Newsgroups: can.general Path: utzoo!telly!evan From: evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) Subject: Re: What does it mean to be a Canadian? Message-ID: <617921482.4440@telly.on.ca> Organization: /usr/group/brampton References: <1458@apss.apss.ab.ca> <1989Jul27.235845.24886@tmsoft.uucp> <1034@jtsv16.UUCP> Distribution: can Date: Mon, 31 Jul 89 20:51:21 GMT In article <1034@jtsv16.UUCP> brian@jtsv16.jts.com (Brian A. Jarvis) writes: >In article <1989Jul27.235845.24886@tmsoft.uucp> ead@tmsoft.UUCP (Elizabeth Doucette) writes: >>Maybe we can start a discussion on what it means to be a Canadian, to >>each person. Do we care? What are we willing to do about it? How >>many people would rather sit on their butts, watch American >>television, or rent American movies, or listen to American sports and >>go to the U.S. to buy cheaper clothes or other goods, rather than >>support their own economy. > >I don't see the connection here. I don't think being Canadian has anything >to do with watching politically correct TV programs or sports events. It does in the sense that so many Canadians (and Americans) define Canadian culture/characteristics/etc. by their differences with their US counterparts. ie Canadian football is rarely judged anymore on its own merits, but how it compares to the NFL... >Given a choice between food on my table and culture on my television, I >choose the food every time. Anyone would, but that doesn't mean that culture, even subsidized culture, doesn't have its place. >No one yet has convinced me that millions spent >by the CBC and other agencies on TV programs or movies benefitted Canada >more than direct social spending already in place. I'm sure that in the grand scheme of things, you'll probably find it more beneficial than some spending programs (moving construction of a jail to Baie Comaux) and less than others (UIC). Everyone has the own priorities, and some even have their 'sacred trusts' :-/. -- Evan Leibovitch, SA, Telly Online, located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario evan@telly.on.ca / uunet!attcan!telly!evan / Director & editor, /usr/group/cdn 3 most stressful jobs in Canada: Policeman, fireman, choirboy in Newfoundland