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TimJim
03-17-2009, 09:48 PM
im:
German
British
Celtic (Irish, Scottish, Welsh, etc)
Danish
Dutch
and Canadian and American but i dont consider those since theyre both melting pots or w/e


how about you guys

nevertoolate
03-18-2009, 06:18 AM
Australian.
German Heritage Mums side
Scottish Heritage Dads side

JohnXDoe
03-18-2009, 06:54 AM
MX'ican :cool:

hXcPLISIT
03-18-2009, 08:13 AM
Greek
Canadian
Scottish

808
03-18-2009, 08:16 AM
Spanish
Italian
Mexican
Barbadian

Klown
03-18-2009, 08:26 AM
look it's fat stupid americans trying to pretend they are cultured by saying they are part european~

:)

eliminaturd
03-18-2009, 08:27 AM
american

808
03-18-2009, 08:28 AM
look it's fat stupid americans trying to pretend they are cultured by saying they are part european~

:)

Look, it's a fat stupid American trying to pretend he's smart by making fun of fat stupid Americans trying to pretend they area cultured by saying they are part European~

:)

DBoons Ghost
03-18-2009, 08:31 AM
2/3 Sicilian
1/4 Italian obscure on Mom's side. (My grandfather on my mom's side moved to Sicily from Abruzzo)

Bread and Faxes
03-18-2009, 08:31 AM
Pure Irish meat.

Mister_Che
03-18-2009, 08:42 AM
Mexican. Both of my parents met in New York. They both came from separate towns in Mexico that are about 2 hours apart.

My last name is Italian, though. Don't know what's up with that.

Altmer
03-18-2009, 08:47 AM
100% Dutch Pure Original in every way

808
03-18-2009, 08:49 AM
The Dutch are actually 90% Arab.

Berner
03-18-2009, 08:49 AM
German/Austrian.


ZE MASTER RACE!

Altmer
03-18-2009, 08:50 AM
The Dutch are actually 90% Arab.

These days yeah, but I'm from the other 10%

808
03-18-2009, 08:51 AM
No, it's always been like that.

You are a racist.

Klown
03-18-2009, 08:52 AM
A racist.

Altmer
03-18-2009, 08:52 AM
And you don't know how to take a joke. If we're really gonna talk heritage, everyone is a ****ing African anyway.

Berner
03-18-2009, 08:59 AM
I DIDN'T COME FROM NO MONKEY!

lrn2creationism

Klown
03-18-2009, 09:03 AM
And you don't know how to take a joke. If we're really gonna talk heritage, everyone is a ****ing African anyway.

how dare you say that GOD MADE ME

Altmer
03-18-2009, 09:05 AM
i'm not religious

Berner
03-18-2009, 09:05 AM
Well we are so either believe in a literal Genesis or GTFO!

Altmer
03-18-2009, 09:28 AM
i'll believe in the invisible pink unicorn instead is that ok with you

JohnXDoe
03-18-2009, 09:30 AM
jew

EightMilesHigh
03-18-2009, 09:33 AM
My father is Irish-Canadian (Murphy)
My mother is English-Scottish-Canadian (McKissok)

That and I have a very Irish first name (Liam) so I just say I'm Irish.

Black Ink
03-18-2009, 09:38 AM
Polish

Berner
03-18-2009, 09:42 AM
i'll believe in the invisible pink unicorn instead is that ok with you

Since I believe that which cannot be disproved, yes that is acceptable.

kitsch
03-18-2009, 09:48 AM
both my mom and dad's family's can trace their heritage back to ireland. and its only a few generations back.

Mr. Ron
03-18-2009, 09:53 AM
Mostly German, with some irish and very little Ukrainian

Berner
03-18-2009, 09:55 AM
I'm surrounded by Ukrainians here in Saskatchewan. It's almost unbearable. Good cabbage rolls and perogies though.

<3<3<3
03-18-2009, 09:58 AM
my grandma is from Sweden

My father had red hair so I'm guessing it goes back to ireland/scotland

I think one of my grandfather's said he had native American in him.

