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From: shindman@utcs.uucp (Paul Shindman)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: O Canada vs. New York
Message-ID: <887@utcs.uucp>
Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 09:50:56 EDT
Article-I.D.: utcs.887
Posted: Thu Sep 26 09:50:56 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Sep-85 10:40:30 EDT
References: <347@zaphod.UUCP> <3900015@csd2.UUCP> <2537@watcgl.UUCP> <804@lsuc.UUCP> <884@utcs.uucp> <638@mprvaxa.UUCP> <729@utai.UUCP>
Reply-To: shindman@utcs.UUCP (Paul Shindman)
Organization: University of Toronto - General Purpose UNIX
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Summary: 

In article <729@utai.UUCP> lesperan@utai.UUCP (Yves Lesperance) writes:
>In <638@mprvaxa.UUCP>, Tim Bray (tbray@mprvaxa) writes:
>
>> If you want to be really nauseated, go look up the first verse in French.
>> Enough to turn you into an instant separatist.
>
>
>More seriously, I fail to find anything offensive in that first verse, "O
>Canada, terre de nos aieux".  I simply perceive that as a reference to our
>attachment to the land, our family and ancestry, and history.  I feel that these
>values are still deeply ingrained in the French Canadian psyche.  Overall, I
>certainly agree that the anthem is dated; Quebec society has changed
>dramatically since those rural and religious days.  But I find that the
>datedness of the song gives it a certain charm, and there's a lot in it that is
>still valid.
>
The only part that I find should be changed is the "porter la croix", since
in our, ahem, wonderfully multi-cultural and diverse community (blech, sounds
like a campaign speech) there are many who do not carry a cross. Since the
english version was recently changed, I wouldn't mind seeing this line
altered slightly.

Actually, I liked the late Roger Ducet's(sp?) version the best "...we stand 
on gaurd for rights and liberty...".
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