I AM A REAL CANADIAN
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CANADA – A MORAL PRISON OF ITS OWN MAKING
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When most Canadians are good with this, it’s time to go.
Haven’t most been “good with it” for the past decade — or at least to polite to express discontent!
Unfortunately yes. And those who have dared to object have been tossed out of meetings, banned from schoolyards etc.
The vast majority of Canadians have this bloody annoying trait of acknowledging every instance of government overreach, incompetency, or inefficiency with either a shrug of the shoulders or that classic sing-song-y “oh well”.
I will cite 2 recent examples:
-Columbia attended a meeting of our local municipal council. When it opened with the usual land acknowledgement, he audibly stated “oh fuck”. I think one person smiled and said “right on”, the rest of them just gawped at him with their mouths semi-open
-Heathrow Airport has a very efficient system of who goes where for processing. YVR by contrast recently had 4 planeloads all in the same huge lineup. Nationals, foreigners, declarations or not, everyone had to go in this huge line that took ages to move. I turned to a couple of people and said “this is fucking ridiculous” and they just shrugged. Further up the line, an annoyed Brit proclaimed in a loud voice “you Canadians just put up with this inefficiency?” and the replies were “oh well”
Gaaaaah 🙁