As one of the english speaking white people that has lived in Quebec I would say that Shemps comments are pretty silly. We are obviously not a perfect society here in Canada, and I doubt that there is anything like 1% meditating with TM any more. But the Canadian story IS one of a peaceful harmonious coexistance of two founding peoples, the resolutions of debates about sucession by almost exculsively peaceful means, and a very low crime rate compared to not only the USA next door but even in the context of the whole world. All this in a very racially and culturally diverse society that welcomes a high rate of immigration and at least officiallly acknowledges and tries to redress the injustice done to First Nations.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On May 22, 2005, at 1:31 PM, Ingegerd wrote: > > > > > > > > > In the 70ths the Movement told us that 1 % had learned TM in > > Israel > > > > > and Canada. Whar happened to the 1% effect? > > > > > > > > And some parts of Canada had over 1%. Canada IMO is a sattvic > > > > country--certainly compared to the US. Inner spirituality in > > general > > > is > > > > very prevalent there, cities are spotless, etc. > > > > > > Canada is a racist country on the verge of splitting up. How > > sattvic > > > is that? > > > > > > But for the grace of the United States does Canada enjoy the > > standard > > > of living that they enjoy. Of course, they've never said "thank > > you" > > > to the U.S. for it... > > > > Which races do Candians show bigotry against? > > Segregation in schools in now official in Canada, as a result of a > Supreme Court of Canada decision a few months ago. There are two > classes of people in Canada, specifically in Quebec: those that can > freely choose to send their children to English or French publicly- > funded schools and those that do NOT have that choice and must send > their children to French schools. The free choice "right" is > determined according to a form of discrimination that is virtually > identical to both the Canadian Indian Act and the apartheid system > of South Africa (now extinct): who your parents are and what their > classification is. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
