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Re: Ontario University Professor whines 'racism!'.

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From: Rob Lee
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:00
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hurricane, @, ezpost.com wrote:

> >Perhaps because this is her home.
> >
> what heritage would that be?
> 
Duh... Canadian of course.
> >>
> >> 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.
> 
> at a cost to us and oour founding fathers tax dollar

She pays taxes too, remember. Those taxes pay for YOUR social programs.

> >> 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.
> >
> how do you know
> Im beiing tested now
> you morons are giving the country away

It's not being given away. In fact in the vast majority of cases these
new Canadians are giving to Canada, not the other way around.
> >>
> >
> >>
> >> 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.
> >
> yep criminals
> who pay the black market to come here illegally in an usafe boat
> they know they cheat the system GUILTY AS CHARGED
> 
> My point is that you are french canadian, chineese canadian , mexican
> canadian etc.
> 
> a white  canadian male is just canadian... get it 1 word... CANADIAN
> but seems we are truly canadian because we dont put the place of your
> motherland FIRST in front of canada.

I am of Chinese descent but I consider myself purely Canadian. To add a
prefix is superfluous.  Then there are the 4th generation Canadians that
are Scottish-Canadian and German Canadian...

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

Agreed. Canadian history and culture is a product of the interaction of
various groups that call Canada home. Without this diverse base Canada
would just not be Canada.
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Subject: Re: Ontario University Professor whines 'racism!'.
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