On this special holiday, let's not forget the true meaning of this day. Victoria Day was created by the Federal Government in 1922, whereby an act of parliament established a holiday in recognition of the people of Victoria, British Columbia.
You see, during the time of the 1920's, our country was in cultural ruins: literature was being ignored, the arts were unappreciated, our national self-esteem was at an all-time low. However, this was until the nation turned its focus to the West, to Victoria. When the country needed a beacon, she was there. When Canada needed a cultural shot-in-the-arm, Victoria gladly gave until it hurt. Victoria became, and still remains, the cultural epicenter of the Western World.
Victorians still gladly provide the nation with a shining example of what it means to be cultured, sophisticated, yet modest. While we Victoria-raised people prefer the intellectual discourse of our own, we relish the opportunity to share our gifts with others.
So, in this upcoming week, extend a hand of thanks to those people from Victoria. Thank them for being a fine example, perhaps offer them a cup of tea (Darjeeling or Pekoe blends suffice) and engage them in conversation. You will not regret experiencing the sheer wit,the intellect, the pure cerebral joy that you would experience.
If sophistication and worldliness are diseases, we are regrettably incurable. Its a cross that we must bear.
8 comments:
Doesn't Victoria lead the country in promotion of gay rights? You must be quite proud and feel at home there! What was that cheer you were always chanting? 'We're here... we're something? and we're not going away...'
No, you're mistaking "Victoria" for "Canada". It is "Canada" that is leading the way in human rights, gay rights, or whatever you want to call it.
But let us now pause, and bow to the direction of Victoria, and say a silent "thank you". If not for Victoria, the country would still be eating with their hands, and still speaking in single-syllable utterances.
What about Turner Valley? Victoria hasn't done anything for them...
Me-like-Vic-tor-i-a. It Good.
Eric, prior to 1926, the place you refer to was actually called "Rectumville", until a passerby from Victoria informed the mayor of the unintended meaning it could have.
I thought it was Syphilis City? Oh well, my bad...
Rectumville, Syphilis City? You do realize you are speaking about the town that built Calgary, don't you? Your very own livelihoods may well not exist without the discovery at Royalite Number One in 1914. Yes, TV is a shadow of its former self today but it deserves no less disrespect from the likes of you two foreign jackals, come to drink from the trough of prosperity your own cities could not muster. You disgust me!
Your friend,
Darwin
you're living in the past, hung-up on some deadbeat town that was famous for the 'best little whore-house in Alberta'. In case you haven't noticed none of us are employed by the oil & gas industry and as a result none of us drive 1 ton trucks to the store to buy milk.
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