arndt@lymph.DEC (03/16/85)
Dave: Many thanks for your well made points and corrections of my posting on whatever it is that those 'phones' speak up in our next state. It was very interesting to read. My friends from up there do like their children being taught "francais standard" by immersion. I still hear them say the francophones, or whatever, don't! Any word on that? I mean if they make "more fun of 'francais standard' than the French do of them, then where does that leave them - the 'phones' I mean? You didn't address that. Gee, Canada. I see all those adds on the telly saying come on up. There's so much room up there. And resources. Wouldn't you guys like to be our next state?? Aren't you guys goin' to the right like us down here? Why it would be a marriage made in heaven. Anyway, I still say the 'francophones' have done it to themselves and cut off their noses with insisting on using 'French' as a official language. By the way, there are a lot of 'Frenchies' down here - we imported them to work in the mills a while back. Some of them are my friends. Really. They complain of an image as 'niggers of the north' sometimes. I have some . . . now I don't know what to call them . . . - French Canadian decendant American, how's that, friends who won't let their children speak that 'phone' stuff because they say it is ignorant. This creates friction between the grandparents and them, of course, but they want their children to speak English or 'standard' French. Waterloo. Quite a few of you on the net. Where do you go after you finish there - Elba?? Ha Ha. It's a joke, see. I also know some people from up there who would LIKE to see themselves become part of the good ole US of A.!! That's just so you don't think I'm a crank of one. I understand the provences are not getting along so well with the central gov.,eh? The provinces too. Well, regards, Ken Arndt
west@utcsri.UUCP (Thomas L. West) (03/17/85)
>Gee, Canada. I see all those adds on the telly saying come on up. There's >so much room up there. And resources. Wouldn't you guys like to be our next >state?? Aren't you guys goin' to the right like us down here? Why it would >be a marriage made in heaven. Obviously we worship hold different religious views if that's your idea of heaven. However, we *are* working on it. But we still need to (1) Boost our crime rate by an incredible amount. Especially our violent crime rate. I'm afraid it's just way below the American standard. (2) Give everybody handguns so that we can kill each other accidently much faster. [Guns don't kill kids. Kids kill kids.] (3) Up our racial hatred level by a massive factor. (4) Increase our knee-jerk anti-communist reaction by several orders of magnitudes. (5) Increase our willingness to let the poor starve. (6) Build massive amounts of ghettos (7) Increase our arson rate. (Is North Tonawanda still standing?) (8) Increase our defense spending. (9) Increase our dollar. (Oh well...) >I also know some people from up there who would LIKE to see themselves become >part of the good ole US of A.!! That's just so you don't think I'm a crank >of one. I understand the provences are not getting along so well with the >central gov.,eh? The provinces too. >Ken Arndt In a country of 25 million, you get every type of crack-pot. Besides, have they ever *lived* in the States? The idea of being fearful of walking in any part of a city (eg. Toronto, pop. 3Meg) is so unreal, that they might not realize this seems to be the case in several American cities. Canada would be incredibly boring if everybody agreed with everyone, and that includes the provinces and the federal gov't. Your timing is bad, however. The provinces and the fed. gov't have gotten closer this last month or so than they've ever been in years. As for going right-wing, well we Canadians have our own definition of right and left wing. Basically, the politics rarely changes on more than the superficial level. We are a land without extremes (for the most part). There is something nice about mediocrity. I think it has something to do with the fact that you can afford to be the nice guy on occasion. It doesn't fall to us to support gov'ts killing their own citizens to protect themselves against the communist menace. Maybe it has to be done by someone (Although I have my doubts) but I am thankful it will never have to be us. In case this article sounds too anti-American, my apologies, but Mr. Arndt *does* have the ability to say things in need of strong rebuttal. I am certainly glad that the USA has chosen to be the world super-power. It means that the rest of us don't have to be totally ruthless to survive. And if history shows anything, either you have to be totally ruthless,or under the protection of a country that is. The States have my gratitude, as long as they don't force us to become them. Tom West { allegra cornell decvax ihnp4 linus utzoo }!utcsri!west [ Take that, you fiend! -Tunnels and Trolls]