tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post4258166674811136505..comments2024-03-23T08:00:26.020+00:00Comments on THE MONARCHIST: Paths of CanadiansUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-42289425042144123102009-09-12T01:42:13.589+01:002009-09-12T01:42:13.589+01:00The Death of Major Pierson at St. Helier
A very f...The Death of Major Pierson at St. Helier<br /><br />A very fine picture too Stauffenberg.Kiplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838567321326673782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-44286928807859527232009-09-11T21:11:26.737+01:002009-09-11T21:11:26.737+01:00Sir, wives tend to be like that - it is the same t...Sir, wives tend to be like that - it is the same this side of the water. However, my better half seems to be easily reconciled with battle scenes as soon as horses are involved!<br />As for the Benjamin West painting - I certainly shall not object to it, either. I have always liked what you might loosely call drum and trumpet pictures of the "service above self" variety. I'd say most lads have enjoyed them in their youth and many continue for the rest of their lives...<br />At about 12 years of age I read about Wolfe and Montcalm for the first time - in a tattered old German history book where a version of West's painting was printed. This probably helped to trigger my interest in British and Commonwealth history which continues to date.<br />"The Death of Major Pierson at St. Helier" (or the artistic representation thereof) seems to be even more dramatic than the Wolfe painting, although, colours unfurled and all, but the significance of 1759 cannot and should not be doubted.Stauffenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06914523916853945539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-58576627129489494552009-09-11T21:09:56.010+01:002009-09-11T21:09:56.010+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Stauffenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06914523916853945539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-80174755442022526102009-09-11T18:41:24.865+01:002009-09-11T18:41:24.865+01:00"Beaverbrook, How can anyone object to that p..."Beaverbrook, How can anyone object to that painting???!!!"<br /><br />For some mysterious reason, bloody battle scenes, death, guts and glory do not appeal to members of the opposite sex. Strange, that.Beaverbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957034620891207177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-70754145227347918542009-09-11T15:33:56.895+01:002009-09-11T15:33:56.895+01:00The point is, Mr Toddard, that to please the Quebe...The point is, Mr Toddard, that to please the Quebecois, in attempt to bring Canadians 'together', Mr Pearson, against firm opposition, changed the flag of Canada from the venerable Red Ensign that was perfectly fine and I still think is much more beautiful than our current one..<br />The ironic part is that, just as the illustrious Mr Conn Smythe predicted, it has not brought us together, it just illustrated, once again, to the Quebecois, like Mr King's actions over conscription or Mr Laurier's over the navy, that the Liberal Party was willing to bend over backwards to satisfy them. Because of this, the Quebecois, in general, now have it in their minds that they are something special and the rest of Canada needs to give in to their every desire. <br />This, in my opinion, must stop as it will not bring Canadians together in the least.Matthew Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-15470676888016368122009-09-11T15:03:35.354+01:002009-09-11T15:03:35.354+01:00Precisely. That's what I was talking about - ...Precisely. That's what I was talking about - if those provinces were forced to strip from their provincial flags the union jacks, Lions and crosses of St Andrew and so forth.S.L. Toddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585396793664590849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-17416900982094862992009-09-10T20:54:41.685+01:002009-09-10T20:54:41.685+01:00The former national flag that was replaced in 1965...The former national flag that was replaced in 1965. Only three provinces (BC, Ontario and Manitoba) still have union jacks. New Brunswick and PEI have royal symbols (Lion). Nova Scotia has a sort of St Andrew's cross with a lion. Alberta has what looks to be a cross of St. George. Saskatchewan also has a lion.Kiplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838567321326673782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-32949211790901730332009-09-10T18:26:21.243+01:002009-09-10T18:26:21.243+01:00"They did actually. It's part of ther rea..."They did actually. It's part of ther reason we junked the Red Ensign and replaced it with our current flag."<br /><br />To which flag do you refer? The flags of Canada's provinces are still, in large part, festooned with British symbolism, no?S.L. Toddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585396793664590849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-78286766977587880462009-09-10T18:13:17.119+01:002009-09-10T18:13:17.119+01:00Beaverbrook,
How can anyone object to that painti...Beaverbrook,<br /><br />How can anyone object to that painting???!!!Kiplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838567321326673782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-15899262923987208752009-09-10T18:11:29.338+01:002009-09-10T18:11:29.338+01:00"Imagine if, for instance, Quebecois succeede..."Imagine if, for instance, Quebecois succeeded in banning the Union Jack or St George's Cross or other such reminders of Canada's British heritage from the flags of Canada's provinces."<br /><br />They did actually. It's part of ther reason we junked the Red Ensign and replaced it with our current flag.Kiplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838567321326673782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-5449406648413048572009-09-10T18:05:22.344+01:002009-09-10T18:05:22.344+01:00"Imagine if a bunch Southerners demanded that..."Imagine if a bunch Southerners demanded that a re-enactment of the Battle of Gettysburg be cancelled, because the battle recalled painful memories of defeat, and you begin to understand the absurdity of the protests of Quebecois nationalists."<br /><br />Down here it is much more likely to be Northerners barring Southerners from celebrating or even recognizing their heritage. Imagine if, for instance, Quebecois succeeded in banning the Union Jack or St George's Cross or other such reminders of Canada's British heritage from the flags of Canada's provinces. Southerners suffer an analogous indignity when forced to remove the Confederate flag from their own state flags.<br /><br />I write this, by the way, as a native New Englander.S.L. Toddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585396793664590849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162816964941896969.post-13882020476549259352009-09-10T16:42:30.266+01:002009-09-10T16:42:30.266+01:00This is the oil on canvass that hangs above my fir...This is the oil on canvass that hangs above my fireplace mantle, much to the displeasure of my better half. The immense original sits in the National Art Gallery in Ottawa.Beaverbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06957034620891207177noreply@blogger.com