Multiculturalism
I think that multiculturalism in Canada is a farse. I don't say this lightly, but with a heavy heart. I think culture in Canada is slowly falling apart. The British Magazine "The Economist" wrote 'the glue that holds canada together is weaker than maple syrup'. For a culture to flourish it must have a common ideological goal. I was born and raised in Canada, i grew up in a small town but i have yet to discover this common goal. I see little that differentiates us from America. If a single culture cannot survive its nearly impossible for a bi-cultural, let alone a multicultural one to. That said, once society stop hyphinating their citezings (french-canadian, filipino-canadian) then true progress can be made. We need to move towards unity before we can even think about multiple cultures. Multiculturalism has only served to further polarize an ununified nation.
Im not saying a homogenous society is what we want; variety is the spice of life, but, how does one attain unity in a country that has never been unified? Canada has never been unified, there has always been French Canada and English Canada, and they seem to be eternally pited against each other. I grew up being taught that the USA was a "Cultural Melting-Pot" and Canada was "A Cultural Mosaic". Pardon the next sentance. This is absolute crap. Canada is a Cultural Shopping Mall in my opinion. The Mall of Canada has many shops in it which represent the different cultures. One day i can go look at The Scottish Shope, or grab lunch at Little Italy, but, each of these shops is seperate and unique.
I'm really quite torn about this. Should we remain multicultural, and wander aimlessly into history, or do we become homogenous and go against the only sense of identity that Canada has? I think that Canada needs to walk the radical middle; live on the fence. How else does one reconsile this issue? I don't want Canada to be like the USA where immigrants are told to assimilate, i love the idea of integration. But, integration is not possible without something to integrate into. You cannot add something to nothing and get more than one. 0+1 does NOT equal 2. That seems to be the formula that Canada is based on. I've been racking my brain for weeks with this issue. Flip-flopping back and forth in my mind. Im going to talk to a sociologist about it.
learning
This isn't going to be overly philisophical (as i can tend to be), but im learning a lot lately. Not just through school, but lots to do with life in general. Im learning practical life things, like, that the drummer from Blink-182, named Travis Barker, does awesome hip-hop remixes and posts them on youtube.
Im learning that Ethiopian food is not too bad, that its similar to Indian food, and really fun to eat. I had it friday night, really spur of the moment, and it was really really great, no regrets there.
Starbucks has the 'Espresso Truffle', and its possibly as close to drinking chocolate as one can get.
Waltzing is really really fun when its not to old classical tunes.
Our school might be getting rid of the mandatory U-Pass, which would be great, so that i don't have to play a few hundred dollars a semster for something i don't use.
Our school is thinking, possibly, of having a Gay Party. Being a conservative christian school im somewhat skeptical, but i think it would be great if it happened, i like seeing people out of their comfort zones.
Stalin was a total douche-bag, how the heck did he get so powerful? He should have written a sort of 'Dictatorship for Dummies' book, im sure it would sell well.
oh, and i've learned that if you put:
-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “Nirvana”
into google you can find mp3's for free, you just need to change the band at the end. Its great.
