement of our flag.
ZP, one does not revise or change historical facts because of the latest trend. That is exactly what has been taking place since the mid 60s, which explains the profound ignorance of our history and heritage of those too young to remember.
Posted by: Alain | 2009-07-01 10:52:07 AM
I don't see the point in honoring oppressors - namely the rich white anglo-saxon protestant people of Toronto who have brought nothing but misery, bigotry and privation to everyone else.
Posted by: Zebulon Pike | 2009-07-01 1:22:21 PM
I love this song
Posted by: Roy Eappen | 2009-07-01 4:24:18 PM
I am not white or from Toronto. I am a proud canadian , but I was born in India.
Posted by: Roy Eappen | 2009-07-01 5:03:53 PM
There is no Canada.
The real "Canada", if there is one, is Quebec.
The newly created United Empire Loyalist/Protestant/British Empire vehicle called Ontario, Upper Canada, etc., is the de facto "Canada".
The West was colonized by "Canadians". It is time to DEcolonize. Vive L'Assiniboia LIBRE!
Posted by: Anti Colonial | 2009-07-01 5:20:38 PM
I don't see the point in honoring oppressors - namely the rich white anglo-saxon protestant people of Toronto who have brought nothing but misery, bigotry and privation to everyone else.
Posted by: Zebulon Punk | 2009-07-01 1:22:21 PM
I've got an idea Punk. Alberta could use part of the money in the Heritage Fund and pay all of your people in Ontario to move out to Alberta. All those small towns in Alberta with no crime could each get hundreds of Jamaicans.
Posted by: The Stig | 2009-07-01 6:02:21 PM
@Stig: Nice racist touch to your rant, bro.
Which shows you just don't get it. If you knew anything about Jamaicans, you'd know they are a far more self reliant bunch than the small percentage seduced into crime and assorted other self-destructive behaviours by the Toronto Canada socialist multi-culti welfare state.
Toronto and Canada create OPPORTUNITY, via the welfare state, for the worst qualities in the worst people to come to fruition.
If Alberta seceded and abandoned the socialism it is rapidly succumbing to, we could accommodate a lot of Jamaicans. They would fit in just fine.
On the other hand, all the Toronto socialists, welfare statists, illiberal moral relativists and other assorted parasites, white and otherwise, have done far more harm to the West than a handful of criminals of Jamaican origin.
Posted by: Anti Colonial | 2009-07-01 6:13:57 PM
Nice racist touch to your rant, bro.
Which shows you just don't get it.
Posted by: Anti Colonial | 2009-07-01 6:13:57 PM
First, I ain't your fucking bro. And second, I know the crime stats of Toronto and who commits the crime.
If Alberta seceded and abandoned the socialism it is rapidly succumbing to, we could accommodate a lot of Jamaicans. They would fit in just fine.
Posted by: Anti Colonial | 2009-07-01 6:13:57 PM
Fine by me. Why wait til you separate.
Posted by: The Stig | 2009-07-01 6:52:42 PM
Try not to let the racists like that Zoro Fish get to you. The rich, white, Vikings from Toronto know how to deal with that kind.
Posted by: Agha Ali Arkahn | 2009-07-02 12:04:38 AM
Good grief. You people can bring any thread to the stupid common denominator can't you?
Posted by: Charles | 2009-07-02 5:30:29 AM
I prefer the 1957 Canadian flag to the Maple Leaf! I think the Maple Leaf is just stupid looking. The previous flag made reference to our British and French heritage. What other country has a stupid leaf as its main image? What next will Uganda put a bush on its flag?
Posted by: Jay | 2009-07-02 6:59:20 PM
I'd like to go back to the original flag. Or at least put the hammer and sickle in place of the Maple Leaf on the latest version. That would be a little more accurate.
Don't get me wrong, I love Canada in a way most simply couldn't appreciate and that's where the animosity towards today's "Parliamentary Democracy" comes from. We have no representation and our leaders have an agenda all their own. And its entirely Un-Canadian as far as I'm concerned.
And wouldn't it be nice if the resident racists could give it a rest.
Posted by: The original JC | 2009-07-04 8:05:28 AM
I love both flags. The old and the new. I believe though, we are not teaching our children about our own history, and this country's rich and colourful past. I love O' Canada and The Maple Leaf Forever and God Save the Queen. All these things should be taught in school and be respected.
PS, I wish my Canada was the same Canada that I grew up with.
Posted by: Robert777 | 2009-07-08 10:12:57 AM
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