EightMilesHigh
03-18-2009, 10:02 AM
I have an uncle named Tommy (non-blood related) who's part Native Canadian and he looks and sounds just like
http://returntomanliness.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/david-carradine.jpg

Huxton
03-18-2009, 10:05 AM
look it's fat stupid americans trying to pretend they are cultured by saying they are part european~


   

hXcPLISIT
03-18-2009, 10:05 AM
canadian
non fat
non stupid

wartomods
03-18-2009, 10:07 AM
Damn americans and their manners of not thinking they are american

Huxton
03-18-2009, 10:08 AM
sup huxtonshut up you fat stupid canadian

toronto is nice tho

Mr. Ron
03-18-2009, 10:32 AM
most Americans are Europeans just in a different country whats wrong with you guys

808
03-18-2009, 10:37 AM
Most Americans are just fat.

EightMilesHigh
03-18-2009, 10:38 AM
except for Nicole Richie.

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 10:43 AM
Ugh, Euromutts.
2/3 Sicilian
1/4 Italian obscure on Mom's side. (My grandfather on my mom's side moved to Sicily from Abruzzo)Not a huge difference, is there?

Besides that 2/3 and 1/4 don't add up.

Angmar
03-18-2009, 10:44 AM
Mostly greek with a good deal of Native American, some Irish and French Canadian. Although 1/4 of my heritage is unknown to me (mom was adopted only knew her mom was full blooded greek)

DBoons Ghost
03-18-2009, 10:52 AM
You're right. It don't add up. I have one grandfather who left the Abruzzo region and moved to my nana's town in Sicily where they met and married before coming to America.

The difference is huge to Italians and Sicilians. They may as well be different countries.

Huxton
03-18-2009, 11:06 AM
most Americans are Europeans just in a different country whats wrong with you guys
ya but the society in which you are raised has a greater bearing on you than your heritage so i am sorry but you have left the elite club

Mr. Ron
03-18-2009, 11:16 AM
ya but the society in which you are raised has a greater bearing on you than your heritage so i am sorry but you have left the elite club
aw, nuts!

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 11:24 AM
Don't see what's so prestigious about being a Euromutt anyway when every white person in North America is one.

Huxton
03-18-2009, 11:25 AM
i just explained it iskandar are you dumb

Black Ink
03-18-2009, 11:27 AM
ITT people assume everyone immigrated to the States at the latest between 1850 and 1915.

Huxton
03-18-2009, 11:29 AM
nobody cares poland is even worse

RetiredAt21
03-18-2009, 11:42 AM
Deutsche und French.

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 11:49 AM
Shouldn't that be Franzosen or something.

mattspurplepen
03-18-2009, 11:49 AM
dudeee my friend and i met these girls from poland in spain- pretty smokin!

I don't really care about nationality/heritage, well i mean it can be interesting i guess, but doesn't necessarily define you as a person.

I know i'm part Irish,french,german,scottish,english, maybe some other european country. and my mom thinks we might be part jewish somehow lol she said there was a family history rumor and that those always turn out to be true!
I honestly don't think i'd care anyway what heritage i have.

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 11:50 AM
I'm a Nepali/Sinitic blend. **** European heritage.

Huxton
03-18-2009, 11:52 AM
iskandar wishes he was an arab its true hes just mad because europeans are elite

RetiredAt21
03-18-2009, 11:54 AM
Shouldn't that be Franzosen or something.

lol I dunno

Altmer
03-18-2009, 11:56 AM
it should be franch???

RetiredAt21
03-18-2009, 11:57 AM
The ****?

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 12:04 PM
it should be franch???No.

808
03-18-2009, 12:05 PM
Franch dressing.

RetiredAt21
03-18-2009, 12:12 PM
it should be franch???

Location: Netherlands

LOL, oh.

asdf
03-18-2009, 12:43 PM
Mostly Irish and 1/8th Cherokee.

McP3000
03-18-2009, 12:50 PM
25% scottish
25% german
25% irish
25% french

Jamais_Vu
03-18-2009, 01:03 PM
50% Italian
25% Irish
25% Spanish

<3<3<3
03-18-2009, 01:04 PM
yeah you would be a sfig

Jamais_Vu
03-18-2009, 01:04 PM
a what?

<3<3<3
03-18-2009, 01:04 PM
way to ruin my flow you crazy sii

Mr. Ron
03-18-2009, 01:49 PM
I'm a Nepali/Sinitic blend. **** European heritage.
why

Already_Taken
03-18-2009, 02:01 PM
english, french, polish, jamaican

hismajestythepope
03-18-2009, 02:35 PM
Austrian/Polish/Slovak/Welsh

eliminaturd
03-18-2009, 02:37 PM
yesterday i was stuck in a large building full of assholes who think that wearing green and drinking guinness makes them TRUE IRISH

Mr. Ron
03-18-2009, 02:40 PM
every1 is irish on st patty's day LOL!

eliminaturd
03-18-2009, 02:50 PM
but the irish are the ******s of europe???

