The 1972 Canada-USSR hockey series was a great event in Canadian history. It is seared into the collective memory of those who were alive at the time.
Commemorating this event through a four-hour miniseries on TV would be a great contribution to Canada's culture and self-identity. And, it could be a great show for our kids, to help them understand what we saw and felt.
Except if it were produced by the CBC.
I watched it for about one minute. Two profanities later, I had had enough.
It was unwatchable.
One can only hope that Canadian parents had the sense to not allow their kids to watch this latest offering from the CBC.
More of my hard-earned tax-dollars down the drain.
And there's nothing I can do about it.
My role as a Canadian citizen and tax-payer is simply to "pay up", and, I guess, "shut up".
People say, "if you don't like it, change the channel".
Right, except I am paying for this.
What they should be saying, in a free society is, "if you don't like it, don't support it".
But, socialism is not about being "free", it's about being a subject of the state.
2 comments:
A perfect example of what we have to be alert for.
Thank you,
Betty G
I understand each citizen has to pay about $30 to sustain the CBC.
I can think of a lot of other things I would rather do with my $30.
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