Piddingworth Greg Benton |
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| 'Piddingworth...where St. George's Cross is not yet banned.' --Mark Steyn |
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| Honour all men. Love the Brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the King. (1Peter 2) |
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| Trust in the Lord and He will give you the strength & courage to do your Duty... Rose West Leonard |
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| CANADA'S DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER |
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| There is a new book titled The Strange Demise of British Canada
(The Liberals and Canadian Nationalism, 1961-1968) by C.P. Champion, Ph.D. and after reading it I have come away being sadly reminded of that rare psychiatric diagonsis of 'Dissociative Identity Disorder' where the patient, in this case 'Canada', experiences at least two identities or personality states that are very different in nature. Each of these 'personalities' have distinctly different ways of looking at, thinking about and relating to themselves or the world around them and in a distinct pattern, assume control over the whole of one's identity. In medicine, this disease used to be called 'Multiple Personality Disorder' (like the infamous Sybil) or 'Split Personality Disorder'. In case you might think that the two personalities within Canada are 'English' and 'French', in his thesis, Champion instead identifies two distinct types of 'Canadian': The 'Paleo-Nationalists' who view their country, as well as their citizenship, according to it's original, historical achievements and experiences along with those symbols that represent all of that,in what one normally might call 'Tradition'. This includes the 'British-Canadian', who used to be simply identified as 'Canadian' until the '60's but is largely dismissed today as a 'Dinosaur' or worse. It would also include Les Canadiens, the French Canadian whose identity remains deeply identified with their history and culture; certainly more so than English Canadians. It was the dominant personality of being 'Canadian' from Confederation until it's attrition with the Pearsonian and Trudeaupian coup d'etat in the 1960's and the passing of the 'World War Two Generation', i.e., Mum & Dad. There are some elements of the identity that do remain in a sort of 'cultural lag' and even have some strength within Canadian institutions such as the military. The other, and now the dominant type of Canadian is the 'Neo-Nationalist' whose identity is rooted, not in any Canadian history, achievements or experience, but in an ideology, i.e., an idea of Canada promoted by the political philosophy of the Liberal establishment that found it's greatest expression in the policies of Pierre Trudeau and created what Mark Steyn has famously termed 'Trudeaupia'. The Neo-Nationalist believes that Trudeau liberated Canada from slavery and that his Charter of Rights and Freedoms gave us rights and freedoms that didn't exist before. So, whilst Trudeau spent the years of world war two riding about on his motorcycle (and even wearing a German helmet) and studying, the Paleo-Canadians were storming the beaches of Normandy. Champion insists that some of the Neo-Nationalist ideas like the Maple Leaf flag are, in fact, British. This could be true if one is referring to the dreadful affliction of British self-loathing combined with endless adolescence that is all too prevalent these days. That Canada would evolve in time following the end of the British Empire is, of course, natural and obvious. What the Liberal Neo-Nationalists did is intercept the evolution and replace history, tradition, symbols and icons with their own ideas of what it means to be a Canadian. This is why one will always hear the Liberal refer to Canadian values, meaning, Liberal values, that are themselves an oxymoron. They think that they are the only real Canadians when, in fact, they betray the authentic personality that was moulded over four centuries. I am an unreconstructed Canadian who clings to the magnificence of Canada's British identity, inheritance and gifts; the same that is shared with other of the former Dominions. I was born under the Union flag, served under that flag as well as the Maple Leaf whose emblem is also hallowed and bears the nobility and courage of the service and sacrifice of Canadian sailors, soldiers and airmen. Still, I will forever resent the Neo-Nationalist lies about Canada's history and their effort to disguise that history. They are a disgrace. I recommend the book but if you are a Paleo-Nationalist, Keep some Gravol handy. |