Magazine article on BBC website today:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-radio-and-tv-18086952

Feel free to agree, dispute or, most likely on this forum, go off topic rapidly....

Google-journalism from a person who has been in the country for three years and is thus unlikely to even hold Canadian citizenship. Not really the best credentials for analysing an entire country.

I had marmite on toast for brekky today.

I thought it was beautifully strung together group of generalisations. Just like this forum on some days.

We are all probably much more qualified to assess - and we do, frequently.

I can't stand BBC journalism. The article fails to provide any meaningful insight into Canada, doesn't touch on any of the details of the big cities (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary etc.) and just commented on the usual political non-issues that barely have any effect on day to day life.

But what was the purpose of the article ? Personally, I have no idea.

Not being Canadian i have no idea what it means nor do i care TBH

We have perfectly good thread for that kind of thing.


http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=750463

Goodness, there's a lot of awkward defensiveness in thse posts!!

It's a great article about Canada... fundamentally disjointed while trying to be all things to all men, with a rictus grin firmly in place.

I actually think now I was perhaps being a bit harsh with my original comment, as I see that this article is part of the "Canada Direct" series that BBC World is doing right now. While I don't think that one article is anything special in the context of the rest of the series it isn't quite so bad - there are other accompanying articles that cover more depth. I appreciate the BBC trying to shed light on Canada for the rest of the world like this.

Why? The ROW couldn't give a flying one.

But then it wouldn't have been the thread drift mentioned

It‘s a large and diverse country so understandably one article can‘t cover or explain it all. No doubt in subsequent installments the author will strive to convey the provincial close-mindedness of Ontarians, the paranoid xenophobia that goes hand in hand with prairie hospitality, and the dysfunctional city core drug culture that‘s been thriving in the big cities for decades as well as the unique hunger for trendiness that is Vanvouver‘s alone.. Third world living conditions on reserves may have to wait for another issue as well. He didn‘t touch on the cheese either. My friends come back from visiting family in Liverpool and they make it sound like Mogadishu......... one of the Vonnegut books has an explanation of a person‘s world view, in which he likens it to someone laying on their back looking at the sky through a piece of 1“ pipe. There‘s a lot of world and we can only see so much at a time. That off-topic enough for you Ann?

Excellent post, but woefully naive. (Although I like the Mogadishu - Liverpool comparison).

I was just trying to be a little sarcastic, how do I come across as naive? No offence, as usual. Are you referring to that analogy of Vonnegut‘s being outdated in the modern world of instant communication? I thought it was romantic but still somewhat valid.