Mr. Ron
03-18-2009, 02:52 PM
the welsh are the ******s of Europe

hismajestythepope
03-18-2009, 02:54 PM
False.

Mr. Ron
03-18-2009, 02:56 PM
mappy don't get made because you're part ******

Crapdragoon
03-18-2009, 02:57 PM
Spanish/Native American/Mexican

JonG
03-18-2009, 02:58 PM
pure german

McP3000
03-18-2009, 03:04 PM
heil

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 03:05 PM
whyThere is nothing wrong with having European heritage. I just hate when people feel compelled to list every single European nationality their ancestors belonged to. Can't they pare it down a little?

Plus it's boring.

Already_Taken
03-18-2009, 03:08 PM
There is nothing wrong with having European heritage. I just hate when people feel compelled to list every single European nationality their ancestors belonged to. Can't they pare it down a little?

Plus it's boring.

that is retarded. this whole thread is boring.

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 03:09 PM
that is retarded. this whole thread is boring.I'm Canadian.

Already_Taken
03-18-2009, 03:09 PM
obviously

808
03-18-2009, 03:10 PM
You know what else starts with C?

McP3000
03-18-2009, 03:10 PM
I'm Canadian.
so you're inferior?

hismajestythepope
03-18-2009, 03:10 PM
*Demiamerican

Klown
03-18-2009, 03:11 PM
I'm Canadian.
my condolences

Crapdragoon
03-18-2009, 03:11 PM
You know what else starts with C?


hehe

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 03:14 PM
so you're inferior?No, I'm superior like the lake.
You know what else starts with C?There's a whole section in the dictionaries that can tell you!

McP3000
03-18-2009, 03:16 PM
you're so sassy

808
03-18-2009, 03:19 PM
No, I'm superior like the lake.
There's a whole section in the dictionaries that can tell you!

Communist.

Alf™
03-18-2009, 03:26 PM
My heritage is bread robber.

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 03:39 PM
Communist.Communism is so 1989.

808
03-18-2009, 03:44 PM
That's the year you was born, yeah?

McP3000
03-18-2009, 03:52 PM
no iskandar was born with marx and will die with the freedom of the people

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 04:06 PM
That's the year you was born, yeah?Yep.

808
03-18-2009, 04:15 PM
Yep.

Oh wow, I'm older than you.

angry armadillo
03-18-2009, 04:19 PM
i am angry armadillo, how you doin?

(*The Noonward Race*)
03-18-2009, 04:34 PM
Very good, my national heritage is handmade it's from a high end store and we get new ones all the time.

808
03-18-2009, 04:43 PM
i am angry armadillo, how you doin?

:o.

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 04:46 PM
Oh wow, I'm older than you.I just turned 20 last month.

808
03-18-2009, 04:47 PM
I just turned 21 three months ago!

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 04:51 PM
I just realized the first post referred to Canada as a melting pot.

Actually that's not correct. The melting pot is a distinctly American idea. The term implies assimilation of immigrants into the mainstream culture. That's not really a Canadian value. Here immigrants are encouraged to retain aspects of their cultures while respecting the national culture and those of other immigrants. We pride ourselves on being multicultural and accomodating.

horseypie
03-18-2009, 04:59 PM
zere's no canada like french canada

its ze best canada in ze land

808
03-18-2009, 05:02 PM
**** multiculturalism.

(*The Noonward Race*)
03-18-2009, 05:02 PM
I have like 18 national heritages I collected in Belize.

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 05:15 PM
**** multiculturalism.Multiculturalism is awesome. Don't be such an intolerant fascist.

808
03-18-2009, 05:17 PM
But I'm not a fascist.

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 05:24 PM
I know. I was being facetious.

Shadows Within
03-18-2009, 05:27 PM
Portugese (Mederios)
Irish (Sullivan)
French (Dionne)

Aaron
03-18-2009, 05:32 PM
Two parts Austrian.
One part irish.
One part dutch.
Salt to taste.

