tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654568649479447126.post270825069005782406..comments2023-11-08T05:18:57.562-05:00Comments on Kuniks and Kakivaks: I want a SOCIETY not a GOVERNMENTAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813640410829088074noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654568649479447126.post-53779329455569634352010-03-13T02:51:50.948-05:002010-03-13T02:51:50.948-05:00Should read "Nunavut's language laws*...&...Should read "Nunavut's language laws*..."Throbbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093094061595936679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654568649479447126.post-20863811916868255502010-03-13T02:50:43.593-05:002010-03-13T02:50:43.593-05:00I know you never said you were cultured - you don&...I know you never said you were cultured - you don't have you. You have a strong connection to our culture - you were raised with it. For you, it's effortless. But folks like me have to work at it.<br /><br />Nunavut's language are pretty good I think. I say this without being able to speak Inuktitut. I like the principle behind the laws - especially considering the transient workforce and the steady stream of teachers who teach Nunavut's youth who don't understand a word of it. It's about as authoritarian as making sure kids can read and write before they graduate high school.<br /><br />Re: Preserving and practicing culture without legislation. You are right, there are many ways to do it. But for some reason, I think we collectively aren't doing them. Some communities have lost so much Inuktitut already. Places like Pang and Igloolik are lucky. Places like Cambridge and Rankin haven't preserved culture so well.Throbbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093094061595936679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654568649479447126.post-34358952344916618642010-03-12T15:31:07.639-05:002010-03-12T15:31:07.639-05:00I never said i was cultured, man. I just wrote tha...I never said i was cultured, man. I just wrote that there were levels of knowledge about our culture. <br /><br />and its the first time i've referenced Nazis and that's because such laws that are being passed in Nunavut are pretty authoritarian if obeyed properly, which i doubt will be the case. I mean i don't really agree with Bill 101 either and it's much more authoritarian than what Nunavut has. <br /><br />I just think there are ways to preserve and practice culture without passing and creating legislation and not imposing them on people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813640410829088074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654568649479447126.post-59009246270450067242010-03-12T14:56:49.691-05:002010-03-12T14:56:49.691-05:00Sorry to make you depressed - I guess that happens...Sorry to make you depressed - I guess that happens when someone says something you disagree with.<br /><br />Defensive and insecure - awesome! So defensive so as to challenge something someone else said? So insecure as to post using my name rather than anonymously? Hah!<br /><br />Re: Chill out. I guess throwing Nazi references around is perfectly acceptable. My apologies.<br /><br />So chill out "Anonymous" - if that is your real name.Throbbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093094061595936679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654568649479447126.post-53816736761456937882010-03-12T13:56:14.221-05:002010-03-12T13:56:14.221-05:00I kind of feel: why bother commenting after "...I kind of feel: why bother commenting after "Robin" did? I just feel kinda depressed after reading her/his comment.... She/he seems so defensive and insecure. <br />Lighten up Sister!<br /> <br />Anywho, this is an interesting blog; and it makes me laugh sometimes too!<br /><br />So, as for telling K+K to "chill out" --since when does Robbin qualify as the politicol correct-police? <br />Gee whiz.<br /><br />So I say: Keep up the Good Work K+K! Some of us appreciating your insight and making a different point of view in a laffing way.<br />Thanks!<br /><br />BTW; I kinda like what Raymond Williams sez about "culture":<br />"Faced by this complex and still active history of the word, it is easy to react by selecting one 'true or 'proper or 'scientific sense and dismissing other senses as loose or confused."<br /><br />http://pubpages.unh.edu/~dml3/880williams.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654568649479447126.post-49903022650188512592010-03-08T09:14:03.221-05:002010-03-08T09:14:03.221-05:00No one said you had to be the Government.
Society...No one said you had to be the Government.<br /><br />Society and Culture don't work together? That's news to me. Where does culture come from? I don't mean the Ottawa drum-dance/throat-sing culture, I mean REAL culture? It doesn't just appear, societies create it.<br /><br />You see the culture as being so strong because you have it. Not everyone is as 'cultured' as you are.<br /><br />"We are using such words that the Nazi government could have been using to spread their message." Chill out with the Nazi reference - you cheapen it when you compare it to GN PR.<br /><br />Blaming Government is easy. It never fights back. It's usually more useful to blame the people that elect governments.<br /><br />And I thought this was a blog. No one ever comments but me.Throbbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093094061595936679noreply@blogger.com