O Really wrote:BTW, Seth, I didn't see a link to the original article. Was the headline really "politically-corrects" the Anthem. Seems "updates" would be equally accurate.
Yes, that was the headline; I was in a hurry this morning, I forgot to post the link that was from MSN. I added politically-correct because it jived with this age of "being offended". :violent:
Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive
O Really wrote:BTW, Seth, I didn't see a link to the original article. Was the headline really "politically-corrects" the Anthem. Seems "updates" would be equally accurate.
Yes, that was the headline; I was in a hurry this morning, I forgot to post the link that was from MSN. I added politically-correct because it jived with this age of "being offended". :violent:
I might argue that people have always been offended. But now many are more willing to express that offense and stand up for themselves. I suspect that many decades before the "age of being offended" that many were offended by what they were called and what arbitrary limitations were put on them. "Rosie the Riveter" was probably offended when she was told that now that the war is over, she can't have a job anymore. Indigenous Americans were probably offended by being moved off to Oklahoma, at least the ones who lived through the massacres. Being offended by derogatory names, discrimination, and ridicule isn't new.
Seth Milner wrote:“We are telling Canadians, ‘Guess what, you don’t have a say in your national anthem," Van Loan said. "It belongs to us as politicians ... for us to deliver our worldview to you and impose it upon you."
Except that it's Van Loan insisting "It's for us to deliver our worldview to you and impose it upon you." The change would only come from an act of parliament. Officials recently elected by a majority of Canadians. And it's a safe bet that a majority of Canadians support the change.
The song is in the public domain; sing it however you like. In 1967 a parliamentary committee studying the anthem found that 45 different versions of the lyrics were sung around the country. It was a de facto national anthem since 1939, and only officially becoming the national anthem in 1980. It's no big deal to make yet another change. Especially not when it's a good idea.
But your grave concern over recognizing women as equals is noted.
Lady O Really and I usually go to a couple of Blue Jays spring training games every year and are part-time Canadians for the day. We know the words to O Canada, and sing along drinking Labatt Blue and wearing Canadian gear. I have a very old and obsolete Ottawa Rough Riders shirt that I haul out for retro occasions. Lady O R, being a former Seattle girl, can speak Vancouver like a native. And that time of year, if it weren't for the cars with Canadian plates, there wouldn't be any traffic at all. Like a vacay north with warm weather, eh?
O Really wrote:Lady O Really and I usually go to a couple of Blue Jays spring training games every year and are part-time Canadians for the day. We know the words to O Canada, and sing along drinking Labatt Blue and wearing Canadian gear. I have a very old and obsolete Ottawa Rough Riders shirt that I haul out for retro occasions. Lady O R, being a former Seattle girl, can speak Vancouver like a native. And that time of year, if it weren't for the cars with Canadian plates, there wouldn't be any traffic at all. Like a vacay north with warm weather, eh?
O Canada is a rousing drinking song?
Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive
