Looking at the picture of the Canadians that have died fighting in Afganistan I noticed something that pissed me right off.

If you walk down any street in the Lower Mainland you will see a diverse mix of ethinicity. Why is this not reflected in our armed forces.

In WW1 and WW2 the armys sent over by Canada to fight Germany were made up of Irish,Sotch, English, French Canadians played a huge part, Newfoundlanders and even German immigrants! I mean people that came to Canada, joined our army and went back to the "old Country to fight!

Why don't our armed forces reflect our society anymore? Are non-whites cowards? Not if you look at the histories of the countries they came from. Are they here to exploit the country and give nothing in return? Why are they not holding up their end of the bargian.

Fail.

How so? Did you look up the pictures of our war dead? Or are you just dismising the whole question ?

Many, many minorities have fought and died for Canada. Now, I have a question for North Delta: have you ever served in Canada's armed forces?

Check out the medical corp going to Afghanistan. Many of those doctors are of Asian descent.

Well Qwerty you are wrong. When it comes to Afghanistan I've seen 1 Asian,! African Canadian and 1 women (WTF?). When Iwas a teenager and I was an army cadet and was seriouusly thinking about jioning the army. My father expressed his horror at this and basically talked me out of it. I still regret it to this day and feel shame for it.

Although I don't agree with sending our boys tothat shithole to die for nothing but giving the Americans a reach around, I'm still kinda of shocked and annoyed that our Armed Forces in no way reflect our society.

To NorthDelta, I checked out the people that DIED! The ones on the front line and they are White.

Coward.

You mean that the back line medical corp is not important? Idiot

Qwerty why don't you answer my original question? Your not too afriad or cowardly are you to admit that Canada's non-white immigrants arn't contributing are you?

Of course the back line medical corp is important. Although completly unnesessary with out the FRONT LINE.

To North Delta, Heres the Question again can you please try to answer it. Why are 98% of the Canadian dead in Afganistan White when Canadian society is not 98% white?

If you are not in Afghanistan, you have absolutely no right to complain that others aren't. Minorities have fought and died for you. Have some respect.

So you are saying that those staff who are of Asian heritage in the medical corp in Afghanistan are not making a contribution? Idiot.

Qwerty answer the question. Its a simple question. By the way last time I checked I was a tax paying Canadian who's taxes are being used to fight that war so I do have a right to complain. What a moronic statement that was Qwerty.

I do have respect for the Asian soldier and the African Canadian soldier that have passed in Afghanistan. They are fine represenitives of our country first and their own ethnic group. We need more like them. Hopefully the ethnic minorities that follow don't meet the same fate.

No t at all To North Delta, I never said that. I simply asked why 98% of the soldiers killed in Afghanistan are white? And why this number dosn't reflect Canadian society?

How come the Canadian medical staff in Afghanistan have a higher proportion of people with Asian heritage? And why this number doesn't reflect Canadian society? Idiot.

They are not there for more or less the same reasons that you're not there.

Not good enough for you? There has been racism and sexism within our armed forces. From the DoD:

"All CIC participate in the Basic Officer Qualification (BOQ) Course which lasts 10 days. This course includes training in military principles, leadership, military writing, environmental awareness and youth issues. It also includes Sexual Harassment and Racism Prevention (SHARP) sensitization training, as well as Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention (CHAP) training. SHARP is a Canadian Forces mandated program, while CHAP was developed specifically for both youth and adults in the Cadet Program to teach them their rights and responsibilities when dealing with harassment and abuse issues."

When racism and sexism is eliminated from our armed forces, then you can complain.

is North Delta surving in the Canadian Forces?

I'm not there because I,m in my forties and they wouldn't have me.

Every government agency has those things Qwerty. That dosn't seem to stop non whites from working there.

To North Delta; prove that more Asians than whites are working in the medical corps. Where is your info coming from? If you don't respond we'll know you are making it up. By the way name calling is for elementary school, your not in elementary school are you?

Check the April 2007 edition of the Lancet Magazine. It is British Medical Journal.
It has an article about Canadian doctors serving in Afghanistan.
So many Asian names in that article.

Do these government agencies have guns? Do they have hazing? Sexual assaults?

You don't know what it's like for minorities in the forces.

Also at the time between 18 and when I had children Canada wasn't involved in any wars. I don't believe in "Peace keeping" and wouldn't allow myself to be sent to a war zone without weapons and the option of shooting back at someone who was trying to kill me.

Canadians think being a peace keeping nation is something to be proud of, thats fine, everyone has the right to their opinion. I think it is being played for a sucker.

As a father I have a responsibility as a parent to provide for my children, thats hard to do when your dead. I would hope our Government would provide for the families who have lost husbands and Fathers but would never trust them to do this.

I'am against Fathers enlisting in the army. If they chose to do so thats fine, its their choice. If I was in the army and war broke out I would choose not to have children if I didn't already.

Dude seriously, just shut up.

so you never served and at the same time hypocritically screaming for visible minorites to serve in the army and being racists towards them. you have no position to attack those who choose not the serve

You can attack me all you want but why can't you answer the question.

How old are your kids? When are you going to send them off to Afghanistan?

And how dare you call our peacekeepers "suckers". You're a real piece of work.

How am I being racist, Ban Doc Watson? I noticed that the Canadian war dead were 98% white and want to know why? Canada isn't 98% white.

I already spelled out the reasons I'm not serving. They don't take people in their mid forties without any training.

Mayby someone thats serving in the military could answer this.

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I noticed that the Canadian war dead were 100% males and want to know why? Canada isn't 100% males.
Should the Canadian war dead be 50% males and 50% females?

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