tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post6782133189969636384..comments2024-03-27T07:30:21.457-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: What Am I Doing Inside This Old Man's BodyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-33790498692188713052021-06-15T10:34:24.275-04:002021-06-15T10:34:24.275-04:00Oh Canada
NY Times recently had an article on th...<b>Oh Canada</b><br /><br /><br />NY Times recently had an article on the Kamloops residential school unmarked graves. One reader wrote:<br /><br /><br />Aaron<br />San Francisco June 7<br /><br />As a Canadian that has lived in the US for over half of my life, it has always been a point of frustration that my friends and family in Canada so consistently attack the United States for it’s dark and violent ethos and for its empire. And they aren’t wrong. But what Canadians are wrong about is that they are any different. The best kept secret in Canadian culture is that they are just like Americans, with a very similar past. This terrible discovery is iron clad proof of this reality. I hope it gives my fellow Canadians pause, and to perhaps look in mirror rather than blindly blaming the bad guys south of the border.<br /><br /><i>I replied:</i><br /><br />@Aaron - Speaking as a dual US/Canadian citizen, I would point out that it is a matter of degree. Canada is less guilty of killing foreigners than the U.S. is. As the Memorial Day and Veterans Day holidays remind us every year, American culture glorifies militarism. There is plenty of unheeded truth and unaccomplished reconciliation needed in both countries, but one shows signs of beginning to realize this in a way that the other does not.<br />mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com