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[C5] Tongeh
Il Tongeh
Posts:666
 | | 06 Dec 2007 6:51 PM |
| A Muslim woman dressed in a Burkha (A black gown & face mask) was standing with her shopping in a queue at the checkout.
When
it was her turn to be served, and as she reached the cashier, she made
a loud remark about the English Flag lapel pin, which the female
cashier was wearing on her blouse.
The cashier reached up and
touched the pin and said, 'Yes, I always wear it proudly. My son serves
abroad with the forces and I wear it for him'.
The Muslim woman
then asked the cashier when she was going to stop bombing and killing
her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi.
At that point, a
Gentleman standing in the queue stepped forward, and interrupted with a
calm and gentle voice, and said to the Iraqi woman:
'Excuse me,
but hundreds of thousands of men and women, just like this ladies son
have fought and sacrificed their lives so that people just like YOU can
stand here, in England, which is MY country and allow you to blatantly
accuse an innocent check-out cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen'.
'It
is my belief that if you were allowed to be as outspoken as that in
Iraq, which you claim to be YOUR country, then we wouldn't need to be
fighting there today'.
'However - now that you have learned how to
speak out and criticise the English people who have afforded you the
protection of MY country, I will gladly pay the cost of a ticket to
help you pay your way back to Iraq '.
'When you get there, and if
you manage to survive for being as outspoken as what you are here in
England, then you should be able to help straighten out the mess which
YOUR Iraqi countrymen have got you into in the first place, which
appears to be the reason that you have come to MY country to avoid.'
Apparently the queue cheered and applauded. | |
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| Varp
Posts:479
| | 07 Dec 2007 10:35 AM |
| Nothing to do with oil and ensuring it is sold in US dollars rather than Euros to ensure the propping up of the US economy then...
All about doing them and free speech a favour...funny how an awful lot of places in Africa and South East Asia without many resources and much worse oppression and problems don't feature quite as highly on the agenda... ...I guess we'll get round to them later...
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| ogri
Posts:446
| | 07 Dec 2007 2:12 PM |
| So true = to both of you  | | | |
| [C5] Myx
Posts:669
| | 09 Dec 2007 2:02 PM |
| Email I received from a friend of a friend
So many letter writers have explained how this land is made up of immigrants. Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people why today's Canadian is not willing to accept the new kind of immigrant any longer.
Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to Canada, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in Halifax and be documented. Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new Canadian households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home.
They had waved good bye to their birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture.
Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were the skills, craftsmanship and desire they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity. Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. Canadians fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Sweden, and so many other places. None of these first generation Canadians ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from. They were Canadians fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan. They were defending the Freedom as one people. When we liberated France, no one in those villages was looking for the Ukrainian-Canadian or the German-Canadian or the Irish-Canadian. The people of France saw only Canadians.
And we carried one flag that represented our country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be a Canadian. They stirred the melting pot into one red and white bowl.
And here we are in 2007 with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes a Canadian passport and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's not what being a Canadian is all about. Canadians have been very open-hearted and open- minded regarding immigrants, whether they were fleeing poverty, dictatorship, persecution, or whatever else makes us think of those aforementioned immigrants who truly did ADOPT our country, and our flag and our morals and our customs.
And left their wars, hatred, and divisions behind. I believe that the immigrants who landed in Canada in the early 1900s deserve better than that for the toil, hard work and sacrifice those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags, fighting foreign battles on our soil, making Canadians change to suit their religions and cultures, and wanting to change our countries fabric by claiming discrimination when we do not give in to their demands.
Its about time we get real and stand up for our forefathers rights we are CANADIAN Lest we forget it!!! NO MORE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS
NO More not saying CHRISTMAS In stores and our schools, Seasonal Holiday be dammed!!! I Want my Canada of birth BACK !!!
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