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Originally posted by Fir3start3r Yea, the mod's comments for closing the thread certainly were strange... "...try to keep things simple and hebrew"? wtf? lol!

thanks guys for all of your thoughts and responses as well as attempts to talk to the 'other side' and for not turning this into a flame war b/c this is not what this thread was about.

however, it does prove a point and shows again how uncompromising, extreme and short-sighted their points of views actually are.

in this case, this is not a problem that resides in the hands of the powerful few ...


AND that is EXACTLY where we differ and WHY Canada as a SOCIETY just IS for what it is known for internationally.

with your responses and behaviour in this thread, you have proven an important point b/c we have stood our ground in what we identify with not only in Canada but also as part of this smaller community and what we represent as a whole in this scene. ...

call us dull, call us boring but at least we have peace in this country, meaning that we don't have to walk around watching our backs everywhere we go, frightened to get our heads bashed in or be the target of rocks or bullets, or even to be forced out of our homes by force just b/c we have an 'opinion'. these so-called opinions and beliefs we share are based on mutual understanding and respect (most of the time anyways).

the Canadian accepting attitude and a certain open-minded mentality towards each other's differences is what sets us apart. Canada is a country built on the foundations of immigrants from all over the world. we each have our own stories to tell of why we are here. that IS what 'Canadians' are! and that is why people, who flee turmoil, torture and oppression come here. they seek to live a life on a daily basis with some kind of sanity and normalcy without the fear of persecution for whatever reason.

'Canadians' focus on the things that each and every ethnicity, culture and religion in this country has in common. on the grander scale of things, at least we can claim that we try to make it work! i think the majority of immigrants or newcomers do not want to continue their internal wars here on this territory. but it is those who cannot stop harping on passed-down historical grievances from generation to generation, who keep adding fuel to the fire, and who keep that fire simmering below the surface, who are the real problem - which I cannot denying we also have to deal with in Canada, but at least not to those extremes.

however, if one party doesn't back off once and for all, and change its outlook and attitude from the ground up, this ping-pong game of retaliation will go on eternally until the end of times...until we destroy ourselves before mother earth will disintegrate back into the universe...

thank you for restoring some of my faith in the human kind.

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Most people that come to Canada from Israel find it very boring here simply because it's a completely different lifestyle...you have to live in both places to get it type of thing

Oh well

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Originally posted by disko-kandi 'Canadians' focus on the things that each and every ethnicity, culture and religion in this country has in common.

No, actually, Canadians focus on the differences between groups, and therein lies the problem with our joke of a "multicultural" culture.

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Originally posted by DigiNut No, actually, Canadians focus on the differences between groups, and therein lies the problem with our joke of a "multicultural" culture.

Hey this might be the first time diginut and I ever agreed on something....I'll drink to that!

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Originally posted by DigiNut No, actually, Canadians focus on the differences between groups, and therein lies the problem with our joke of a "multicultural" culture.

exactly... if we focussed on being canadians instead of hyphonated canadians maybe we'd all be better off.

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by DigiNut
No, actually, Canadians focus on the differences between groups, and therein lies the problem with our joke of a "multicultural" culture. [/QUOTE

your statement is not definite and is, at the end of the day, up to everyone's own interpretation through their own opinions and and experiences. it's the way this difference is handled that makes the difference!

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Originally posted by disko-kandi your statement is not definite and is, at the end of the day, up to everyone's own interpretation through their own opinions and and experiences. it's the way this difference is handled that makes the difference!

It's not definite? It's written directly in our Charter of Rights!

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Originally posted by DigiNut It's not definite? It's written directly in our Charter of Rights!

The Charter of Rights is to protect the people from the government, not from the opinions of each other...

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Originally posted by DigiNut It's not definite? It's written directly in our Charter of Rights!

please cite the article no.


yes, theoretically, you have to first focus on the differences of what makes each unique in order to provide equal rights and freedoms for everyone, - without discrimination.

by way of your interpration of the charter you are distorting the true meaning behind it and its application thereof.


Equality Rights

Equality before and under law and equal protection and benefit of law

15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

Affirmative action programs

(2) Subsection (1) does not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or groups including those that are disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.


AGAIN, it's the 'WAY' not the 'WHAT'!

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Originally posted by DigiNut No, actually, Canadians focus on the differences between groups, and therein lies the problem with our joke of a "multicultural" culture.

please let me in on this joke. i'm curious to hear this.

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