Badmoon
03-18-2009, 06:02 PM
Irish

sweboy
03-18-2009, 06:04 PM
I know. I was being facetious.

you were being fascistic????

RetiredAt21
03-18-2009, 06:20 PM
zere's no canada like french canada

its ze best canada in ze land

Hahahaha

FattyKnee
03-18-2009, 06:48 PM
100% japanese :D

Mexican Bandito
03-18-2009, 06:50 PM
scottish as far back as 1900s and a bit of english before then

808
03-18-2009, 06:58 PM
English wanker.

Initiation
03-18-2009, 07:04 PM
dutch
english
german
irish

rasputin
03-18-2009, 07:06 PM
Turkish, I was born there myself. My ancestry is also pure Turkish, not of Anatolian descent but out of Central Asia.

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 07:33 PM
I don't get it. The Urheimat of the Turkic peoples is Central Asia, yes, but Turkish people are defined as those from Anatolia.

here comes the bird flu
03-18-2009, 07:45 PM
culturally American

genetically English, Austrian, Scottish, and American Indian

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 07:48 PM
Since you're Turkish, perhaps you can tell me what the hell this email I got from Wikipedia says.

Sayın Iskandar,

Wikipedia'daki Kullanıcı mesaj: Iskandar başlıklı sayfa
22:38, 18 Mart 2009 tarihinde Vikiçizer tarafından yaratıldı. Geçerli
sürüme
http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kullan%C4%B1c%C4%B1_mesaj:Iskandar
adresinden ulaşabilirsiniz.

Yeni bir sayfa.

Açıklaması: Vikipedi'ye hoş geldiniz!

Sayfayı değiştiren kullanıcının erişim bilgileri:
e-posta:
http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96zel:E-postalAt/Viki%C3%A7izer
Viki: http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kullan%C4%B1c%C4%B1:Viki%C3%A7izer

Bahsi geçen sayfayı ziyaret etmediğiniz sürece sayfayla ilgili
başka değişiklik uyarısı gönderilmeyecektir. Uyarı ayarlarını
izleme listenizdeki tüm sayfalar için değiştirebilirsiniz.

Wikipedia uyarı sistemi.

--
Ayarları değiştirmek için:
http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96zel:Watchlist/edit

Yardım ve öneriler için:
http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard%C4%B1m:ContentsI can pick out a couple of words that are from English or Arabic but otherwise it's like what.

Shell
03-18-2009, 08:19 PM
I don't know :(

Murdererer
03-18-2009, 08:19 PM
White & Native American

Mr. Ron
03-18-2009, 08:23 PM
50% zerg LOL

class
03-18-2009, 08:28 PM
african.

hahahahaa.

but seriously..

Iskandar
03-18-2009, 08:36 PM
50% zerg LOLBorg.

Jay Link
03-18-2009, 08:41 PM
1/2 Greek my family is from Sparta... 1/2 mix of Lithuanian, English, Bohemian and Native American Indian.

DJ Ducksauce
03-18-2009, 08:50 PM
Filipino lulz

doki
03-18-2009, 09:59 PM
Indonesian + Chinese

(*The Noonward Race*)
03-18-2009, 10:30 PM
100 percent native american



mostly

808
03-18-2009, 11:45 PM
Filipino lulz

Putanginamo!

EightMilesHigh
03-18-2009, 11:45 PM
I don't know :(

trailer trash-inese

Shell
03-18-2009, 11:52 PM
you forgot too add incest in there somehow

808
03-18-2009, 11:54 PM
It's OK. Most Southerners don't know where their families originated.

Patrick O)))
03-19-2009, 12:29 AM
IrishIrishIrish

On my mum's side, both parents came from villages near Black Lion, Cnty Cavan.
On my dad's, my gran was from Cnty Mayo, grandad from Kilkenny. They met in London.

I think one more generation away and I'd feel a bit of a sponger, but as it is I feel comfortable as 100% Irish stock :)

Reaganista
03-19-2009, 12:30 AM
AMERICA

a

PunkItUp
03-19-2009, 12:37 AM
Poopenes

bradc1988
03-19-2009, 02:04 AM
Welsh
Chinese
Maori
misc

FattyKnee
03-19-2009, 04:46 PM
interesting

sweboy
03-19-2009, 06:45 PM
100% true aryan nation

Mr. Ron
03-19-2009, 06:46 PM
That is racialist

sweboy
03-19-2009, 06:53 PM
it is racialist to happen to be born 100% will of the aryan nation? excuse me my good sir but that is racialist

Patrick O)))
03-19-2009, 06:57 PM
I'm racialist. No I'm not.

