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I mean hey - that really sucks. It sounds like you've met some shitty people. It doesn't change the fact that good-natured ribbing is really common in cross-cu
by cal5k 8y ago
I mean hey - that really sucks. It sounds like you've met some shitty people.
It doesn't change the fact that good-natured ribbing is really common in cross-cultural contexts. I grew up in Ottawa, a really bilingual city, and making fun of each other was part of how we all bonded in spite of our differences.
Intent matters.
- jperras 8y ago> Intent matters. There’s an entire aphorism dedicated to the idea that intentions and effects are often vastly different. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_road_to_hell_is_paved_with_good_intentions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_road_to_hell_is_paved_wi...
- rfrey 8y agoIntent matters, but so does being aware of the effect of "punching down". Ontario, specifically Ottawa and Toronto, dominate so much in Canada, that people in repressed Quebec, impoverished PEI, or one of Ontario's western colonies may not appreciate it as much as you think.
- cal5k 8y agoI find this claim that Quebec is a repressed province bizarre, particularly when more Prime Ministers have hailed from Quebec than any other province (including Ontario): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Canada_by_constituency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Can...