I eat whale blubber and club baby seals...

[Mephys 2]

First off did you really just found out that VJ isn't just about immigration ? And why is it ODD to find this kind of messages in Canada forum...What is wrong with you ? Don't you EVER read in Canada forum

Nothing is wrong with the member. Most of us don't read every forum or every thread in the forums we do frequent. No point in making an issue out of a non-issue.

And you will have to clarify me.....what does a TYPICAL CANADIAN looks like ???? Is there a preset look to look Canadian ? That comment is about as clever as saying that you don't look like a Typical American.......

My impression from that was that the member doesn't fit some people's idea of what a typical Canadian looks like. Those of us from Canada know that there is no typical Canadian, but we could make a similar mistake with people from other countries.

I don't mean to turn your sweet side down Vanee, but all these comments are from a member that was reading Canada forum last year more than you would know, and would bash canada the minute she could. She is not so innocent.

Edited September 2, 2008 by Mephys

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

I don't mean to turn your sweet side down Vanee, but all these comments are from a member that was reading Canada forum last year more than you would know, and would bash canada the minute she could. She is not so innocent.

Watch out Mephy's...you are really going against being a Canadian....we have to be nice as pie at all times....we have no back bone remember?

Stay to form girl!!!

[antda 13]

Hi Mephys,

No, I didn't think that VJ was just about immigration, nor did I just read messages in the Canadian forum. But being that Visa Journey is mainly about immigration topics (hence "VisaJourney: Your Family Immigration Community"), I thought most topics around in all the forums (not just the Canada one) were about immigration-related issues. When I said "odd" I didn't mean it as a bad thing. What I meant was that it was "out of the ordinary", but in a good way. I'm glad that there are non-immigration topics here too, as off-topic posts and threads makes the environment around here more relaxing, friendly, and less serious. I'm all for having fun and learning online, seriously, and non-seriously, and yes, VJ is the place to be for that .

Lol...You're right in saying that there is no "typical Canadian" or "typical American" look. There is no wrong or right way to have and/or to be associated with one culture or country. However, there are many stereotypes and prejudices out there, which are unfortunate, and I don't like it that people are preceived a certain way just because of that. Rather, it is what one is on the inside, as to how they feel about being associated with one or the other. So on that note, anyone can be "Canadian", "American", "Or Any other Country/Culture", as long as they feel like they are. Contry/culture is more than just a piece of paper. It is more so about belonging and feeling where one really is...

Ant (Feeling both Canadian and American at the moment...)

WTH

First off did you really just found out that VJ isn't just about immigration ? And why is it ODD to find this kind of messages in Canada forum...What is wrong with you ? Don't you EVER read in Canada forum

And you will have to clarify me.....what does a TYPICAL CANADIAN looks like ???? Is there a preset look to look Canadian ? That comment is about as clever as saying that you don't look like a Typical American.......

[Mephys 2]

No, I didn't think that VJ was just about immigration, nor did I just read messages in the Canadian forum.

Then why do you write something if you don't believe it ? I just believe you should think twice about the way you word your sentences, as they are sometimes offending, or don't make sense.

[antda 13]

Hi Vanee,

My thoughts exactly...

My impression from that was that the member doesn't fit some people's idea of what a typical Canadian looks like. Those of us from Canada know that there is no typical Canadian, but we could make a similar mistake with people from other countries.

Canada (and America) is such a "multicultural moasic", indeed! Heck, even when I was in Canada I didn't fit into being "a typical Canadian" there either. And now I don't fit into being "a typical American" here too. Nevertheless, now I still feel like I can associate with being both countries and cultures, especially on the inside, despite being preceived differently on the outside....

So then, what is a "typical Canadian" or a "typical American" (and no, I don't mean the "stereotyped" version of what a Canadian or American is supposed to be)...

Ant (Mistaken Canadian and Mistaken American, Yet am still both...)

Edited September 2, 2008 by AntandD

[Sprailenes 47]

So then, what is a "typical Canadian" or a "typical American" (and no, I don't mean the "stereotyped" version of what a Canadian or American is supposed to be)...

You're the one who keeps saying you're not "typical" so maybe you should just go ahead and answer your own question.

