{"id":4347,"date":"2010-06-29T13:48:09","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T17:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=4347"},"modified":"2010-06-29T13:48:09","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T17:48:09","slug":"qotd-canadas-ongoing-self-esteem-binge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2010\/06\/29\/qotd-canadas-ongoing-self-esteem-binge\/","title":{"rendered":"QotD: Canada&#8217;s ongoing self-esteem binge"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>In light of Thursday\u2019s Canada Day celebrations, pointing out that efforts to outlaw hurt feelings is now a regular part of this country\u2019s modus operandi may make me a party-pooper. But waiting for another time won\u2019t make the truth any easier to bear: From human rights commissions to hate crime laws to civil law suits, Canada has made an art of punishing otherwise perfectly legal behaviour simply because it happens to make someone feel bad. We\u2019ve become a nation of petty grievance-hoarders and tip-toers terrified of offending.<\/p>\n<p>The big problem with this state of affairs (besides how generally unbecoming it is)? It\u2019s slowly making us a spiritless, brittle people. The ability to navigate the ups and downs of life &mdash; with a particular emphasis on the downs &mdash; is what fosters resilience and flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>If you never have to face the consequences of getting cut from a team, or turned down for a job, or insulted by a heartless idiot, you never develop the sense of perspective (or sense of humour) that it takes to be a well-rounded and capable individual who has the confidence to handle defeat. That\u2019s something parents have to teach their kids, and countries have to teach their citizens. Losing hurts, but you can\u2019t expect mom and dad or a human rights commission to shield you from everything but sunshine and roses.<\/p>\n<p>Marni Soupcoff, <a href=\"http:\/\/fullcomment.nationalpost.com\/2010\/06\/29\/marni-soupcoff-canada-has-grown-up-but-its-citizens-are-bigger-babies-than-ever\/?utm_source=twitterfeed&#038;utm_medium=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Hockey dads need to grow up&#8221;, <em>National Post<\/em><\/a>, 2010-06-29<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In light of Thursday\u2019s Canada Day celebrations, pointing out that efforts to outlaw hurt feelings is now a regular part of this country\u2019s modus operandi may make me a party-pooper. But waiting for another time won\u2019t make the truth any easier to bear: From human rights commissions to hate crime laws to civil law suits, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9,41,18],"tags":[284,46,238],"class_list":["post-4347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancon","category-law","category-quotations","category-sports","tag-hockey","tag-hrcs","tag-offensensitivity"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-187","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4365,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347\/revisions\/4365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}