Subj : Checking in
To   : Mike Powell
From : George Pope
Date : Sun Jan 02 2022 08:54:06

>>I'm all for using the Arrogant Worms;' song, "Canada's Really Big" as our new
>> ational anthem if people keep pushing for one, because they don't understand
> h
>> story nor how history/traditions is extolled in song.
> I am in the US.  What is wrong with "Oh, Canada"?  I find it moving.

Nothing's wrong with it if you ask people who can think. . .

But the new generat8ions want to update it because it has tge line "in all thy  sons' command" in it.

Not getting that this is singing about the time of Confederation (1867) when  women just didn't go to war.  They didn't want to, & men didnt want them to be  any closer to the risks than they could fight to keep it away.

That made sense, actually, as women & children are far more important to the  survival of a species or social grouping(e.g. country)

Now, though, women fgo to war alongside men, but ony have to carry a pack 65%  as heavy.

Who do you want at your back when you're hunkered down trying to survive being  behind enemy lines -- one with the full complement of arms, ammo, & other  supplies, or one with just 65% of a load?

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