> Racism is wrong, Sexism is wrong, Agism is wrong, but "Canadianism", for lack of a better term, is ok?
Well, yes. You can't change your race or your sex, and neither provide a valid method to predict characteristics of a particular person, so it is invalid to discriminate against someone on these critera. Our cultures awareness of this fact is reflected in the 'wrongness' of sexism and racism.
Two very different things are going on with "blame canada:" (1) it's attacking a group entity, not an individual ("blame the English," in the days of English domination, would be an entirely legitimate claim), and (2), even if it was attacking an individual (like you, for example), it's attacking a changable characteristic.
Someone who's white can't change their race, nor can a man change his gender. A person can change their nationality. If I lived in nazi-era Germany, it would say something about me. Just like me living in America today says something about me, and living in Canada says something about you.
Whether or not Canada deserves the shit it's getting (it doesn't, of course) is beside the point, which is: "Canadianism" is not wrong in the same way racisim or sexism is, and I wish you wouldn't say that it is, because it trivializes racism and sexism.
(Yeah, I didn't include agism: Last time I looked, it wasn't particularly wrong--two cases in point: shampoo ads and baywatch.)
> Nominating a song like "Blame Canada" and snubbing an actor like Jim Carey really tells me a lot about americans...
Yep--just as much as your getting offended over this song tells me a lot about Canadians.
Fuckin' Sissys.
P.S. I know what your thinking, but your wrong: Question: How many people were involved in the decision to nominate B.C.? Answer: Who knows, but it's almost certainly not statistically more meaningfull than the one Canadian I'm using to form my opinion of Canadians.
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Well, yes. You can't change your race or your sex, and neither provide a valid method to predict characteristics of a particular person, so it is invalid to discriminate against someone on these critera. Our cultures awareness of this fact is reflected in the 'wrongness' of sexism and racism.
Two very different things are going on with "blame canada:" (1) it's attacking a group entity, not an individual ("blame the English," in the days of English domination, would be an entirely legitimate claim), and (2), even if it was attacking an individual (like you, for example), it's attacking a changable characteristic.
Someone who's white can't change their race, nor can a man change his gender. A person can change their nationality. If I lived in nazi-era Germany, it would say something about me. Just like me living in America today says something about me, and living in Canada says something about you.
Whether or not Canada deserves the shit it's getting (it doesn't, of course) is beside the point, which is: "Canadianism" is not wrong in the same way racisim or sexism is, and I wish you wouldn't say that it is, because it trivializes racism and sexism.
(Yeah, I didn't include agism: Last time I looked, it wasn't particularly wrong--two cases in point: shampoo ads and baywatch.)
> Nominating a song like "Blame Canada" and snubbing an actor like Jim Carey really tells me a lot about americans...
Yep--just as much as your getting offended over this song tells me a lot about Canadians.
Fuckin' Sissys.
P.S. I know what your thinking, but your wrong: Question: How many people were involved in the decision to nominate B.C.? Answer: Who knows, but it's almost certainly not statistically more meaningfull than the one Canadian I'm using to form my opinion of Canadians.