Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

BigCityLib brings a Drudge Report news item to my attention, countering claims by some ultra-conservatives that Spanish versions of the American national anthem is destroying a tradition and weakening the state. Obviously these alarmists are armed only with anti-immigrant feelings, since even their right wing government is featuring a version penned in 1919 on official government communications. If the ancient Catholic Church can change completely from Latin to english and dozens of other languages without crumbling, it stands to reason that the mighty USA can learn to accept not everyone speaks english and accomodate other cultures until they gradually learn to use english too.

Far be it from me to compare the Canadian experience with America’s, but Canada has had a bilingual national anthem for probably as long as we’ve been a country, and it’s hardly been a divisive issue.  The only problem is the confusion it causes in the West when played at a sporting event where people can’t understand why the anthem they are singing along with suddenly doesn’t match their words.  Most have learned to shrug off the difference, and either sing through in english, or learn the french. There are more important threats to our sovereignty and unity than what language a national anthem is sung in.  Can you imagine the division in the country if the sport cricket was played in Canada? It would surely threaten baseball and our ties with the USA and Cuba.  Now there’s a divisive issue to get worked up over ;-)
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[Update to my earlier comment on the breaking "news" about a prank:] Meanwhile the Conservative heritage* of baby eating continues as a prankster scrolled the message “Stephen Harper eats babies” to transit passengers in a Toronto GO train network. *Heritage Minister Bev Oda was unavailable for comment.