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the patriot
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posted 03 August 2021 17:34

Hello,

This was just in about every daily newspaper accross the country. Various feminist groups wish to alter the national anthem from "all thy sons command" to "all of us" or something along those lines. This is my perception on the whole debate. Why not re-write the King James version of the Holy Bible to have Jesus Christ changed to a woman. That way church and state can be both gender inclusive!!!!

-the patriot- [Canadian]

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bossi
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posted 09 August 2021 17:14

On the other hand, a more recent headline announced the public opinion polls indicated 77% of Canadians do NOT want the anthem re-written (or in other words, common sense may actually prevail ... ?)

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Boydfish
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posted 13 August 2021 06:02

No problem. If they want to change it to "All of us", I propose that we all complain that that phrase generalizes all groups of Canadians together, thereby de-emphasizing the unique qualities of (Insert whatever social group). As such, the new anthem will eventually have to list every possible permutation of social group(As each person is somewhat unique, I figure that we should err on the side of caution and simply just reel off everybody's name). With that done, Canada will no longer have an anthem, but simply a roll call of all Canadian citizens, bracketed by a relatively short bit of singing about how lovely this place is(At least it was until the entire population started spending every day trying to remember the name of all of thier countrymen.). This will have it's own unique problems, especially as it pertains to learning the 30 million odd names of every person in Canada, factoring in the birth/death/immigration issues(Which of course, then violates the rights of the dead Canadians, meaning that we'll have to learn the names of every Canadian...ever. In fact, since the law, as it pertains to the Charter, is specific that rights are conferred on all persons in Canada, we'd probably have to list the names of people visiting Canada at the moment the song was being sung.). This would have some benefits, however. The role of the Canadian Census would be moot and could be scrapped, as the NHL would have to constantly enumerate and record the names of all Canadians in order to sing said anthem(Of course, if they started singing in July, they might be done just in time for Game 7 of the finals.).

Overall, my deepest wish is to be one of these people who champion causes like this. Imagine the biggest problem in your life being that you're not overly fond of one phrase in a song...

Giggling rant ends now.

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reg1
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posted 14 August 2021 18:04

maybe we should pack our bags and go the way of the next state. everything seems to be changing,its heart wrenching to here this kind of garbadge.dont know just dont know

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reg1
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posted 14 August 2021 18:05

maybe we should pack our bags and go the way of the next state. everything seems to be changing,its heart wrenching to here this kind of garbadge.dont know just dont know [Fifty]

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