[antda 13]

Hi Sprailenes,

I did answer the question here:

There is no "typical Canadian" or "typical American" look. There is no wrong or right way to have and/or to be associated with one culture or country. However, there are many stereotypes and prejudices out there, which are unfortunate, and I don't like it that people are preceived a certain way just because of that. Rather, it is what one is on the inside, as to how they feel about being associated with one or the other. So on that note, anyone can be "Canadian", "American", "Or Any other Country/Culture", as long as they feel like they are. Contry/culture is more than just a piece of paper. It is more so about belonging and feeling where one really is...

Ant (Feeling both Canadian and American at the moment...)

So then, what is a "typical Canadian" or a "typical American" (and no, I don't mean the "stereotyped" version of what a Canadian or American is supposed to be)...

You're the one who keeps saying you're not "typical" so maybe you should just go ahead and answer your own question.

[Mephys 2]

There is no "typical Canadian" or "typical American" look

Alright so then, you are saying there is no typical Canadian....but yet you call yourself a "non typical Canadian"

Paradox ? anyone ?

From Wikipedia :

A paradox can be an apparently true statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition; or it can be, seemingly opposite, an apparent contradiction that actually expresses a non-dual truth (cf. Koan). Typically, either the statements in question do not really imply the contradiction, the puzzling result is not really a contradiction, or the premises themselves are not all really true or cannot all be true together. The word paradox is often used interchangeably with contradiction. Often, mistakenly, it is used to describe situations that are ironic. A great example is hating cucumbers, hating yogurt, but loving tzatziki sauce.

[Sprailenes 47]

Ant, you're going in circles, how do you keep from getting dizzy?

[antda 13]

Hi,

Yes, I'm "non-typical", as in I'm not the "stereo-typical" person that I'm preceived to be on the outside. I am who I am on the inside, which is "non-typical"...

There's nothing wrong with being different, and being "non-typical". Now that I think about it, who is "typical" after all?

Everyone is "non-typical" in their own way, so be it. Accept everyone's similarities and differences, and always remember that "there is always an exception to the rule"....

Ant ("Non-typical" and proud of it....)

There is no "typical Canadian" or "typical American" look

Alright so then, you are saying there is no typical Canadian....but yet you call yourself a "non typical Canadian"

[Mephys 2]

Hi,

Yes, I'm "non-typical", as in I'm not the "stereo-typical" person that I'm preceived to be on the outside. I am who I am on the inside, which is "non-typical"...

There's nothing wrong with being different, and being "non-typical". Now that I think about it, who is "typical" after all?

Everyone is "non-typical" in their own way, so be it. Accept everyone's similarities and differences, and always remember that "there is always an exception to the rule"....

Ant ("Non-typical" and proud of it....)

oh hai!

Then just quit calling yourself a non-typical if there is no typical....

kthxbai

[antda 13]

Hi Sprailenes,

Lol...It's going straight-forward that's the hard part. I wonder how people go straight-forward in their lives and miss the deeper meaning of things in life by interpretation this way. After all, "there's more than appears on the surface"....

Going in circles is easy. Just close you eyes, spin around, and let the words flow... ...

Ant (Going in circles, finding the deeper meaning in life...)

Ant, you're going in circles, how do you keep from getting dizzy?

Edited September 2, 2008 by AntandD

[antda 13]

Lol...tell that to all those people who are "stereotyping" unfairly to everyone out there...They are the ones that are making "non-typical" into "typical". "Square pegs don't fit into round holes", as "Non-typical shouldn't be made into typical"...

oh hai!

Then just quit calling yourself a non-typical if there is no typical....

kthxbai

[Sprailenes 47]

Yea you're so deep with your shallow thoughts.

I mean that in a total typically not typical sense of course.

[Mephys 2]

Lol...tell that to all those people who are "stereotyping" unfairly to everyone out there...They are the ones that are making "non-typical" into "typical". "Square pegs don't fit into round holes", as "Non-typical shouldn't be made into typical"...

Yup I usually call those people fukcnuts, or dip$hit, or whatever you want to call them. But you brought up the stereotypes yourself in the first place by saying you are not like the Typical Canadians, reinforcing their ideas.

Bad thing to do in the Canada forum.