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[snowbear96]

Good night Gary

 

[snowbear96]

Good night, John Boy.

 

[snowbear96]

And if there is anyone here that is on my ignore list:

 

[Gary A.]

LOL ... Dulces suenos Leo y Charlie.

 

[snowbear96]

ᐊᖃᓯᓕ (aqasili)

- Goodbye in polar bear.

'night, y'all.

 

[shefjr]

And if there is anyone here that is on my ignore list:

It's of a Canadian goose in flight.

If I'm not on your ignore list I can give you a reason to put me there.
There is no such thing as a "Canadian goose", only Canada goose or Canada geese.

 

[pixmedic]

I'm watching The Voice and Sawyer just sang a Buffalo Springfield classic "Stop, children, what's that sound". And ... I felt insulted that this kid could think he could relate to one of the anthems from the Vietnam anti-War movement. Sure, he sang it well ... but it just hit a negative and sensitive chord with me. I remember Vietnam vets being insulted when people who've never been to 'Nam called it 'Nam. I think this felt similar ... it's not worth getting riled up ... but for me, certainly worth noting. And it gave me something to stick in the Leaderboard.

What happens when the viet Nam generation is gone? Noone else can sing those songs? They never get sung again?

 

[snowbear96]

There is no such thing as a "Canadian goose", only Canada goose or Canada geese.

Meh, toe-MAY-toe / poe-TAH-toe. We have our own dialect in SoMD, influenced both by the greater Washington area, as well as the Baltimorian (why dontha know.)

 

[snowbear96]

And I know that this particular goose, the one in the main reference photo, lives outside of Toronto so he most certainly is Canadian.

 

[pgriz]

What happens when the viet Nam generation is gone? Noone else can sing those songs? They never get sung again?

I think the context is gone. But there's always the tension between those who know the context and the deeper meaning, and those who see the song (or picture, or idea) without that baggage. Consider the swastika - an ancient symbol appropriated by the Nazis and given a very clear association. Someone else in today's world may be ignorant of that period of history, pick up the symbol as an interesting graphic element and use it. Others who DO know the history will probably react to it quite negatively, and just as probably, to the consternation of the person who decided to use it.

Songs can be powerfully evocative. There are associations that one has with songs that go beyond the words and the tunes. National anthems are examples of songs that (can) evoke very strong emotions, but the emotions they evoke depend on whose side the listener is on. Songs that become anthems (for a generation, or for a group) also evoke similar reactions. It's part of what makes us human. For better or worse.

 

[pgriz]

And I know that this particular goose, the one in the main reference photo, lives outside of Toronto so he most certainly is Canadian.

Ok, but some of us aren't sure Toronto is in Canada. Some of "them" are in their own little universe. Not all, mind you, but some.

 

[snowbear96]

Well, go back far enough and the Maritimes were not "Canada."

 

[snowbear96]

But that's a whole story in its self.

 

[snowbear96]

For the uninformed (the casual visitors as regular TPFers are all-knowing), the Maritimes were originally referred to as Acadia (Acadie)

 

[snowbear96]

Though boundaries were not formally drawn, it consisted of southeastern Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and northern Maine.