civvy said:
He changed our immigration to be open to just about anybody, he took away that(not sure the term) thing where people from Britain could move here very easily, making our country TOO multicultural. I'm for immigration from anywhere but Asia. Only Asians with very special qualifications should be allowed to move here. I can't stand when they complain about us not being understanding about there culture. If you want to move here you should be willing to COMPLETLY adapt to our culture.
Ah, excellent points civvy. Very nicely put. Away with all Asians you say? Maybe you need to revisit your Social Studies hmm? Who built the Trans Canada Rail Way? Who decided to serve Canada in its efforts in both Asia and in Europe during the First and Second World War despite being discriminated against and taxed upon, and rounded up in our version of concentration camps? (Oh yes, ladies and gents lets not forget our dark days as a racist country and culture).
You know who the people I'm talking about are Civvy? That's right! Asians! The same Asians you apparently think are a big problem here in Canada, well guess what? Asians have been here since before Canada even was CANADA as you know it today. Heres a bit of info for you since you're too ignorant to know the difference, and obviously didn't bother to pay attention in school.
Chinese Canadians have been here since 1788. Many participated in the building of the Trans Canada Railway. During the First and Second World Wars Chinese soldiers and airmen helped battle abroad and on the home front, defending the coast from enemy ships. Especially during WWII an entire Special Operations Unit was formed comprised of almost entirely Chinese soldiers, whose main role is to parachute into Asia, Burma, Philippines, China and so forth to train guerrilla forces against the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy. Guess what guys the first Canadian SpecOps unit other then the Devil's Brigade was almost entirely made up of Chinese personnel. Chinese population was segregated and discriminated from the very beginning. The first piece of Anti-Narcotics Legislation or the Opium Act was created to target the Chinese population, to shut down supposed opium dens and to have them removed from the work force so the Caucasian residents and laborers could have work to do. The Chinese population moved on and endeavored to serve and help in the bettering of Canada.
The first Japanese Canadians have been here since 1877. During the Second World War they were treated like enemies of the state rounded up and imprisoned in concentration camps. Their properties seized and given away. Where I live currently here on the West Coast an entire village of Japanese Canadians were taken away. All of them. When the war ended they came back to find Caucasians, yup you got it, White folks living in their homes running their businesses and the government stripped everything from them. Every single penny, not a thing was left. They moved on and endeavored.
So, how many people here on this forum knew about those little facts that I just listed? You say you can't stand when they complain about "us" Canadians not being able to understand their culture, well here's a heads up for you, so do Indians, so do Italians, so do Muslims, so do Natives, so do... need me to go on?
What do you know about Asian culture? What do you know about Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Indian or any other cultures? Come on civvy, what do you know? You know what you know? You know SFA.
What do you mean they should adapt to OUR culture? Who's WE? Need I remind you that Canada is made up of a majority of immigrants. You yourself are an immigrant. The only true 'Canadians' are the Natives, let's NOT forget that. Let YOU not forget that. By your argument we should give all the land back to the Natives and adopt their culture, because that is TRUE Canadian culture. Their way is the way because it's been established for generations before the Caucasian population EVER arrived here. You want to know something else Civvy? They're Asians too.
Your argument of adapting to "our culture" is flawed since the Asian culture is part of our culture. Just like the French culture, the Acadian culture, the Native culture and everyone else that lives, works and contributes to our society and our culture.
Since you're only 17 and not really contributing to "our" culture anyways, maybe you should get the hell out of Canada and come back when you're more productive, or more skilled at doing things other then shooting your mouth off? I, as a Canadian sure don't want someone such as yourself with no productivity to be living off of my dollars and hard earned money.