EDITORIAL – Sorry, but we’re just not as polite as we used to be

Posted on March 15, 2017 in Editorials // 1 Comment

We’ll be cutting a special cake on Canada Day this year, but we need to think about who we are.

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger.

THIS IS, if you hadn’t noticed yet, Canada’s 150^th birthday. As the year moves along, we’ll all pay a lot more attention to it, and it should be a lot of fun.

It’s not just a time for cutting ribbons and cakes, though, it’s a time to reflect upon ourselves as Canadians, and who we are.

Internationally, we’re known first and foremost as being polite. Trying to figure out if that label is deserved has become an industry, but I happen to think it’s true, or was.

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1 Comment on EDITORIAL – Sorry, but we’re just not as polite as we used to be

Pierre // March 15, 2017 at 9:08 AM // Reply

The politeness you say is a myth…a facade we no real substance, IMHO.
But it is not the internet that made us even worse…hedonistic materialism now sanctioned in the highest of offices is the culprit.

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