She Thinks I'm A Racist
The following two posts are in my archive - I invite you to read them:
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There was a time when I used to equate Saskatchewan as a province out west where they grew a lot of wheat. Growing up a normal Canadian kid, I put away my share of breakfast cereals. Later in life, I heard about a CFL football team that played out of Saskatchewan. For many years after that Saskatchewn never came up much in my day to day dealings and it wasn't until I met Dwayne Levac, Gerry & Di's son, that it came up at all.
If you happen to visit The Canadian Taxpayers Federation web site you'll see that something is amiss. It seems that Saskatchewan's provincial government has created a two-tiered smoking ban. Any white man found smoking a cigarette in a public place will be charged, but First Nations folks will go unchallenged.
I don't want to sound racist here. I certainly have no ill feelings towards my fellow Canadians with native blood running through their veins, but I'm confused.
Could it be that Saskatchewan is not concerned about the good health of all its occupants, not just the white man? Am I to assume that these First Nations folks are going to be allowed to ruin their health and allowed to smoke in public places? My God, what is Premier Calvert doing here?
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Cudos to Saskatchewan's First Nations who are standing up for their rights and setting an example for others to follow. Knowing the will of Ontario's First Nations, I am confident that they will follow suit when the time comes when Ontario's smoke police spread out and sneak up on unsuspecting civilians.
I don't know what it is about our elected officials, but they sure are scared of our First Nation brothers. Too bad some white folks didn't have their balls!
I received an e-mail from a First Nations woman the other day after she stumbled onto one or both of these posts. She said I didn't have my facts straight and all I was doing was creating a fuss that would only reflect badly on natives. (I paraphrase as I am too lazy to go into my e-mail client to get the exact wording.)
Of course I responded as did she and we went back and forth a couple of times each wishing the other a nice day - all very cordial, but I'm guessing this woman figures me for a racist.
Contrary to what some folks may think, I don't fly the Confederate flag here on my property and up until the fierce winds tore the hell out of it, I had a Canadian flag flying proudly in my backyard. It should be replaced come spring.