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| quote: | Originally posted by discojoe
its our heritage, if you dont like it fuck off. perfect example of how immigration is bad for a country |
| quote: | Originally posted by LoCa
What the fuck?! Talk about a generalization! That's the worst thing i've seen someone in here post in a long time. 
I can see both sides of the argument here, in a way i don't agree with the Queen's face being on the bill, even though she _is_ part of the cultural history. However, you don't need her face on a bill to remind you that Canada has/had strong ties to the United Kingdom.
Look at Euro bills, we don't have the Belgian king's face on them... we know our monarchy is part of our heritage and that's that.
I agree that her face should be replaced by something else, possibly pre-confederation figures (as Emery said). |
it's comments like discojoe's that only spur further animosity between landed immigrants and that of multi-generation Canadians.
i understand that he's just being defensive at what Cyrus King was saying, but i know Cyrus too well and most of the comments he makes here are to be taken with a grain of salt. he's obviously trying to intentionally irritate certain people here and they continually show signs of being bothered by it by agreeing to reply to his seemingly hateful and unfounded comments.
i think we should be trying to find ways to help immigrants better integrate into this society rather than simply pointing a finger at immigration as a whole. why not encourage the development of immigrant communities in rural parts of Canada (especially that of the Maritimes) who are in need of skilled labour? instead many newcomers choose to settle toward urban areas already deeply saturated with large minority communities where immigrant youths are more likely to gravitate towards replicated ethnic violence, poverty, and crime that their parents may have sought to initially escape. why not find ways to promote educational reforms that seek to better inform immigrants of the culture norms of our society to which they may be more appreciative of? instead many simply expect that these desireable qualities should come about on their own without any intention of promoting it. reduction in immigration isn't the answer. Canada, if anything needs immigrants not just to help support its aging population, but to keep it competitive on a global level.
generalized statements like the one made by discojoe are not just potentially offensive, but undermine the hard work by many immigrants that legitimately seek to help improve their well being and the well being of this country.
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