The Myth of Canadian Culture

Originally posted by AttilaTheHorn
>You make good points. Not so long ago, perhaps still, there is the infamous Canadian inferiority complex, which feels that if an artist is foreign, he must be better than than a Canadian, and at one time this was the policy of organizations looking to hire someone. It was not easy for a Canadian to get hired, and work visas were routinely given out to ...[text shortened]... ments still feel arts should be cut, forcing artists onto welfare, thus costing more lost money.

Well tell that to Stan Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, or Neil Young.

Originally posted by sonhouse
Well tell that to Stan Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell, or Neil Young.

These are some of the exceptions I was referring to. There are just as many, and quite likely more, who had to leave Canada to accomplish these things. The exception would appear to prove the rule, and all my classmates in university are examples of the rule still being valid.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
They're awfully nice I find. They also have a better American accent than almost any American I've ever met who wasn't on the news.

And you consider me nice? I've lost count of the number of times I've abused you, called you a drug dealing vagrant and questioned your ancestry.

Originally posted by uzless
You're going for the juxtaposition gag again aren't you

Ha! That ol' juxtaposition gag gets 'em every time. I hope you get eaten by beavers.

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
Ha! That ol' juxtaposition gag gets 'em every time. I hope you get eaten by beavers.

Could be nice, depending on the beaver....

Originally posted by sonhouse
Could be nice, depending on the beaver....

You can't handle the beaver.

Originally posted by PBE6
There's a club for that? Sign me up!!

Club 42
I thought it was funny 😞

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
You can't handle the beaver.

I don't know, that little slap thing they do, drives me wild....

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
Are Canadians nothing more than watered down Americans? Was there ever a Canadian culture? Is the 'mosaic' that makes up Canada's small populations reeally just a collection of foreign vistors taking up space? Can you give me 10 examples of true Canadians?

Americanised British and French, more like.

Shatner, Cohen, Adams ... Canadian gods!

For the literate, Margaret Atwood.

Originally posted by znsho
Americanised British and French, more like.

How so?

Originally posted by PBE6
How so?

I'm still waiting for my list of 10 quintessential Canadians. I expect reasons for why all Canadians can relate to these people culturally and socially.

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
I'm still waiting for my list of 10 quintessential Canadians. I expect reasons for why all Canadians can relate to these people culturally and socially.

You tell me why these people fit your description.

1. Billy Green
2. Laura Secord
3. Issac Brock
4. John Murray
5. G. Wolfe
6. Wop May
7. T. Douglas
8. L. Real
9. P. Berton
10. S. Fleming

Originally posted by uzless
You tell me why these people fit your description.

1. Billy Green
2. Laura Secord
3. Issac Brock
4. John Murray
5. G. Wolfe
6. Wop May
7. T. Douglas
8. L. Real
9. P. Berton
10. S. Fleming

I'll tell you why they don't. I don't know everyone on the list without having to look them up. If I, as a Canadian, am completely unfamiliar with some of the people on your list, you've FAILED. They can hardly personify Canada if nobody knows who the hell they are. I'd sooner see Farely Mowat and Wayne Gretzky on your list.

Christ, it's like talking to ATY.

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
I'll tell you why they don't. I don't know everyone on the list without having to look them up. If I, as a Canadian, am completely unfamiliar with some of the people on your list, you've FAILED. They can hardly personify Canada if nobody knows who the hell they are. I'd sooner see Farely Mowat and Wayne Gretzky on your list.

Christ, it's like talking to ATY.

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