Time Immortal

A sobering reflection that one almost has to excerpt in its entirety so as to avoid missing any good point thereof:

It’s [about] real, ordinary Canada as opposed to those who want to reshape this nation in their own image. It’s about people who can say the word “patriotism” without blushing as opposed to those who blush when their grants are cut.

It’s about those who read books because they enjoy them as opposed to those who read books because they think other people don’t read them.

It’s about you who would fight to keep this great nation together as opposed to those such as novelist Margaret Atwood who told electors to vote for Quebec separatists just to stop Stephen Harper from cutting a fraction of the arts funding budget.

It’s about people who bemoan the lack of public childcare as opposed to those who know we already had the best childcare and it’s called parenting.

It’s about those who feel Canada as a home and a heart as opposed to those who think of Canada as a concept and a social experiment. About those who view taxation as a necessary evil to be used to help the most unfortunate as opposed to those who want to use taxes to change the very nature of Canadian society.

It’s about those who see Americans as friendly cousins as opposed to those who see our neighbours as ugly sisters. About those who believe that Canada is public broadcasting, state education and the Charter of Human Rights as opposed to those who see it as pioneers, personal initiative, sacrifice and courage.

About those who want a clean environment for the sake of their children as opposed to those who want a clean environment because they prefer the planet to its inhabitants. About people who were raised in loving families and in turn raise their own well-adjusted kids as opposed to those who think family a place of evil and oppression and would rather watch a subtitled documentary than take their son to a hockey game.

About people who believe in their God and are proud of the fact as opposed to people who buy books about atheism, pretend to read them and are proud of the fact. About people who are religious and have fun-filled lives as opposed to people who detest Religion and have fun abusing those who are religious.

About moms and dads rather than caregivers and nannies, about real communities as opposed to artificial communes, about having a thick skin and a sense of humour as opposed to being constantly oversensitive and complaining about and demanding an apology for any remark that offends your politically correct sensibilities.

About common sense and common decency as opposed to senseless extremism and indecent behaviour. About shedding a quiet tear when a brave fallen soldier returns home as opposed to attending ugly demonstrations and noisily demanding that all Canadian soldiers come home.

About a Canada based firmly on our traditions and values as opposed to a Canada destroyed and then rebuilt on notions that are entirely foreign to our way of life.

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