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Thanksgiving Dinner
On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 06:38:34 +1100, Brice >
wrote: >On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 16:23:03 -0300, wrote: > >>On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 13:15:29 -0600, graham > wrote: >> >>>On 2018-10-08 1:10 PM, wrote: >>>> On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 10:44:23 -0400, Dave Smith >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2018-10-08 7:15 AM, wrote: >>>>>> On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 17:30:04 -0400, Dave Smith >>>>> >>>>>>> I will stand by my personal experience growing up in Canada that our >>>>>>> holiday is very strongly linked to the Pilgrims. I asked my wife about >>>>>>> it this after noon. She is into Thanksgiving in a big way, just like her >>>>>>> mother, who was proud of her Loyalist roots. She mentioned that when >>>>>>> she switched to a high Anglican church a few years ago she was a little >>>>>>> disappointed that they did not do anything special for Thanksgiving and >>>>>>> realized it was because they had done they Harvest Home thing the week >>>>>>> before. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ball is in your court, YOU prove to me that the Canadian Thanksgiving >>>>>> has even a little to do with the Pilgrim Fathers - I can't imagine why >>>>>> you want to associate it with some religious nutters anyway! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Oh yeah. I aced that serve and you failed to return it. As I explained >>>>> to you... twice.... I grew up here and I know the tradition that we were >>>>> raised with. For some reason, you are more inclined to go with an author >>>>> with the last name of Ali to argue about Canadian culture. While you >>>>> came to the UK, many of us have roots in the American colonies and have >>>>> ancestors who came here as Loyalists. How typical of you to try to >>>>> bolster your lame argument with a slur against the people credited with >>>>> organizing the first Thanksgiving. The fact remains that for those of us >>>>> who were born and raised in this country, Canadian Thanksgiving is >>>>> essentially the same celebration as the American Thanksgiving, sharing >>>>> the same roots and the same traditional foods, but held on different dates. >>>>> >>>> I mentioned this at the club this afternoon, NOT ONE Canadian agreed >>>> with you. You are not giving me a link to it, because you can't. You >>>> prefer instead to make racist comments. You are a very poor >>>> Canadian that you don't know Canadian Thanksgiving is linked to a >>>> church festival, even Megatron knows that now, not the Pilgrims. >>>> >>>But Lucretia, you should know by now that Dave is always right! Always! >>>On everything! :-) >> >>Yeah you're right, up til now I had him pegged as a misogynist but now >>I see he is a racist as well. > >Hey, Lucretia, he's also a fat shamer! Remember "Big Niece"? That >label alone! So we have race card, gender card and fat shame card. >That leaves age card and disability card. Only a matter of time! True enough! |
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