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From: jimr@hcrvx2.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: What is Canadian culture, $$
Message-ID: <2763@hcrvx2.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Feb-87 13:55:17 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 26 13:55:17 1987
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Reply-To: jimr@hcrvx2.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
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In article <865@ubc-cs.UUCP> andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews) writes:
>>In article <5292@watmath.UUCP> imprint@watmath.UUCP (Imprint) WRITES:
> [a definition of Canadian culture]
>
>In article <2751@hcrvx2.UUCP> jimr@hcrvx2.UUCP (Jim Robinson) writes:
> ["why would free trade change any of this?"]
>
>     My old friend JBR has once again missed the point entirely.
>We were talking about how including the media in free trade would
>make the American media and culture more influential in Canada.
>The response (from him among others) was "who cares, American
>culture is so similar to Canadian that it wouldn't matter anyway,
>right?"  So the responses have been definitions of Canadian
>culture and its distinctness from American culture.

Once again my old Beer Garden buddy, Jamie, has chosen to distort what
I was saying. I *never* claimed that there were no major differences
between Canadian and American culture. What I did say was, basically,
that I would rather, on my own volition, adopt American culture, if I so
desired, than have Canadian culture *forced* on me by a bunch of
bogon-flux sources in Ottawa. If the Canadian people make such a choice
voluntarily then who are you to say they're wrong.

>     Now he seems to be admitting that there are differences but
>now also arguing that the massive influx of American media would
>not affect Canadian culture in this way.  I think he either forgot
>his previous position or is just retreating to what he thinks (in
>his foolishness :-)) is a more tenable position.

To be precise, what I said was that the only changes I foresee is that
we'd no longer have the opportunity to watch (and subsidize) wonderful
Canadian movies such as "My Bloody Valentine" and "Shivers". A loss
that suits me fine.

J.B. Robinson