From the archives of the Canadian Illustrated News, "The Heathen Chinese in British Columbia", an illustration by James L. Weston dated April 4, 1879, depicts Amor de Cosmos, the second premier of British Columbia, and a Chinese immigrant. For the sake of clarity, Amor de Cosmos was born William Alexander Smith and the first part of the caption deals with Cosmos's name change.
Amor de Cosmos, i.e.: "The love of
the world of the lover of mankind."
-- Heathen Chinese: "Why you sendee
me offee?"
-- A. D. C.: "Because you can't or won't 'assimilate' with
us."
-- Heathen Chinese: "What is datee?"
--A. D. C.: "You won't drink
whiskey, and talk politics and vote like us."
Canada: 2015
Canada: 2015
Yesterday, Conservative MP Larry Miller, addressed the current niqab debate on a call-in radio show.
The conversation between Miller and a radio caller:
-- Miller: "You know, like frankly, if you, if you're not willing to show your face in a ceremony, that you're joining the best country in the world, then frankly …"
-- Caller: "send ya back."
-- Miller: "Yeah. Frankly, if you don't like that or don't want to do that, stay the hell where you came from, is the way."
So if you feel the world is moving too fast, rejoice! Just become a white male politician in Canada and you too can totally ignore the passage of time.
It's like the last 136 years never ever happened!
I remembered the Canadian Illustrated News illustration from a history course I designed a decade ago. I was a political junkie then and I'm a political junkie now. At the time, I was proud of my country for being better than that.
Ten years later, the news makes me remember this cartoon.
So let's engage in a little contrast and compare. Amor de Cosmos was well known for his eccentric behaviour. A definite tip off, who in the hell renames themselves "Amor de Cosmos"? He was prone to public crying jags and known for an explosive temper that devolved into fist fights. He was also viewed as the father of B.C. Confederation. Miller, a career politician since 1991, likes to compare members of the opposition to Nazis and then retract his statements. He has passed one bill of note for the protection of lighthouses. He has also seized on to the word "frankly" with the compulsive tic of Stephen Harper and the word "clearly".
Delightfully, he has a very awkward Google images collection for someone taking hardline stance on Canadian uniformity and the rejection of other cultures, because
The Irish are fine:
Scots? You folks are also fine:
Cowboys? Totally cool with cowboys.
Nothing says cowboy like an F150.
Cowboy bondage bear? Fabulous!
[Insert mafia stereotype here]
Orange is the New Black, but the other guys are frankly and clearly terrorists.
Especially the dog, see how that brown is covering almost all of its face?
I don't know what this means, but it could be a cult.
Amos de Cosmos was eventually declared insane.
Miller? He's just your standard small-town conservative bigot who, if pictures prove anything, will adapt to any occasion to fit in and to stay in office. Including the adoption of the Conservative 2015 election platform of fear and loathing.
-- Miller: "You know, like frankly, if you, if you're not willing to show your face in a ceremony, that you're joining the best country in the world, then frankly …"
-- Caller: "send ya back."
-- Miller: "Yeah. Frankly, if you don't like that or don't want to do that, stay the hell where you came from, is the way."
So if you feel the world is moving too fast, rejoice! Just become a white male politician in Canada and you too can totally ignore the passage of time.
It's like the last 136 years never ever happened!
I remembered the Canadian Illustrated News illustration from a history course I designed a decade ago. I was a political junkie then and I'm a political junkie now. At the time, I was proud of my country for being better than that.
Ten years later, the news makes me remember this cartoon.
So let's engage in a little contrast and compare. Amor de Cosmos was well known for his eccentric behaviour. A definite tip off, who in the hell renames themselves "Amor de Cosmos"? He was prone to public crying jags and known for an explosive temper that devolved into fist fights. He was also viewed as the father of B.C. Confederation. Miller, a career politician since 1991, likes to compare members of the opposition to Nazis and then retract his statements. He has passed one bill of note for the protection of lighthouses. He has also seized on to the word "frankly" with the compulsive tic of Stephen Harper and the word "clearly".
Delightfully, he has a very awkward Google images collection for someone taking hardline stance on Canadian uniformity and the rejection of other cultures, because
The Irish are fine:
Scots? You folks are also fine:
Cowboys? Totally cool with cowboys.
Nothing says cowboy like an F150.
Cowboy bondage bear? Fabulous!
[Insert mafia stereotype here]
Orange is the New Black, but the other guys are frankly and clearly terrorists.
Especially the dog, see how that brown is covering almost all of its face?
I don't know what this means, but it could be a cult.
Amos de Cosmos was eventually declared insane.
Miller? He's just your standard small-town conservative bigot who, if pictures prove anything, will adapt to any occasion to fit in and to stay in office. Including the adoption of the Conservative 2015 election platform of fear and loathing.
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