The Vent - Part 2

[DeadPoolX 9]

Oh my gosh, I have no words. Sigh, I miss Canada and it's diversity and all that goes along with it.

So in other words... it's okay for people to refuse to learn or even acknowledge English and French and thereby demand that Canadians learn their language instead. Got it, thanks.

You should change your SN to 'brick wall'.

You're right -- I am beating my head against a brick wall. No one here seems to understand that foreigners conform to the country they live in, not the other way around.

But then again... Canada adores diversity. I guess stoning people to death and female circumcision is okay. Those exist in other cultures and to accept diversity (such as Canadians have) they must be willing to accept this as well. If not, then they are demanding people from another culture do things the Canadian way.

[Sprailenes 47]

You're an idiot.

[DeadPoolX 9]

You're an idiot.

I guess it takes one to know one.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Soooooo.... why don't you move back to Texas then?

[JillA 2]

Soooooo.... why don't you move back to Texas then?

I was so gonna write this when I saw you already did

[DeadPoolX 9]

Soooooo.... why don't you move back to Texas then?

The same reason most of the individuals on this board don't move back to where they originally came from...

All I'm saying is that the Canadian definition of diversity seems hypocritical. It's basically stating that "we accept your culture so long as you adopt Canadian culture."

I don't blame Canada for that. It makes sense. Some practices in other cultures are considered horrific here and shouldn't be made legal. However, if Canada truly wished to practice total diversity, it would accept those practices.

[Sprailenes 47]

Whoa he's going off the deep end to prove his point.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Soooooo.... why don't you move back to Texas then?

The same reason most of the individuals on this board don't move back to where they originally came from...

All I'm saying is that the Canadian definition of diversity seems hypocritical. It's basically stating that "we accept your culture so long as you adopt Canadian culture."

I don't blame Canada for that. It makes sense. Some practices in other cultures are considered horrific here and shouldn't be made legal. However, if Canada truly wished to practice total diversity, it would accept those practices.

uh, ok.... but for the record, most individuals on this board do not go out of their way to b1tch and moan about their new digs as much as you do since you moved to Canada

[DeadPoolX 9]

Whoa he's going off the deep end to prove his point.

Believe what you will, but Canada does NOT celebrate diversity. Maybe it's more accepting of it than the U.S., but it's not completely accepting of other cultures, languages and practices.

You can't say, "I accept other cultural values so long as they mesh with mine." That's not acceptance. If you want to accept another culture, then you do so, whether or not you agree with it. If you can't do that, then it's merely cherry picking which facets of other cultures you like and which ones you don't.

Soooooo.... why don't you move back to Texas then?

The same reason most of the individuals on this board don't move back to where they originally came from...

All I'm saying is that the Canadian definition of diversity seems hypocritical. It's basically stating that "we accept your culture so long as you adopt Canadian culture."

I don't blame Canada for that. It makes sense. Some practices in other cultures are considered horrific here and shouldn't be made legal. However, if Canada truly wished to practice total diversity, it would accept those practices.

uh, ok.... but for the record, most individuals on this board do not go out of their way to b1tch and moan about their new digs as much as you do since you moved to Canada

Have you read this board?!

[JillA 2]

Why don't you go post in the OT forum? Seriously, stop bashing Canada in here. You're around a bunch of Canadians and it's not gonna fly.

[DeadPoolX 9]

Why don't you go post in the OT forum? Seriously, stop bashing Canada in here. You're around a bunch of Canadians and it's not gonna fly.

Okay, so as long as I jump on the "Canada is great and America sucks" bandwagon, I'm okay here. God forbid anyone says anything negative about Canada!

[Ontarkie 14,193]

I was watching some show can't remember what is was but they were talking about immagration in Canada how they are thinking that they will require ppl to be learn to speak either french or english since it is the official languages of Canada. Not sure if it will happen.

Anyways I understand your issue with the manager not being able to communicate in english properly, if your going to be in a possition that requires you to be out front working with ppl you should be able to comunicate well enough to do your job. And that wasn't the case for DPX. The guy in the parking garage could of been some sycko and someone could of been killed/kidnapped or what not and if that happened everyone would be wundering why nobody noticed him there or complained about it. Then on the news days later you find out tenents did complain and their complaints went unotice cause the manager didnt understand english well enough to do something. Anyways its frustrating.

Its happened before and will happen again.

[DeadPoolX 9]

I was watching some show can't remember what is was but they were talking about immagration in Canada how they are thinking that they will require ppl to be learn to speak either french or english since it is the official languages of Canada. Not sure if it will happen.

Anyways I understand your issue with the manager not being able to communicate in english properly, if your going to be in a possition that requires you to be out front working with ppl you should be able to comunicate well enough to do your job. And that wasn't the case for DPX. The guy in the parking garage could of been some sycko and someone could of been killed/kidnapped or what not and if that happened everyone would be wundering why nobody noticed him there or complained about it. Then on the news days later you find out tenents did complain and their complaints went unotice cause the manager didnt understand english well enough to do something. Anyways its frustrating.

Its happened before and will happen again.

THANK YOU!

That was the point of my vent.

Edited July 20, 2009 by DeadPoolX

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Have you read this board?!

Yes, I have. And I have taught intercultural communication in both the US and Canada; and I can tell you: Canadians do a much better work at multiculturalism. No doubt about it.

[JillA 2]

Why don't you go post in the OT forum? Seriously, stop bashing Canada in here. You're around a bunch of Canadians and it's not gonna fly.

Okay, so as long as I jump on the "Canada is great and America sucks" bandwagon, I'm okay here. God forbid anyone says anything negative about Canada!

Uhhh you're in the CANADA FORUM HELLLLOOOOOO

What do you expect. We love our own country. And disagree with what you are saying because most of us lived their our entire lives, not a few years like you. We know more about it's culture and diversity than you ever will