File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_1998/postcolonial.9809, message 44


Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 16:59:25 -0500
Subject: Re: Labor/Labour - Throw "Americans" Out.....


Sorry you feel that way.  A little ressentiment, perhaps?

Terry Goldie wrote:

> It's fine for other countries to recognize American imperialism but
> Canadians should just shut up and take their medicine.
> Proper thing.
> t
>
> On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Marlene R. Atleo wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 22:21:39 -0700
> > From: "Marlene R. Atleo" <maratleo-AT-island.net>
> > Reply-To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> > To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
> > Subject: Re: Labor/Labour - Throw "Americans" Out.....
> >
> > Microsoft imperialism for those who can't spell Canadjan.
> > Working classes necessarily follow technology to the loonie where ever it
> > rises and tend to fight in the trenches...only the elite can hang on to HI
> > cultural expressions of Canadjanisms that umbilical us to the motherland.
> > Happy Labo/our Day: a day to honor workers not berate them for their choice
> > of cultural currency.
> >
> >
> >
> > At 12:24 AM 9/5/98 -0400, you wrote:
> > >
> > >Not up here in Canada... unless our working class has become more
> > >Americanised than I thought (or is tha AmericaniZed?).
> > >
> > >
> > >On Fri, 4 Sep 1998, Bruce Hagood wrote:
> > >
> > >> Sorry to impose, but it is spelled "Labor" Day!  :)
> > >>
> > >> David Butz wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Xaviar... I'm with you right up to "the Americans had no choice but to
> > >> > retaliate"... will the American's fanaticism be their undoing too?
> > Lots of
> > >> > undoing needing to be done!
> > >> >
> > >> > On a more hopeful note... Happy Labour Day to all!
> > >> >
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>
> Terry Goldie
> English Department
> York University
> North York, Ontario
> Canada
> M3J 1P3
> voice: 416-604-3670
> fax: 416-736-5412
> email: tgoldie-AT-yorku.ca
>
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