Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Should governments of today try to right the wrongs of the past? No

I think that the Head Tax was not a good thing. Back in the 1900s the Chinese had to pay money to immigrate to Canada while all the whites didn't have to pay a cent. This was wrong because the government is the one that put the tax into effect. A good government should not have let something so bad happen. It made the young country of Canada look very bad.

If the Chinese even had enough money to get into Canada they were still discriminated against. They also had to work for really cheap. The jobs they had were very dangerous, such as building the railroad. They say that for every mile of railroad built between Vancouver and the Rockies, there was one dead Chinese worker.

I think that the present government should not be held responsible for the mistakes of the past. But they should pay back a portion of the money taken from the families that suffered!

Justin
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  1. UnknownSeptember 17, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    i also think that the government should not be held responsible because it wasnt the modern government that made these decisions it was power hungry british men that were arrogant and unreasonable

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  2. Tha RizarectaSeptember 17, 2009 at 2:59 PM

    yo this was some good stuff justin, this was very well writen with great grammer. I especially like the last paragraph I wonder who wrote it??

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2009 at 3:05 PM

    very true about the head tax. many Chinese would have been better off at home if they had knew about the head tax that awaited them. even with the discrimination toward Asians. this is a very good argument

    Erik

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2009 at 3:07 PM

    It was wrong for them to give the Chinese to get head tax
    gordie

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