Triumph’s can of worms

Conan’s barbs skewer ‘dumb’ Quebeckers

I’ve been watching the Conan O’Brien show this week as it’s from Toronto. Talk about hilarious. It’s interesting to see how American’s perceive us. Last night’s show was the best yet. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog proved once and for all that we take ourselves far too seriously here in Canuckistan.

This opens up a whole other dialogue…

Separation for Quebec? A distinct society? Just don’t talk about it, and for God’s sake don’t say anything negative. If you speak against it while you ‘parléz anglais’ you’re instantly branded an intolerant racist. Doesn’t all the talk of separation and a ‘distinct society’ sound like racism too? I understand people wanting to preserve their way of life, but don’t step on my toes in the process.

Look at this current crap in France right now. Muslim women (and other reigious groups) are no longer free to wear the clothing they are religiously dictated to in state schools. Separation of church and state? Perhaps on the surface. Intolerant ignorance? Probably a touch. Ethnocentric xenophobia? Definitely. As also evidenced in Quebec through the French over English on signs debacle it appears the French are really afraid of disappearing or at least not being as ‘French’ somehow.

Look at the fear 9/11 generated in Western Society. We were attacked by a group who believes their way of life is ‘right’ and as we believe our way of life is more ‘right’ than theirs we hit back. It’s what has started pretty much every arguement and war throughout history.

Self-righteous intolerance seems to be a cancerous thread throughout history. How about the Crusades when it was Christianity’s turn to be fanatical? Probably the most extreme modern example would be the Holocaust. We are ALL guilty of it to varying degrees.

Wow, I started out to write a paragraph about a bit on the Conan O’brien show, but it has turned into quite the rant. It’s strange how it takes an outsider to make us look a little more closely within.

Don Cherry for Prime Minister!