03-22-2003, 02:18 AM
I don't like this war.
I am not my Country. I am a singular citizen.
I am humble enough to know I can't possibly understand the entire situation. I'm wise enough to realize that the reasons provided as "justification" are not truths in themselves.
I make fun of your gung-ho thoughtlessness and incredible glossing-over of what you frequently term "patriotism". Please understand that I make fun of the individuals who cleave to these examples, not the population as a whole.
Thus, it would be the height of hypocrisy, now, for me to not offer you an apology.
Last night, yet again, a Canadian crowd booed the American National Anthem at a Hockey Game. Not the first time, and it seems not the last, either.
I suppose I could indicate several things: the location being Quebec, the overwhelming testosterone-flushed and IQ challenged nature of a Hockey fan (I rather dislike hockey fans, in general), the mob mentality of a crowd... but those are really beside the point.
Canadians are mirroring what's happening the world-over. We're chanting slogans, we're taking to the streets... and in some cases we're stepping on flags, booing National Anthems... etc etc.
As a Canadian, then: I'm sorry about that.
I can't change what you see on your TV. I can't change what CNN chooses to show as a reflection of my nation's thoughts. I can't justify what others are doing in the name of "Canadians everywhere"... and I certainly can't offer any insight into why a crowd, at a sporting event, would choose to show such an intense amount of disrespect for another country... ANY country, much less our neighbor to the south, and who many consider our "best friend" on the level of nations.
I don't support your war... but I'm worried about your soldiers.
I don't like your President... but I'm worried about your citizens.
I don't like your policies... but I'm wise enough to know that YOU, as a citizen, didn't put them there.
I'm one citizen up here. Only one voice, and you can't hear me on your television. You can't hear my concern over the soundbites and the rhetoric and the speeches and the opinion polls and the "this is live" telecasts...
..but I am still here. This Canadian doesn't support your war... but he sure as hell doesn't step on your flag or boo your Anthem.
Some of us are a tad bigger than the lowest common denominator.
But, on behalf of the others, who can't see past themselves and their moment in the cameras: I'm sorry about that.
If you'd like... I'd like to buy you a coffee. It's what a good neighbor does when someone's having a tough time.
*tips helm*
I am not my Country. I am a singular citizen.
I am humble enough to know I can't possibly understand the entire situation. I'm wise enough to realize that the reasons provided as "justification" are not truths in themselves.
I make fun of your gung-ho thoughtlessness and incredible glossing-over of what you frequently term "patriotism". Please understand that I make fun of the individuals who cleave to these examples, not the population as a whole.
Thus, it would be the height of hypocrisy, now, for me to not offer you an apology.
Last night, yet again, a Canadian crowd booed the American National Anthem at a Hockey Game. Not the first time, and it seems not the last, either.
I suppose I could indicate several things: the location being Quebec, the overwhelming testosterone-flushed and IQ challenged nature of a Hockey fan (I rather dislike hockey fans, in general), the mob mentality of a crowd... but those are really beside the point.
Canadians are mirroring what's happening the world-over. We're chanting slogans, we're taking to the streets... and in some cases we're stepping on flags, booing National Anthems... etc etc.
As a Canadian, then: I'm sorry about that.
I can't change what you see on your TV. I can't change what CNN chooses to show as a reflection of my nation's thoughts. I can't justify what others are doing in the name of "Canadians everywhere"... and I certainly can't offer any insight into why a crowd, at a sporting event, would choose to show such an intense amount of disrespect for another country... ANY country, much less our neighbor to the south, and who many consider our "best friend" on the level of nations.
I don't support your war... but I'm worried about your soldiers.
I don't like your President... but I'm worried about your citizens.
I don't like your policies... but I'm wise enough to know that YOU, as a citizen, didn't put them there.
I'm one citizen up here. Only one voice, and you can't hear me on your television. You can't hear my concern over the soundbites and the rhetoric and the speeches and the opinion polls and the "this is live" telecasts...
..but I am still here. This Canadian doesn't support your war... but he sure as hell doesn't step on your flag or boo your Anthem.
Some of us are a tad bigger than the lowest common denominator.
But, on behalf of the others, who can't see past themselves and their moment in the cameras: I'm sorry about that.
If you'd like... I'd like to buy you a coffee. It's what a good neighbor does when someone's having a tough time.
*tips helm*
Garnered Wisdom --
If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.
If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.