Mr. Ron
03-19-2009, 06:57 PM
it is racialist to happen to be born 100% will of the aryan nation? excuse me my good sir but that is racialist
The most recent photo of sweboy, displaying his superior Aryan physique

http://i42.tinypic.com/2gtrytg.jpg

sweboy
03-19-2009, 06:59 PM
let my just point out to any ladiez browsin' this page that when this photo was taken, i had just been in the pool

just wanna make that clear

Mr. Ron
03-19-2009, 06:59 PM
haha

Reaganista
03-19-2009, 06:59 PM
its ok sweboy

Mr. Ron
03-19-2009, 07:00 PM
its not the size of the viking long boat that counts its how you use it to rape and pillage

sweboy
03-19-2009, 07:03 PM
its not the size of the viking long boat that counts its how you use it to rape and pillage

over the years, i have found, that the same holds true for penises

Mr. Ron
03-19-2009, 07:05 PM
zat vas zee joke!

sweboy
03-19-2009, 07:18 PM
no, zat vas zee joke!!

Mr. Ron
03-19-2009, 07:19 PM
that's ma' boi!

Badmoon
03-19-2009, 07:54 PM
1/2 Greek my family is from Sparta

oh sh*t, oh sh*t!!

let me take a step back

rasputin
03-19-2009, 07:56 PM
Sorry for the late reply

I don't get it. The Urheimat of the Turkic peoples is Central Asia, yes, but Turkish people are defined as those from Anatolia.

Anatolian Turks of today are a mixture of almost every ethnic group that was a part of the Ottoman Empire, which accounts for the huge diversity in physical appearance among them. My two closest Turkish friends and I look completely different from each other, and no one would ever be able to guess we were all born in the same country. Turks do originate from Central Asia, yes, and Anatolian Turks are different now to their counterparts in Central Asia, but they're still the same people. But getting to the point, as I said in my first post, my ancestry is based in Central Asia. One of my friends, who I mentioned before, has thick, curly red hair, and although he is a Turk, his origins are traced back to the island of Crete. In that sense, my origins can be traced back to Central Asia, and it's not hugely distant either. The last few generations of my family are Anatolian, but I know that my great-great-grandfather was not born in Anatolia, and before that neither side of family has any real connection to Anatolia. My father believes that they were part of an Ottoman plan of Turkifying the region in order to make us the majority, and were brought in from Turkic lands in the East. My physical features also give it away (high cheekbones, slightly pulled back eyes, thin, straight hair).

Since you're Turkish, perhaps you can tell me what the hell this email I got from Wikipedia says.
It basically says some stuff about welcoming you to Wikipedia, then about how you can change Wikipedia pages and how you won't receive notification when you do, then it gives you some options for changing your controls and for help. Nothing important.

Mr. Grill
03-19-2009, 08:15 PM
italian
irish
french
norwegian
german
polish

Reaganista
03-19-2009, 08:21 PM
italian
irish
french
norwegian
german
polish

that's called american

Mr. Grill
03-19-2009, 09:01 PM
add that to the list

JohnXDoe
03-19-2009, 11:39 PM
spanish
mexican
Hawaiian / Pacific Islander

TimJim
03-19-2009, 11:46 PM
I just realized the first post referred to Canada as a melting pot.

Actually that's not correct. The melting pot is a distinctly American idea. The term implies assimilation of immigrants into the mainstream culture. That's not really a Canadian value. Here immigrants are encouraged to retain aspects of their cultures while respecting the national culture and those of other immigrants. We pride ourselves on being multicultural and accomodating.
i realized that after i posted it, but tbh if youre canadian you are usually originally from British Isles or france. then you have the asian/african/etc immagrants like in the US

niobium
03-20-2009, 03:23 PM
last name is schulz

Reaganista
03-20-2009, 03:26 PM
you know who else was multicultural the hapsburg empire and i think we all know how that turned out HAHAHAHAHA

