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hurricane, @, ezpost.com a �crit :

> On Mon, 14 Feb 2000 13:37:28 GMT, jsavard@tenMAPSONeerf.edmonton.ab.ca
> (John Savard) wrote:
>
> >On Fri, 11 Feb 2000 03:59:23 GMT, hurricane @ ezpost.com wrote, in
> >part:
> >>On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 07:47:31 GMT, Rob Lee <rdlee@ucalgary.ca> wrote:
> >
> >>>Adrienne Clarkson lived here pretty well all her life (from the age of
> >>>3) and contributed a lot to Canadian society, not least through her work
> >>>on CBC. She is as worthy as any other involved Canadian. And I thought
> >>>being Canadian was based on your sense of belonging, not on where you
> >>>were born...
> >
> >>pretty well  all her life but not born here
> >>beiing a refugee she had a free ride
> >>To bad she isnt white and born here
> >>I,m sure there are pleanty of true canadians
> >
> >>I thought you should take pride where you were born
> >>if not  you are a traitor.
> >
> >There is a difference between taking pride in one's heritage and
> >hating all those who do not share it. Anyhow, for one thing, lots of
> >Canada's earlier Governors-General weren't born "here", but elsewhere
> >in the Commonwealth, and for another, when she was 3 years old, Canada
> >wasn't as generous to immigrants as it sometimes is today.
> >
> >John Savard (teneerf <-)
> >http://www.ecn.ab.ca/~jsavard/index.html
>
> who said anything about hate
> If she was proud of her heritage..  why did she stay here?

Perhaps because this is her home.

>
> was she not proud of wher she came from  the war is over now.
> She was not from Canada she could not claim canadian heritage.

As a Canadian, she can claim all the Canadian heritage she wants.

>
> Why do the chineese come here in boatloads . why cant they fight for
> their own freedom instead of running?

Ever hear of Tian'anmen Square?

>

>
> Albania is over but did the refugees leave?
> they even sucked us into fighting their war
> FREE RIDE at the expense of our homeless
> They want a free ride  and   dont want  to pay the price of freedom.
> I would fight to keep Canada free....

Pretty hollow words, when you know you won't be put to the test.

>

>
> what would you call someone who ran out of his country because he was
> to
> CHICKEN to fight for his and his families country...

Duke of Windsor?

>
> TRAITOR

The people fleeing their homelands may be a lot of thing, but cowards they are
not. I doubt you would have the balls to get on some unsafe boat, without
proper food, warer and hygiene, and leave your family behind to go to a foreign
land where you do not speak the vernacular and spend your life working for less
than minimum wage. Once immigrants come here and gain citizenship, they ought
to be loyal to Canada first, if you think that is being a traitor, than thank
God for traitors.

>
>
> The french and the distinct society are killing canada
> allowing every minority to be called distinct.

While there is no link between your initial anti-immigrant ramblings and
francophone identity, francophones are not usually great proponents of
multiculturalism. Indeed, multiculturalism may be one of the factors that have
fed francophone fears and Quebec nationalism.

>
> we have lost all identity

Speak for yourself. Canadians have an identity, as is witnessed by our history,
litterature and art.

>
> thank god for reform and kiss quebec goodbye

I'd rather kiss Reform goodbye and thank God for Quebec.

JR


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