Beyond being legislation of dubious merit, it’s the bill’s “barbaric” label that is most disturbing. It has echoes of Canada’s anglocentric colonial past, when those who were not of the approved British stock were regarded as lesser beings... It was an attitude used to justify residential-school abuses and official policies aimed at suppressing or eliminating traditional cultures. “Barbaric” is a term that resonates with bigotry. The very word is xenophobic — it stems from a Greek word meaning to speak or behave like a stranger. It’s “us” versus “them.”
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:40:38 +0000
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