tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post113164378082705888..comments2024-01-17T15:05:50.120-06:00Comments on AngryBlackBitch: Someone, somewhere is tired of his shit...!Shark-Fuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03323962708956637012noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1131714533007686812005-11-11T07:08:00.000-06:002005-11-11T07:08:00.000-06:00ABB, gotta say it again, I just fucking love you. ...ABB, gotta say it again, I just fucking love you. Come on up to Canada for a visit and I'll ply you with all kinds of Canadian goodness. However, it seems to me that the people who are somewhere tired of Canada's shit are our Aboriginal people. Aside from all the historical reasons--we stole their land, gave them diseases, exploited their labour--the way the Canadian state continues to shit all over Aboriginal people is, to me, Canada's deepest shame. Two most recent examples receiving public attention: the deplorable living conditions on some reserves, including a lack of safe drinking water; and the allegations regarding members of the Saskatoon police force picking up Aboriginal men and dumping them out on the highway outside of the city in the middle of winter. BTW, I'm saying all this as a white Canadian gal. I love my country (and I do find the fact that the US has no universal healthcare to be truly appalling) but we've built this country at the horrifying expense of the folks who were here first.Legacy Userhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06934340794226842729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1131682503975570842005-11-10T22:15:00.000-06:002005-11-10T22:15:00.000-06:00I'm a Canadian living in Massachusetts. I constant...I'm a Canadian living in Massachusetts. I constantly think of home. A lot of people, like leap_b4_ulook the poster above, complain about our healthcare. Truth is, it's far from perfect, but it's nice that it's at least *existent*. I'm finishing graduate school this December (woo hoo!) and I have three jobs. None of which give me healthcare. I wouldn't mind waiting a year, as opposed to not being able to get it *ever*.<BR/>Plus, it's not really all treatments that have a one year waiting list. But I guess when it's *your* treatment, that's all the difference that we need.<BR/>As a Black Canadian, I have to say that our issues are a bit different from African-Americans. My culture is different, I'm a native francophone from Montreal.<BR/>Down here, I'm often told (by African-Americans) that I'm not "Black" (?!?) or I don't get it... As if having a different Black culture somehow erases my roots.<BR/>Well, this is a very complex and large issue. A simple post could not begin to touch the surface.<BR/>I really enjoy your blog, and now that I know that you love hockey... I'll come back for more!<BR/>There are so few people of colour in Canada that it's not on purpose that we have less minorities in sports. My home town (Laval) has produced a slew of hockey players (Mike Bossy for one), and a couple of them Blacks. I remember going to school with Savage's brother or cousin. Don't know if he got very far though after he was drafted to some Western Canadian team 15 years ago.<BR/>I'll come back with some details and more stats when you start a thread on it.<BR/>In the mean time, please keep up the good work!<BR/>Au revoir, moiDPLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07351889425773832845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1131676998166577602005-11-10T20:43:00.000-06:002005-11-10T20:43:00.000-06:00I'm a Canadian temporarily living in the US. I'm ...I'm a Canadian temporarily living in the US. I'm in the deep south, and I was shocked myself at cultural differences. The differences are small, which is why they're surprising. People here have been nothing but kind, and where I'm living is fine, but I'm looking forward to going back to Canada when I finish here.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if other people are tired of our shit... maybe. Such as the former Yugoslavia, where many think Canada should have used its influence and pushed harder to get the UN to step in sooner than it did.<BR/><BR/>We also have our internal problems, primarily based on the east/west schism and the 200 year old French/English quarrel. But then again, I think a lot of countries would like to have Canada's problems.<BR/><BR/>So yeah, it's not a perfect society or system, but I miss it. As Dorothy says, "There's no place like home."geogrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935352129240009810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1131671968660889212005-11-10T19:19:00.000-06:002005-11-10T19:19:00.000-06:00Thanks for making this Canadian feel proud - sure,...Thanks for making this Canadian feel proud - sure, we have our problems, but I love this place. <BR/><BR/>We know an election is going to happen soon - hopefully the country doesn't swing too far right...brotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13643090843089574555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1131651983428214612005-11-10T13:46:00.000-06:002005-11-10T13:46:00.000-06:00God I fall prey to believing the grass is greener ...God I fall prey to believing the grass is greener everywhere or most everywhere than here in the US. After I visited Canada I thought "this place is great." I wonder how different my opinion would be if I lived there for an extended period time.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01287848883253383848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10755833.post-1131646492157983972005-11-10T12:14:00.000-06:002005-11-10T12:14:00.000-06:00I'm an American living in Canada, and I can't wait...I'm an American living in Canada, and I can't wait to come home. I can see Washington State from my house, and I absolutely long for it. I have made many wonderful friends here, but the overwhelming sense I get is that most Canadians define themselves as "not American." I find this uninteresting, to say the least. <BR/><BR/>And, don't believe any of what you hear about Canadian health care and free access. It might be free, but there is no access. Case in point: my dh was told this week that the wait to see a GI doc for his ulcer is one year. He's driving down to WA soon to be treated there.shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10891791711455144647noreply@blogger.com