So are the Scots and have been for the past four centuries. Maybe that's why their men wear dresses?!
Louis Riel, Hound or Hero?
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So are the Scots and have been for the past four centuries. Maybe that's why their men wear dresses?!
Never could figure that out. How can you go into battle with your willy flapping in the breeze? I would think it would make one a little over protective of one's pee pee parts.
I guess the Scots gave the English the willies!
Back on topic...
I know that through the grace of God, I am the founder of Manitoba.
- Louis Riel
Back on topic...
I know that through the grace of God, I am the founder of Manitoba.
- Louis Riel
"To unhang Louis Riel and to mount a statue to him on Parliament Hill would elevate anarchy and civil disobedience to that of democratic statesmanship."
Let's get real here , How many canadians know enough or any of their history to actually judge and or care?
Let's get real here , How many canadians know enough or any of their history to actually judge and or care?
Don't worry, Cliffy. The kilt was such an expensive item of clothing that when Scots charged into battle they took them off first. I suspect having a horde of nude, screaming, claymore wielding Scotsmen coming at you would have been quite terrifying.
OK, I wasn't confused after all...there were two statues of Riel in Winnipeg. The first one apparently wasn't good enough, so they moved it and erected a second one. If you're interested, the details are at: Manitoba History: “Practical Results”: The Riel Statue Controversy at the Manitoba Legislative Building
Because that's historical fact. If more Canadians were up to speed on Canadian history, we probably wouldn't be as complacent as we are.
:lol:
In WWI (LWF), several Highland Regiments used a little known tactic when breaching a ridge or "going over" on the Germans. They would wear their kilts. The Germans had not seen this in combat and on several occasions broke ranks when confronted with a thousand screaming men wearing "dresses", baring down on them.
It proved very affective, until the Germans got used to it.
Bingo!!!
When the Reform/Conservatives get the majority in the federal government Riel will be a traitor again because this party bought flip flopping to a whole new level
When Thatcher was premier in Saskatchewan, his government had commissioned a statue of Riel. Thatcher insisted that the likeness not be abstract but that of a "real man." And, the artist obliged.
I think what we are seeing is the creation of a Metis hero out of a nutcase who's only solution was armed insurrection
Highlighting contributions to Canadian society is laudable. Where Riel is concerned, however, that promotion must be limited to the facts about his troubled, chequered life. Riel, who claimed to be Metis on the basis of having one-tenth aboriginal blood, assumed the role of Metis leader in western Canada. His psychosis manifested itself in the conviction that he was a great religious leader and the spiritual hero of the people of Rupert's Land. The problem was that Metis not of French and Indian descent did not share his vision, any more than did the English-speaking settlers or most aboriginal persons. In fact, the inhabitants of the region simply did not want change through violence.
In short, Riel did not have the full support of his people, let alone Rupert's Land that he needed to create his own territory. Instead, he used arms and force, those ancient non-democratic methods, resulting in death and terror. He was accordingly confronted by force for his crimes, lost and hung.
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Highlighting contributions to Canadian society is laudable. Where Riel is concerned, however, that promotion must be limited to the facts about his troubled, chequered life. Riel, who claimed to be Metis on the basis of having one-tenth aboriginal blood, assumed the role of Metis leader in western Canada. His psychosis manifested itself in the conviction that he was a great religious leader and the spiritual hero of the people of Rupert's Land. The problem was that Metis not of French and Indian descent did not share his vision, any more than did the English-speaking settlers or most aboriginal persons. In fact, the inhabitants of the region simply did not want change through violence.
In short, Riel did not have the full support of his people, let alone Rupert's Land that he needed to create his own territory. Instead, he used arms and force, those ancient non-democratic methods, resulting in death and terror. He was accordingly confronted by force for his crimes, lost and hung.
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That's pretty much how I learned it way back when. I don't recall any opposition from the local Metis folks about it...and I socialized, hunted, and trapped with some of them at that time. He somehow became a hero later on.
He only became a hero when a bunch of PC liberals went looking for places to squander taxpayers money to assuage their guilt at being born Canadian.
The aboriginals of Canada never accepted the Metis so really they are not Indians so Louis Riel was a criminal