Alright peeps and meeps! I’ve got a little rant so buckle up. There’s no time for popcorn!
So I was watching hockey on Saturday (Leafs won, btw, against Washington, just so ya know *insert smug look here*) and I actually had to listen to the Canadian national anthem being sung. TWICE! Cos I was I the middle of something at 10 when the Calgary/Colorado game started!
So a few years ago now, I think, they changed the Canadian national anthem. It went from “in all thy sons command” to “in all of us command”. Apparently there was just too much maleness going on in that one line for people to handle.
Just so you know, I’m never going to sing it that way! I may randomly throw in some French since we had to sing the English/French hybrid in school, but there is no way I’m singing that stupid line.
There, rant over. Go about your business.
No Love for Fatties 
I’ve never heard the new version yet but I totally agree I’m not gonna sing it. I always sing the bilingual version though, but then again I am French Canadian heh 😉
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Haha! Yes!! The two of us can make a change hehe
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It actually used to be all of our command before it was changed to sons. Its a revision back to neutral and I love it. I fight to be treated fairly as a woman every day and every silly little thing the world does to try to respect that… it helps. I’m sorry it bugs you. https://www.google.ca/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/4002268/oh-canada-originally-gender-neutral/amp/
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I honestly never saw a problem with it saying the word “sons”. it doesn’t affect my ability to be a woman or to be respected as one in the world to have the song say that.
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I live in Canada and I am with you 100%. Now, I a, going to sing the original way much louder and off key than I usually do just to make my point.
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Hehe I love it
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No… This rant needs to be longer lol get back and and finish bashing Canada, I’ll grab my popcorn…..
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Maybe when I’m not so exhausted. I’ll call you
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That’s not the same and you know it lol
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Not my problem
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Yes, it is
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I was happy with my rant lol if it’s not long enough for you, that’s an Alphonso problem not a T problem
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It’s a great rant… Which is why I need more haha
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No. No more ranting. All donesies
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Fine!
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No Fine! Today
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Fine
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Political correctness has gone nuts. It’s possible to say things without having nasty, bigoted, racist, discriminatory underlying meanings. People have become too sensitive. *my rant over*
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Gah yes!! Thank you lol
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Every time I hear the new version, I trip over that part of the anthem. It’s not engrained in me. I don’t really see the purpose of the anthem at sporting events in the first place, but that’s another story.
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Ooo I feel a post coming on, Paul
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Haha I actually did a post about how the anthem should be taken out of sporting events BEFORE there was any controversy with it
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Should I take that as you were the one to start the controversy? Hehe
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Hmmmm maybe? Or I was able to predict the future? Let’s go with that one lol
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Awesome! Predict MY future hehe
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