Iskandar
03-20-2009, 04:14 PM
i realized that after i posted it, but tbh if youre canadian you are usually originally from British Isles or france. then you have the asian/african/etc immagrants like in the USYeah but we have one of the highest immigration rates in the world. Also in the big cities whites are pretty much the minority.
you know who else was multicultural the hapsburg empire and i think we all know how that turned out HAHAHAHAHA ] you know who else was multicultural the hapsburg empire and i think we all know how that turned out HAHAHAHAHA Forced assimilation of minorities isn't multiculturalism.

fmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmf

wartomods
03-20-2009, 04:34 PM
If someone has portuguese in their blood, i must be you grandpa, son

Huxton
03-20-2009, 04:36 PM
if you have portuguese in your blood you should just pretend to be spanish to hide the shame

wartomods
03-20-2009, 04:42 PM
if you have portuguese in your blood you should just pretend to be spanish to hide the shame

Ahahaha, spaynyards are like the conglomerated of other kingdoms, that just got united too see if they ****ed us off, portugal is older than spain, get you facts right

Huxton
03-20-2009, 04:44 PM
i didnt state any facts i just told you to be ashamed

Iskandar
03-20-2009, 04:45 PM
Ahahaha, spaynyards are like the conglomerated of other kingdomsYou mean Spanish kingdoms like Castile and Aragon?

Reaganista
03-20-2009, 07:12 PM
Forced assimilation of minorities isn't multiculturalism.

fmfmfmfmfmfmfmfmf
itt the dropper slept through his class on the hapsburg empire

Iskandar
03-20-2009, 07:18 PM
Yeah all the ethnic minorities in Austro-Hungary were fine with the situation that's why it painlessly dissolved after WWI.

RetiredAt21
03-20-2009, 07:20 PM
if you have portuguese in your blood you should just pretend to be spanish to hide the shame

:lol:

Reaganista
03-20-2009, 07:21 PM
Yeah all the ethnic minorities in Austro-Hungary were fine with the situation that's why it painlessly dissolved after WWI.

that's exactly what i was talking about when i said you know who else was multicultural the hapsburg empire and i think we all know how that turned out HAHAHAHAHA

Iskandar
03-20-2009, 07:24 PM
that's exactly what i was talking about when i said you know who else was multicultural the hapsburg empire and i think we all know how that turned out HAHAHAHAHALol except they weren't really because the Austrian and Hungarian parliaments held all the power hence the name.

fmfmfmfmfmfmfm

(*The Noonward Race*)
03-20-2009, 07:24 PM
hey guys look at this shiny tool its a computer

Reaganista
03-20-2009, 07:28 PM
wat franz joseph held all the power
but that doesn't stop it from being multicultural
if it wasn't multicultural the people would've been assimilated during the 400 odd years they were under one emperor instead of trying to declare independence

like canada

Iskandar
03-20-2009, 07:37 PM
wat franz joseph held all the powerHe wasn't absolute. In fact I've read arguments he became something of a figurehead later in his reign.
but that doesn't stop it from being multicultural
if it wasn't multicultural the people would've been assimilated during the 400 odd years they were under one emperor instead of trying to declare independence

like canadaIt was multicultural in the same sense that the Soviet Union was meaning not really at all. It's not multiculturalism when you pursue a policy of cultural imperialism. The Austrians ran the show and thought Germanic culture to be superior. Children weren't allowed to be educated in their native languages. There was limited self-determination, but it fell far short of the promises of the constitution.

In Canada white Anglo (and French) culture dominates but immigrants are encouraged to maintain their cultures and languages and there is official support for them.

Spot the difference.

ridethelib
03-20-2009, 07:39 PM
I'm Italian and norwegian that much i know

Reaganista
03-20-2009, 07:40 PM
He wasn't absolute. In fact I've read arguments he became something of a figurehead later in his reign.
well they overstated it but w/e
It was multicultural in the same sense that the Soviet Union was meaning not really at all. It's not multiculturalism when you pursue a policy of cultural imperialism. The Austrians ran the show and thought Germanic culture to be superior. Children weren't allowed to be educated in their native languages. There was limited self-determination, but it fell far short of the promises of the constitution.

In Canada white Anglo (and French) culture dominates but immigrants are encouraged to maintain their cultures and languages and there is official support for them.

Spot the difference.
the difference is canada has taken a bad thing and made it worse and now you have to deal with an independence movement that wasn't even sparked by catastrophic defeat in war

Iskandar
03-20-2009, 07:53 PM
Wow that's the best you could come up with?

We have an independence movement which will never actually accomplish that goal because Quebeckers are split on the issue.

