# O Canada! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 1, 2001, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-canada/91015 "2001-11-01T23:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-canada/91015/21 "2001-11-02T13:39:31Z")
[This site](http://www.king.igs.net/~jpjansen/canada.htm) will play the tune for you. Here are the words in English: > [@](#): > > O Canada! > Our home and native land! > True patriot love > In all thy sons command. > With glowing hearts we see thee rise, > The True North strong and free! > From far and wide, O Canada, > We stand on guard for thee. > God keep our land > Glorious and free! > O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. > O Canada, we stand on guard for thee. My flight jacket has a Canadian flag on it. ---
**Author:** ![Aguecheek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Aguecheek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aguecheek)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-canada/91015/22 "2001-11-02T14:20:56Z")
What the other Canajuns said…and then some, **manhattan** …happy smile-making post. I dunno…I guess that’s all I’ve gotta say. You’re good people. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-canada/91015/23 "2001-11-02T14:46:58Z")
“Total war, this we know, is a general attack on all fronts, by fair means or foul, however diabolical. It is war against men, women and children. There is only one way to brave total war, and that is by a full, out-and-out effort, not just for a day, a week or a month but a sustained and daily effort right up to the moment of victory”. William Lyon Mackenzie King Prime Minister of Canada 2nd February 1941 (speech on the radio) ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-canada/91015/24 "2001-11-02T14:53:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. > My flight jacket has a Canadian flag on it. \*\* Have you flown in Canadian exercises Johnny? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-canada/91015/25 "2001-11-02T17:16:25Z")
> [@](#): > > Have you flown in Canadian exercises Johnny? I’m a civilian. My “Wings of Gold” have “AOPA” on them 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-canada/91015/26 "2001-11-02T18:43:05Z")
Unfortunately, we do have our bad apples. I don’t know of any other country that changes its NA more often than we do just to keep some folks happy. (IIRC, it was changed sometime in the early 80’s from “Please keep our land” to “God keep our land” :rolleyes: ) [Now the feminists are at it…](http://surveycentral.org/survey/9008.html) ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-canada/91015/27 "2001-11-02T18:59:46Z")
Thanks, **manhattan** , that you’ve noticed us shy, quiet folk up here is nice to see. I work in Detroit, MI, but live across the border in Windsor, ON. I’ve had many of my co-workers come by my desk just to tell me how moved they were by the show of support for America when they’ve visted Windsor recently. I myself have never seen so many American flags flying in my hometown, from flagpoles, on cars (including most if not all of our police cars), in windows of businesses and homes. Many businesses have “God Bless America” in their windows and on their storefront signs. Makes me proud \ 🙂 And **Kwyjibo** - yeah, I’ve been trying to ignore that little piece of news :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-canada/91015/28 "2001-11-02T20:25:50Z")
**meek** , maybe we oughtn’t to stir up McKenzie King’s ghost just now, what with the how his journals show that he thought Hitler was a “nice fellow”, and that he refused to allow Jewish refugees into the country for fear of “diluting the bloodlines”. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-canada/91015.md?page=1)