Tagged: canadian politics
As my American readers may be aware, in Canada we wear a red poppy on our lapel during the week leading up to Remembrance Day (you guys call it Veteran’s Day). The tradition traces back to Maj John McRae, who penned the following poem in 1915, shortly before losing his life in the First World War. Remembrance Day isn’t a topic I’ve addressed before because, quite frankly, there’s nothing for me to say; the words have been written, the speeches recorded, and it is our duty as patriots to intone them about the cenotaph on the 11th of November –...
It’s not often that I disagree with the Captain, but when I do I’m compelled to write about it. Understand simply doing what an estimated 50 billion humans have been doing for the past 2 million years (breeding) is nothing great, nothing grandiose, and nothing special. I don’t care how many “baby showers” there are or how many trillions of dollars are spent, or how precious you think you’re little baby is. Humans are INCREDIBLY common INCREDIBLY numerous and none of us in the universal sense are special. Hmm… actually, upon re-reading, it’s not so much that I disagree with...
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