To be Canadian

This ain't america
It's disrespectful, but feel free to burn all the canadian flags you want... actually burning a flag is a government recommended way of disposing of a flag (both Canadian and US). PLEASE don't throw a canadian flag in the trash... but if you want to use one in your protest: Have at it, don't care, you look dumb BECAUSE THIS AIN'T AMERICA, burning a Canadian flag means nothing. We don't have that symbolism attached to it
 
Mikedezo44 said:
Yeaaaa would love to see what happens if there were some Palestine flags being burned on Canadian soil. Justin would be issuing an apology to them and writing a big fat cheque as part of a reconciliation plan.
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I'm curious how burning a canadian flag is not a hate crime? There is a number of flags that would send you to prison if burnt.
 
I was raised in a working class neighbourhood of various backgrounds in the 70s. Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Hungarian sprinkled with some English and Scots. Mom is from Glasgow and Dad a second generation Canadian with origins from Poland.

The only thing different from a kids perspective was some of my friends went to a Catholic school while I went to public school. At school, there was a few Vietnamese kids that didn’t speak English well but, by the end of the school year forged good friendships and hung out together. There were black kids and Aboriginals as well and we all got along.

Mom’s best friend was black and had two kids and lived a block down the street. They listened to motown music and our house was Elvis but, otherwise we hung out all the time.

There were different cultures or customs or languages spoken depending on the home but, it was always inviting and inclusive.

That life experience is what my basis of being Canadian is. I didn’t question what it meant to be Canadian. Maybe that is taken for granted?

My only reference to knowing Canada was different than another country was family from Scotland visiting in the summer,or winter. They loved the heat and beaches or the snow. And they would marvel at a house with a back yard to BBQ and drink. They all lived in small flats with common outdoor space but, no one had a garage or need for a lawn mower or toboggan. lol


Being older now and reflecting on this, I believe it’s a great country and glad to be a Canadian.
 
I used to work for a multi-national company headquartered in the US. We used to have an annual sales conference somewhere in the US where most of the sales team from around the world would meet up, get debriefed, team-build, plan for the upcoming fiscal year, etc.

During one of the team-building exercises, the sales guys from Belgium were doing a skit which involved a US flag. Wasn't disrespectful, it was just a prop for demonstration. During their skit, one guy accidentally dropped the flag on the floor.

All the US guys (about 70% of the room) gasped in horror and a couple of the more Hooo-Ah guys got up and had to be physically restrained from pummeling the Belgian guys.

I like the fact that we don't treat the Canadian flag like some kind of sacred cow that things like intent and rational discourse don't get thrown out the window because you've treated an inanimate object "inappropriately".
 
Funny no mentions the maga nuts desicrating old glory with guns and trump.....
 
Lightcycle said:
I used to work for a multi-national company headquartered in the US. We used to have an annual sales conference somewhere in the US where most of the sales team from around the world would meet up, get debriefed, team-build, plan for the upcoming fiscal year, etc.

During one of the team-building exercises, the sales guys from Belgium were doing a skit which involved a US flag. Wasn't disrespectful, it was just a prop for demonstration. During their skit, one guy accidentally dropped the flag on the floor.

All the US guys (about 70% of the room) gasped in horror and a couple of the more Hooo-Ah guys got up and had to be physically restrained from pummeling the Belgian guys.

I like the fact that we don't treat the Canadian flag like some kind of sacred cow that things like intent and rational discourse don't get thrown out the window because you've treated an inanimate object "inappropriately".
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I agree the US flag fetishism is too much. Burning the national flag in solidarity with a terrorist group on the anniversary of a terrorist attack is also too much. Ideally we find ourselves somewhere in the middle.
 
wonderings said:
in Canada? I am sure Americans would take issue with anyone burning an American flag, no matter what side they were on.
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That's my point. They'll freak if you burn it but desicrate it with guns and trump - no problem.
 
ToSlow said:
Can you explain what you’re trying to say here?
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Sure . Yanks go nuts seeing a burning flag but desicrating it by replacing the stars with guns is just fine.
 
timtune said:
Sure . Yanks go nuts seeing a burning flag but desicrating it by replacing the stars with guns is just fine.
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I’ve been to the US lots and can honestly say I’ve never seen that flag
 
Those flags are ALWAYS in the background of the maga nuts. The same people who, I think, would gladly shoot you for burning a flag.
 
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timtune said:
Those flags are ALWAYS in the background of the maga nuts. The same people who, I think, would gladly shoot you for burning a flag.
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really, how many people have you heard getting shot at a trump rally other than a couple of demo supporters shooting trump?
 
ToSlow said:
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really, how many people have you heard getting shot at a trump rally other than a couple of demo supporters shooting trump?
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You're missing my point. maga nutters don't burn the flag, they desicrate it in other ways.
 
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