If you don't want to learn...
Apparently the organizers of yesterday's Vaisakhi parade didn't get the message.
Or maybe they just don't rightly care.
Celebrate martyrs, show violence, what the heck.
Somehow, I am stuck back in the old adage, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
We are a great multi-cultural soup here in Canada. It is one of our few strengths in an otherwise B-movie of a nation.
Unlike some, I am not asking people to all become Canadian - whatever the hell that is supposed to mean.
By all means, honor and cherish the customs, folklore, history, tastes and style of your original homeland.
But when Canada says - as Surrey Mayor Diane Watts, so clearly said - we will not accept the celebration of murderers, try listening.
That means honoring and cherishing the customs, folklore, history, tastes and style of your new country too.
4 comments:
Diane Watts has more balls than the entire Vancouver City Council put together.
How insensitive towards the families of the victims and all Canadians that care about decency.
Kudos to Surrey's mayor!
The cynical reality is that there's no longer any right or wrong in B.C. Just do whatever you want and realize that there are few to no repercussions.
"By all means, honor and cherish the customs, folklore, history, tastes and style of your original homeland."
Apparently, one of the "means" by which some people do that is "the celebration of murderers".
They've "listened" to Dianne Watts for example, and it doesn't matter to them.
So, now what do we do?
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