RE: [microsound] foreign canadian

[Neil Wiernik <neil@xxxxxxxxx>]

No I identify as my self, what I dont like is our "outsider"
"anthropological" assumptions about a country you dont even live in!
Neil..

On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, marc_mcnulty wrote:

>Neil,
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>I am claiming nothing.  I am an observer and a person.  No politics at work.
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>If you would read my mail you would realize this.
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>You must be quite insecure as a person if you identify with a symbol rather
>than your Self (whatever nationality).
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>You are not a government, you are a person. (i hope)
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>Marc
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>At 11:51 PM 8/20/2001 -0400, you wrote:
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>>again in your american arrogance you fail to realise that in canada we
>>have 2 first languages and that for some of us english is not our first
>>language and that french is! (again I hate american arrogance some times
>>what a bunch of fucking know it all's, with out really knowing any thing
>>at all)
>>neil..
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>>On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, marc_mcnulty wrote:
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>> >It is spelled: Analyzing or Analysing, in the US and Canada in that
>> >order.  What countries spelling do you refer?
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>> >At 11:46 PM 8/20/2001 -0400, you wrote:
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>> >>look at you all you sound like a bunch of fucking anthropologists!!
>> >>Let us Candians speak for our selves, we definately do not need you
>> >>americans analysising our culture!!!!!
>> >>neil...
>> >>(not a large fan of american culture for the most part)
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>> >>On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Philip Sherburne wrote:
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>> >> >My senior year of college (in New York state), I took a Canadian
>> literature
>> >> >class, with much discussion of Canadian "identity" in arts & culture. My
>> >> >professor told a story: apparently the Canadian board of tourism, or some
>> >> >such organization, held a contest to come up with a phrase that would
>> work
>> >> >as the equivalent of "As American as apple pie."  "As Canadian as..."
>> maple
>> >> >leaves? Mounties? Public healthcare? I don't recall what the winning
>> entry
>> >> >was, but apparently much attention was given to one of the runners up:
>> >> >
>> >> >"As Canadian as possible, under the circumstances."
>> >> >
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >From: obscure@xxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >To: microsound
>> >> >Sent: 8/20/01 8:49 PM
>> >> >Subject: Re: [microsound] foreign canadian
>> >> >
>> >> >>I am not sure where this leads, but I live very close to Canada, in
>> >> >>Rochester, NY, and travel to Toronto, Montreal, etc... often and find
>> >> >the
>> >> >>government and culture far more tolerant and the media is not screaming
>> >> >(as
>> >> >>loud).   Anyway, I hope no one has a problem with me because I live in
>> >> >the
>> >> >>U.S. , I am a person and do not represent the government or the media.
>> >> >:)
>> >> >>
>> >> >>The video store in Canada that had a Canadian film in the foreign
>> >> >section
>> >> >>was most likely owned by some US, conglomerate that sucks the identity
>> >> >from
>> >> >>all it touches, or not.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>Marc
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >And even our 'Canadian' advertising is corrupted, like the 'Canadian'
>> >> >Wendy's commercial that shows people being handed American money as
>> >> >change.
>> >> >Them ad's is apparently 'Made in the USA', dawg gone it!
>> >> >
>> >> >
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