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| Gen 2505th Post
 
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|  "Re(1):Canada doesn't seem to like Conan O'Bri"
, posted Sun 15 Feb 00:32:
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Link Here
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Canada Condemns 'Racist' Conan O'Brien TV Show
French people aren't a race separate from other humans anyway.
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Ottawa and the province of Ontario paid $760,000 to help O'Brien
Wow...Most of this money should be a fee and expenses that went to the companies that own Late Night in exchange for O'Brien doing some shows there. The show went to Canada after recieving an offer from the government, which wanted to boost the region's image after the sars disease had hit? So...we could pay Late Night $760000 to do the show from our back yard?
The audiance obviously loved the show.. The article contains 2 individual statements from members of government:
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"We want to disassociate ourselves from the comments which were broadcast last night because we do not support them in any way," junior government minister Mauril Belanger told Parliament.
The junior minister's statement is of disassociation and not condemnment.
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Alexa McDonough, a legislator for the left-leaning New Democrats, described the program as "racist filth" and "utterly vile" and demanded the government seek the return of the C$1 million subsidy.
"There may be those who would say, 'Isn't this interfering with freedom of expression?' It's not interfering to say we will not publicly fund this kind of vile, vicious hatemongering," McDonough told reporters.
From the show's point of view I doubt it was hate mongering.
Applogy:
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...broadcast in Canada by CHUM television, which said it regretted any offense that may have been caused.
"We offer our apology and assurance that it is never our intention to air programing that offends any of our viewers," the station said in a statement.
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rap singer Eminem
He doesn't count as a singer.
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Conan O'Brien paid $1 million by taxpayers to bring show to Canada
the price goes up!
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If the government had watched his show before they highered him they should have expected him to make jokes about Canada.
Most Canadian French don't watch his show, so Conan making fun of Canadian French is like a TV show making a joke about Amish. Although it may be inappropriate, it doesn't get back to most of them, at least not directly.
Canadian French must be notified that Conan did a show in Canada. Conan O'Brien has an English show normally made in America, but the Canadian government paid him to do his show in Canada to try to increase tourism after sars. Something offensive has been done which if French weren't notified of they wouldn't have to worry about it or be offended by it. It must be portrayed as being offensivce when presented. French Canada: Concentrate on these 1 or 2 offensive video clips we will show you over and over. Please ignor the rest of the show they are from.
Oh wait, I think I veered off tangent. Maybe this isn't relevant in Canada.
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I dont like any of this. My family is from Quebec and there is a large rift between the english speaking canadians and the french canadians.
The position that the show shouldn't draw attention to such a rift or "pick scabs" as I call it, is understandable.
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The french people were basically the first people on this continent but the english took over which they are good at doing and ever since the french hate the english people who run the country.
Now don't get me wrong I like canada but alot of the culture is basically watered down brits who have "teatime" and call their mother "mum".
Wankers.
a a a, is your view that you don't like the show making fun of Canadian French, but you can mock Canadian English?
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Also i mean conan jumping on the anti-franco bandwagon is pathetic just because french people hate americans and wouldnt jump on george bush's boat for this painfully obvious bullshit war to help establish an american led New World Order.
Conan doing jokes about Canada durring his Canada show is not causal from some of France being argumentative about enforcing U.N. resolutions on Iraq.
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Fuck you whoever disagrees with me.
Bitch.
This is a funny quote. This sums up a lot of internet posters' reactions to opinions that they disagree with- which reminds me, just because there is mention in this post of Conan doing jokes about Canadian French, doesn't mean that I, the poster of this post, have a dislike of Canadian French. In this case the reaction differs in that it is preemptive.
You are mad about something brought up in this thread but you don't have to be mad at 3rd parties. hopefully you aren't mad at me. I like Canadians and French and and I hope Canadian English and Canadian French mend their rift. Also I hope that U.S. and France mend their rift and can stay friends.
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