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Dec. 1st, 2004 11:49 amWith the way traffic was this morning, you'd think it was a blizzard here instead of just fog, rain and the occasional wet snow. Why is it that everyone must drive in nasty weather, and they all promptly forget how?
No, don't answer - it is truly just a rhetorical question.
In other news - I so need a new brain. Head hurts. My cats are brats. RP - huh, what? (No, I didn't get to any, sorry.)
In class last night, we discussed at the end Canadian Nationalism. It was interesting to hear the views of those native to Canada, those who had lived in Canada half their lives or more, and those who had been in Canada for between 3-6 years. Very interesting indeed.
The one fellow - Jean-Paul - who is an American citizen (so this is not meant as flaming anyone or anything) commented that he noticed that Canadians frequently define their Nationalism in terms of what they are not. We're not American, not European ... etcetera. The conversation from there went to the observation that within Canada many of us say that we are French Canadian, Polish Canadian, Chinese Canadian or what have you, but outside of Canada when we travel, it becomes Canadian. Just that.
In the end, our professor commented that it was his observation that Canada has an Umbrella nationalism - a nationalism of nationalisms, if you will. It's an interesting thought, and certainly explains why it's so difficult to define Canadian Nationalism. In a lot of ways, what he said feels right, but I might have to explore the idea further.
Yes, go figure, the man has triggered my imagination, yet again.
No, don't answer - it is truly just a rhetorical question.
In other news - I so need a new brain. Head hurts. My cats are brats. RP - huh, what? (No, I didn't get to any, sorry.)
In class last night, we discussed at the end Canadian Nationalism. It was interesting to hear the views of those native to Canada, those who had lived in Canada half their lives or more, and those who had been in Canada for between 3-6 years. Very interesting indeed.
The one fellow - Jean-Paul - who is an American citizen (so this is not meant as flaming anyone or anything) commented that he noticed that Canadians frequently define their Nationalism in terms of what they are not. We're not American, not European ... etcetera. The conversation from there went to the observation that within Canada many of us say that we are French Canadian, Polish Canadian, Chinese Canadian or what have you, but outside of Canada when we travel, it becomes Canadian. Just that.
In the end, our professor commented that it was his observation that Canada has an Umbrella nationalism - a nationalism of nationalisms, if you will. It's an interesting thought, and certainly explains why it's so difficult to define Canadian Nationalism. In a lot of ways, what he said feels right, but I might have to explore the idea further.
Yes, go figure, the man has triggered my imagination, yet again.
