Attack on Celtic Culture!!!!

[Che Guava]

PC idiocy comes to Nova Scotia (no, not progressive conservative, politically correct...)

N.S. politician calls 'jig' ad an attack on his culture

Nova Scotian Progressive Conservative Leader Rodney MacDonald, a well-known fiddler who became premier earlier this year, is calling a provincial election ad placed by the NDP an assault on Celtic culture.

The 30-second television ad, which attacks the Tory government's record on three issues, includes fiddle music. It ends with the line, "Rodney MacDonald and the Conservatives? The jig is up."

'If you're going to attack one particular culture, does that mean they're going to attack other cultures as well?'-Nova Scotia Tory Leader Rodney MacDonald

NDP Leader Darrell Dexter calls the ad "slightly irreverent" and "a little cheeky," and says it's a good way to get a point across.

But MacDonald said the ad is inappropriate.

"If you're going to attack one particular culture, does that mean they're going to attack other cultures as well?" he told CBC News on Wednesday.

"I think it's an inappropriate thing to do, but Nova Scotians will be the judge and I have no doubt that many people will see that ad and they'll want to send a very strong message to the NDP."

MacDonald said he plans to stay positive during this campaign leading up to the June 13 election, and not use negative ads to win votes.

linkity-dink-de-dink...

Oh no! Nova Scotia's scottish heritage is under attack! Hide your fiddles and eat your tams!

I couldn't beleive this when I saw it: is anything in-bounds anymore? I should also probably mention that the fiddle-music in the NDP's ad is in response to a couple of ads that the conservatives put out that also featured fiddle tunes in the background. I guess its ok to use them when you're trying to inspire nationalist feelings, but not when you're trying to talk about policy...

And yes, btw, Dexter is a scottish name, just like MacDonald....

 

[Abaddon]

This is stupid... its because hes a fiddler.. and arn't his opponents celtish aswell?

 

[Quinzy]

oh for gods sake. i'm Irish, and whenever i see an ad which pokes fun at my culture i usually find it funny, and never offensive..

 

[El_Machinae]

I don't think Sleepie Maggie will wake for this. (Gods, I love that song)

 

[Pyrite]

I personally loved how you said gods!

 

[Cuivienen]

The Nova Scotia PC party is just bracing for defeat.

 

[Che Guava]

The Nova Scotia PC party is just bracing for defeat.

Sadly, I think they might take it...jig or no jig....

 

[Sidhe]

I honestly thought from the title it was an attack on a dead religion, I was most agrieved that people might attack the Celts of Europe, then I realised they meant particualrly Scottish Celts, this is tongue in cheek surely It sounds as if someones trying to play the PC card for polititcal effect.

 

[Che Guava]

It more than sounds like it..!

Telling someone (and a scottish-canadian to boot!) that Celitc culture is under attack in Nova Scotia (yeah, new scotland) is tantamount to saying english is in jeopardy of disappearing as a language. This province is so smack full of tartan, fiddle music, bagpipes and highland games that if we couldn't joke about it, there'd be precious little to laugh about here. Politicians talking about scottish roots here is like politicians in Boston talking about Irish roots: its been done to death, but still seems to work some of the time....