Because i don't really care about being politically correct. It gets the point across and i mean no disrespect so it doesn't matter. It's not a insult or racist remark. If someone happens to feel it is then its their opinion.
On 12/9/05, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you know it's not politically correct, why use it? The correct term in > Canada is First Nations' People, though Aboriginals is also acceptable. > > The reason for the poverty up North is because the work is very very > seasonal. Many Northern communities are fly-in only for 4-6 months of the > year. Some of them have winter roads, but barely. In the summer, people are > flocking there in droves to fish and hike and camp and stuff and such... but > when it's -50 and you might get trapped there, people are less likely to want > to ice fish or snowmobile up there for vacation. It's also very dark there > for very long periods of time. Some communities will actually have a week or > two of 24 hour darkness (with a subsequent week or two or 24 hour sunshine in > the summer)... anyway, with no work to do and no visitors, these small > communities tend to do one thing: drink. Well I'm sure you can imagine what > happens with a lot of drinking and little else. (It's not entirely First > Nations up North either) > > Our First Nations folks do open casinos here and they do very well with them. > And I really do not like the generalization that they have 'major drinking > problems and high suicide rates'. I would hazard to say that they do not > suffer from these things any more than the non-First Nations people. It's a > stereotype that is long overdue for a change. > > >ohh i smell a canadian slap fight ;) > >Sorry larry i'd have to side with jillian you understand. > > > >Why is there such poverty? Have your indians (yes i know its not the > >most politically correct name but you get the point) open up > >casinos!!! :) > > > >Do your indians have major drinking problems and high suicide rates > >like the american indians? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187016 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
