Talking eskimo

[blackpowder]

"eskimo is akin to n*****"
Mustard--you not only wear footed pajamas, I think their full of s***!

[FarmRanger]

In Alaska the Eskimos still call themselves that
and aren't offended by it.

Does anyone seriously think the clip was
purposely trying to offend the Innuit? We are
becoming a politically correct nation that takes
offense to anything even if we know that there
wasn't any intended insult.

[riders2010]

To know the true answer we would likely have to talk to an eskimo or probably 4 or 5 because it may bother some and not others, but we can't because we don't speak their language, that was the jist of the comment that things are being said in a way that we cannot make sense of it.

You see this everyday comments made like this. It does depend on the situation it is said in. For example if you were in a bar with the boys and drinking a few and you called one of your buds who was Ukrainian, hey perogy maker bring me a rye, you would get a laugh and some kinda comeback. If you were walking down the street and said that guy looks like a perogy maker and he happenned to be Ukrainian you may get a laugh but likely a black eye. If you are on the national stage as a government official debating an issue of the people and you said perogy makers like the cwb you wouldn't get too many laughs maybe a black eye if one caught you on the street some where, but more likely you would face a possible lawsuit. the problem with this comment is that it is a government official that is supposed to represent all citizens making this comment. Although in no way was it said to offend eskimos, it was not proper for on official to do so particularly if eskimos are offended by it.

[furrowtickler]

Riders - come on. Some of you guys are swingin at ghosts here. For one thing no goverment official made this statement. It was on the clip. This is about pro-board supporters realizing the CWB has hit an iceberg.

[mustardman]

furrow you are right, Anderson is No government official

[riders2010]

Furrow, you are right the cwbers are looking for any kind of issue small or large to challenge the credibility or character of the our side of the issue. It is trivial to me but I'm not eskimo and i'm not important it is what the public and eskimos think.

I think it kinda represents to some degree the poor way that our gov has handled explaining the facts to the public compared to the distorted views of the cwbers that I think the general public is accepting to a greater degree. Do we really have to rely on a comic sketch to give the facts? And bottom line is he is a gov official if eskimos are not offended it's a dead issue but if they are then he needs to take the video off the website and appologize to end the issue.

[freewheat]

He already took the video off the website to appease those less tough politically correct idiots. But is it burried? Heck no! Lets continue dragging this supposedly painful to the eskimos issue through the mud forever if possible. Sheesh.

When did Canada become a nation of pansies with hurt feelings all the time? Sorry to the flower family. i hate to offend and single out a splendid little annual flower. The roses will be sad I ignored them, the pansies will take offense, and the tulips will sue me on behalf of the pansies.

[riders2010]

Didn't realize he took it off, but it was the right thing to do. What you and I think is right is not always what the rest of the world thinks. Unfortunately politics has become more of game played on symantics and spin as apposed to the facts. The video does give some of the facts and that is why the cwbers are trying to loose those facts in the debate about eskimos. Take away the ammo and they fire blanks.

[LWeber]

After the CBC segment there seems to be some controversy over the phrase "you are talking Eskimo." So let me give a word of explanation. I was born in the North West Territories in 1979 and my birth certificate was written in both English and Eskimo (as it was called in 1979). Listening to CWB propaganda made me sometimes think that they were talking a completely different language. Hence the phrase.

TheSaskFarmer 1 day ago

[riders2010]

There goes the ammo!