They exist because we forcibly assimilated them into the rest of the country. We might have guaranteed certain rights like the freedom to practice their religion but we didn't offer them any real self-determination. That's what the Austrians did only times about fifteen, and that's why their empire collapsed but Canada won't because we've taken steps to accommodate the Quebecois which is real multiculturalism in practice.

****

I have to go now but in conclusion you're wrong because your definition of multiculturalism seems to be having a lot of minorities and that's retarded.

Reaganista
03-20-2009, 08:14 PM
the hapsburg empire is the definition of multiculturalism

JokesorInsults
03-20-2009, 08:17 PM
German
Scottish
Native American (Cherokee)
Irish
English
Spanish

American, rly tho.

Iskandar
03-20-2009, 08:20 PM
the hapsburg empire is the definition of multiculturalismThe Soviet Union was multicultural I mean look at all those minorities it had.

EightMilesHigh
03-20-2009, 08:30 PM
sorry for the late reply


anatolian turks of today are a mixture of almost every ethnic group that was a part of the ottoman empire, which accounts for the huge diversity in physical appearance among them. My two closest turkish friends and i look completely different from each other, and no one would ever be able to guess we were all born in the same country. Turks do originate from central asia, yes, and anatolian turks are different now to their counterparts in central asia, but they're still the same people. But getting to the point, as i said in my first post, my ancestry is based in central asia. One of my friends, who i mentioned before, has thick, curly red hair, and although he is a turk, his origins are traced back to the island of crete. In that sense, my origins can be traced back to central asia, and it's not hugely distant either. The last few generations of my family are anatolian, but i know that my great-great-grandfather was not born in anatolia, and before that neither side of family has any real connection to anatolia. My father believes that they were part of an ottoman plan of turkifying the region in order to make us the majority, and were brought in from turkic lands in the east. My physical features also give it away (high cheekbones, slightly pulled back eyes, thin, straight hair).

dude

paragraphs

rasputin
03-20-2009, 11:45 PM
dude

no

syffuf25
03-23-2009, 08:23 PM
Norwegian and Swedish.

EightMilesHigh
03-23-2009, 09:20 PM
dude

no

dude

bro

man

CarnageFairy
03-24-2009, 12:22 AM
My dad is Welsh and Irish.

As for my moms' side, I don't really know. She was adopted and never met her real father. I think there's some Lithuanian in there. Polish too, maybe.

Majesty
03-24-2009, 08:49 PM
Irish

guitarded_chuck
03-24-2009, 08:55 PM
http://www.calculateme.com/MySpace/background-images/canada-flag.gif

innit beautiful *tear*

TimJim
03-24-2009, 09:33 PM
hey i live 70 km from you

Agr1m
03-24-2009, 09:39 PM
I'm a white mutt.

But my last name is Ireland so I lie and claim to be Irish.

Mostly because it's an excuse to be drunk all the time.

TimJim
03-24-2009, 09:44 PM
arent you dutch?

Agr1m
03-24-2009, 09:50 PM
Why would I be dutch?

guitarded_chuck
03-24-2009, 09:54 PM
Actually Michigan is a good 3000 km away from me, give or take 500.

Mr. Ron
03-24-2009, 09:56 PM
http://www.calculateme.com/MySpace/background-images/canada-flag.gif

innit beautiful *tear*
that is the worst flag I have ever seen in my entire life

Agr1m
03-24-2009, 09:57 PM
Why do you they have a pot leaf on their flag is that what you canucks do up there in British Columbia?

EightMilesHigh
03-24-2009, 10:25 PM
24/sev

TimJim
03-24-2009, 11:42 PM
Actually Michigan is a good 3000 km away from me, give or take 500.wrong halifax i guess =/

semi
03-25-2009, 03:27 AM
antelopes

wartomods
03-25-2009, 01:15 PM
that is the worst flag I have ever seen in my entire life

i have to disagree but canada's flag is one of best concieved flags of all time

semi
03-25-2009, 01:29 PM
yeah portugal's is the worst

wartomods
03-25-2009, 01:32 PM
http://www.colegiosaofrancisco.com.br/alfa/portugal/imagens/bandeira-de-portugal.gif

this beauty?

Jamais_Vu
03-25-2009, 01:34 PM
I don't understand the Korean flag.

Happymeal
03-25-2009, 01:35 PM
Filipino and not proud