Surely you understood that mine was a tongue in cheek response. My
primary career field was, for twenty years, international education. I
would not be inclined to seriously suggest that Canadians and Americans
are the same.
wittrup wrote:
>
> Sorry if I sound cranky, but Canadians are extremely proud of being different to Americans. Not better or
> worse, different. As a Canadian living in the US I get downright tired of the patronizing "aren't we all
> the same?" Nope, we aren't.
>
> Susan J. Wittrup
> Volunteer Coordinator
> Tate Geological Museum
> Casper College
> Casper WY 82604
>
> "Robert T. Handy" wrote:
>
> > What?!!! I thought Canada was just another state in the Union! Are Canadians different from us? :=>
> >
> > ------
> > Robert Handy
> > Brazoria County Historical Museum
> > 100 East Cedar
> > Angleton, Texas 77515
> > (409) 864-1208
> > museum_bob
> > [log in to unmask]
> > http://www.bchm.org
> >
> > ----------
> > From: Jane Sproull Thomson[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 12:28 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Your TOP EVENT / DECISION that shape
> >
> > I find it kind of interesting that the major events you mention all happened
> > in the US. One of the reasons I had our cable disconnected was that my sons
> > seemed to be getting the impression, since most cable stations are US based,
> > that all world events happen in the US, and if it didn't happen in the US it
> > wasn't important. Now we only watch the CBC news, which gives us a Canadian
> > slant on events worldwide and uses BBC as well as ABC news reports. Many
> > Americans take this dominance for granted...many of you probably don't know
> > that at this moment, the US and Canada are engaged in a trade dispute over
> > Canada's most recent attempt to protect its cultural industries internally,
> > and the US's insistence that we have no right to do this.
> > What role do museums have in resisting cultural imperialism? Should we even try?
> >
> > At 10:44 AM 03/02/99 -0600, you wrote:
> > >In my opinion the invention of the Television changed everything. No
> > >longer did people have to rely on print or word of mouth the learn of
> > >events throughout the country or world. We could watch Kennedy being
> > >assasinated unlike those who learned of Lincoln's death. We could watch
> > >the horrors of the Vietnam war instead of listening to reports over the
> > >radio. The television puts us at the delivery of septuplets and the
> > >doorstep of death penalty vigils. I believe that with the TV's delivered
> > >to our home brought more immediate knowledge than had ever been known,
> > >even those who are illiterate in this day and time can remain
> > >knowledgeable through the TV; but we also lost our cultural innocence.
> > > How much good news is reported in comparison to the amount of bad. How
> > >many comparisons to the violence on television to the rise in violence
> > >involving our youth, i.e. school murders in Jonesboro, Arkansas, do we
> > >hear. There are people today who do not have computers but how many
> > >homes do not have TV's?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: Roger Smith
> > >Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 4:08 AM
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Your TOP EVENT / DECISION that shaped th
> > >
> > >With Millennium 'madness' looming, I thought it might be rather fun to
> > >invite LIST members and individuals to submit their pick of a single
> > >event
> > >or decision that, in their opinion, made the most impact upon this
> > >Century?
> > >
> > >The recommendations no doubt will be purely subjective ( perhaps a trifle
> > >quirky) and should come with a short sentence of justification!
> > >
> > >
> > >The responses will be collated and published in the April edition of
> > >GLOBAL
> > >MUSEUM ( in the FORUM section).
> > >To save bandwidth, could I invite you to mail your contribution off the
> > >list
> > >to:
> > >[log in to unmask]
> > >
> > >I am picking we will have a wide range of choices and l Iook forward to
> > >receiving the nominations
> > >
> > >Roger
> > >
> > >http://www.globalmuseum.org
> > >
> > >
> > Jane Sproull Thomson
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