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<blockquote data-quote="MarkRohfrietsch" data-source="post: 74156226" data-attributes="member: 207588"><p>Not "irredeemably" but historically correct (which many revisionists confuse with "politicall correctness".</p><p></p><p>We remained part of the the British Empire, and later the British Commonwealth, so it is "historically" correct. We still ceremoniously remain part of the British Empire in that all laws (provincial, federal) must receive "Royal Assent" by our Governor General, and Lieutenant Governors, our provincial highways are still legally called "The Queens Highways", and all land not owned by private individuals or corporations remain "Crown Land"; a "Mace" is carried in at the opening of Federal and Provincial parliaments as a symbol of the "Authority of the Crown"</p><p></p><p>From the outside looking in, the US appears to many, including Canadians who know the history of both our countries, to be "Imperialistic". Be mindful the the US did invade Upper Canada in British North America (war of 1812); then later in the 1800s we had to yet again repel unprovoked invasions from the south.</p><p></p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>"The Maple Leaf Forever"</strong> is a Canadian song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Muir" target="_blank">Alexander Muir</a> (1830–1906) in 1867, the year of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canada</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Confederation" target="_blank">Confederation</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maple_Leaf_Forever#cite_note-1" target="_blank">[1]</a> He wrote the work after serving with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Rifles_of_Toronto" target="_blank">Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ridgeway" target="_blank">Battle of Ridgeway</a> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenians" target="_blank">Fenians</a> in 1866.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Fenian withdrawal</strong></span></p><p>The battle at Ridgeway was followed by a Fenian victory later in the afternoon over the heavily outnumbered Canadian volunteer Welland Field Battery (armed as an infantry unit) and the Dunnville Naval Brigade at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Erie_(1866)" target="_blank">Fort Erie</a>. Nevertheless, the rapid convergence of large British and Canadian reinforcements convinced many of the Fenians to return in haste to the United States – some on logs, on rafts, or by swimming. O'Neill and 850 Fenians<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ridgeway#cite_note-17" target="_blank">[15]</a> surrendered their arms to waiting U.S. authorities. In his book, <em>1916: The Easter Rising</em>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pat_Coogan" target="_blank">Tim Pat Coogan</a> said the force was described at the time as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army" target="_blank">Irish Republican Army</a>.</p><p></p><p>Constitutionally, both the war of 1812 and the Feenian raids were illegal, in that American Militias, they were only allowed to defend US soil, not invade foreign soil.</p><p></p><p>Now moving back on topic; we don't have a 2nd amendment, but we do have history, and historically in the case of the war of 1812 and the Feenian raids, it was not just our British, later Canadian regiments who defended (not invaded) but private individuals both British Subjects and First Nations peoples (for example; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecumseh), who armed themselves to defend our sovereignty. We have always had the right to have firearms, until a Liberal government decided it was a privilege, not a right.</p><p></p><p>Someone (I think it was an American) stated "if we fail to heed history, we are destined to repeat it". Unfortunately, "historically correctness" is all but dead in this day and age; and human kind keeps making the same mistakes over and over again.</p><p></p><p>If you want more examples, there are lots. I'm not an imperialist, but I am an (amateur) Historian.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MarkRohfrietsch, post: 74156226, member: 207588"] Not "irredeemably" but historically correct (which many revisionists confuse with "politicall correctness". We remained part of the the British Empire, and later the British Commonwealth, so it is "historically" correct. We still ceremoniously remain part of the British Empire in that all laws (provincial, federal) must receive "Royal Assent" by our Governor General, and Lieutenant Governors, our provincial highways are still legally called "The Queens Highways", and all land not owned by private individuals or corporations remain "Crown Land"; a "Mace" is carried in at the opening of Federal and Provincial parliaments as a symbol of the "Authority of the Crown" From the outside looking in, the US appears to many, including Canadians who know the history of both our countries, to be "Imperialistic". Be mindful the the US did invade Upper Canada in British North America (war of 1812); then later in the 1800s we had to yet again repel unprovoked invasions from the south. From Wikipedia: [B] "The Maple Leaf Forever"[/B] is a Canadian song written by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Muir']Alexander Muir[/URL] (1830–1906) in 1867, the year of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada']Canada[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Confederation']Confederation[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maple_Leaf_Forever#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] He wrote the work after serving with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Rifles_of_Toronto']Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ridgeway']Battle of Ridgeway[/URL] against the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenians']Fenians[/URL] in 1866. [SIZE=5][B]Fenian withdrawal[/B][/SIZE] The battle at Ridgeway was followed by a Fenian victory later in the afternoon over the heavily outnumbered Canadian volunteer Welland Field Battery (armed as an infantry unit) and the Dunnville Naval Brigade at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Erie_(1866)']Fort Erie[/URL]. Nevertheless, the rapid convergence of large British and Canadian reinforcements convinced many of the Fenians to return in haste to the United States – some on logs, on rafts, or by swimming. O'Neill and 850 Fenians[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ridgeway#cite_note-17'][15][/URL] surrendered their arms to waiting U.S. authorities. In his book, [I]1916: The Easter Rising[/I], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Pat_Coogan']Tim Pat Coogan[/URL] said the force was described at the time as the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army']Irish Republican Army[/URL]. Constitutionally, both the war of 1812 and the Feenian raids were illegal, in that American Militias, they were only allowed to defend US soil, not invade foreign soil. Now moving back on topic; we don't have a 2nd amendment, but we do have history, and historically in the case of the war of 1812 and the Feenian raids, it was not just our British, later Canadian regiments who defended (not invaded) but private individuals both British Subjects and First Nations peoples (for example; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecumseh), who armed themselves to defend our sovereignty. We have always had the right to have firearms, until a Liberal government decided it was a privilege, not a right. Someone (I think it was an American) stated "if we fail to heed history, we are destined to repeat it". Unfortunately, "historically correctness" is all but dead in this day and age; and human kind keeps making the same mistakes over and over again. If you want more examples, there are lots. I'm not an imperialist, but I am an (amateur) Historian. [/QUOTE]
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