From the Meanwhile in Canada Site: Canadians

[LovelyLadyLux]

Meanwhile in Canada

Here's a fantastic definition of a Canadian written by an Australian. It's well worth the read.

There was a report that someone in Pakistan had advertised in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed a Canadian - any Canadian.

So, an Australian dentist wrote the following editorial to help define what a Canadian is, so they would know one when they found one:

"A Canadian can be English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. A Canadian can be Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, Arab, Pakistani or Afghan. A Canadian may also be a Cree, Metis, Mohawk, Blackfoot, Sioux, or one of the many other tribes known as native Canadians. A Canadian's religious beliefs range from Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or none. In fact, there are more Muslims in Canada than in Afghanistan. The key difference is that in Canada they are free to worship as each of them chooses. Whether they have a religion or no religion, each Canadian ultimately answers only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God.

A Canadian lives in one of the most prosperous lands in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which recognize the right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.

A Canadian is generous and Canadians have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return. Canadians welcome the best of everything, the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services and the best minds. But they also welcome the least - the oppressed, the outcast and the rejected.

These are the people who built Canada. You can try to kill a Canadian if you must as other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world have tried but in doing so you could just be killing a relative or a neighbour. This is because Canadians are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, can be a Canadian."

Canada: A Beautiful Multicultural Nation. Let's not forget who we are or let anyone try and change who we are.
Please share this widely!

[Horus]

Never were truer words spoken.

[Grandad]

With most countries becoming multi-cultural that description could easily apply to the UK and most west European countries. They may not be quite so idyllic as Canada is portrayed, sounds so good I would happily become an expat there.

But the piece makes SO much sense. When we are on holiday I am often asked 'are you American; or Australian; or English; or even Dutch' because most Dutch and Scandinavian people speak such good English. I am always amused to see an announcer or interviewee on TV, obviously of Asian or Indian or West Indian descent who, when the open their mouths, speak Scottish, or Geordie, or Welsh or Scouse.

That assassin would have a real task identifying 'A Canadian'

[Horus]

That assassin would have a real task identifying 'A Canadian

Very true Grandad, but how often do we see that these religious zealots killing more of their own religion with their indiscriminate bombs, just think Bali and the Twin Towers.