Canada Day, Washington, DC

[Darnell 8,478]

oooooooooooooooh how was the poutine last year? I hope they put out variety of poutine this year at the nibbles table.

[Sprailenes 47]

There was no poutine last year. The year before there was but it was some hella crappy gravy.

And brocku - awesome! We'll see you there!

Aww VJ meet up!

[Moosker 7]

We should get a VJ group together and meet up at the Embassy. Anybody up for that?

[The_Dude 1,142]

There was no poutine last year. The year before there was but it was some hella crappy gravy.

And brocku - awesome! We'll see you there!

Aww VJ meet up!

I R Jealous.

[Sprailenes 47]

Hey, I'm American now! No Canada Day celebration for me.

Hey you turned your back on VJ and your country... no surprise here.

Edited May 28, 2010 by Sprailenes

[Moosker 7]

I'll never give up the Canadian part in me - no matter my passport says!!

[Sprailenes 47]

I'll never give up the Canadian part in me - no matter my passport says!!

Exactly!

But I guess some of us just would rather push things under the rug and forget about where they're from and about the friends they've made along the way.

Oops... I think I am going to hit the reply button now.

Edited May 28, 2010 by Sprailenes

[The_Dude 1,142]

Hey, I'm American now! No Canada Day celebration for me.

cough douche cough

[lgg 2]

Same here! i will always be canadian -- i don't just let my country or friends or family fall by the way side. No way. No merit to that. even when i become a citizen, I am dual and always a Canadian at heart.

I'll never give up the Canadian part in me - no matter my passport says!!

[Sprailenes 47]

We'll all have fun and I think a VJ meet up would be awesome!

I'll be the one dressed as a beaver.

I'm kidding.

[lgg 2]

I so hate to say this but man, I totally agree. Quel disappointment.

seriously.

cough douche cough

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Hey, I'm American now! No Canada Day celebration for me.

[The_Dude 1,142]

Of course you'd post that wouldn't you.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Of course you'd post that wouldn't you.

As one who believes in complete assimilation into the country/culture you are moving to/choosing to live in, then yeah.

Disgusts me to see people flying Mexican, Canadian, UK, French, etc. flags outside of their homes at all times of the year.

This is the USA, not your home country. If you love your home country so much, go back to it and be a part of it. It's truly that simple.

If I was to make the effort to move to another country and wanted to be there, I'd assimilate the same way.

Now that's not to say you cannot be happy for another country in their founding/independence on certain holidays like Canada Day, but it should never be one of those things that makes you proud/excited/go out of your way to celebrate --- unless you of course do the same for the 4th of July here. but that should be bigger though.

[The_Dude 1,142]

As one who believes in complete assimilation into the country/culture you are moving to/choosing to live in, then yeah.

Disgusts me to see people flying Mexican, Canadian, UK, French, etc. flags outside of their homes at all times of the year.

This is the USA, not your home country. If you love your home country so much, go back to it and be a part of it. It's truly that simple.

If I was to make the effort to move to another country and wanted to be there, I'd assimilate the same way.

Now that's not to say you cannot be happy for another country in their founding/independence on certain holidays like Canada Day, but it should never be one of those things that makes you proud/excited/go out of your way to celebrate --- unless you of course do the same for the 4th of July here. but that should be bigger though.

Yeah, are you going to insist that you're future wife never wears anything canadian, or have a Canadian flag? Yeah, have fun sleeping on the couche douche.

Whether you like it or not, people can obtain dual citizenship. This is real life, not Star Trek. Once you obtain your American citizenship, you do not magically erase all memories and sentiments that you have of your past. I do think that people should make an effort to become apart of the society in which they are becoming, and most do. But to expect people to foresake their past is asinine.