The Rantings of a Displaced Pirate

Why in Canada, or North America for that matter, do we not have drinking songs? Yes, we have songs that encourage the debaucherous behaviour that rekindles images of my childhood, and; Yes, we have songs that when are played result in people turning up the stereo to 11 and having a good ol' fashioned clam-jam but yet, Canadians as a culture do not have Songs that we sing while we are drinking. Sure we have songs we sing while were hammered (louie-louie is a personal favorite of this swashbuckl'r) but we do not have songs that encompass the drinking-culture of the country. Canada as a nation is missing a crucial part of its identity that can be found in almost all other crown colonies. That is of course is a national drinking anthem.
Other beer drinking cultures do this. There is a certain level of inebriation that seems to reserved to only those who have been colonized by the British. Why is it that the nations that are Crown colonies are the biggest beer drinkers --> Irish, Scotts, Brits, South Africans (SA may or may not be a crown colony - definately not I think it was Dutch). Ill tell you why - because they have national drinking songs. In Canada, a nation that can be considered a top contender for biggest beer drinkers, we lack in these songs and as such drinking will continue to remain only a national passtime. A national drinking anthem changes drinking from a relaxing passtime to a passionate act of patriotism. No longer would drunken revelry between brothers at arms be looked down upon by society but be encouraged and idolized for their outfront and vocal support for their nation. Canada has a problem with patriotism. Many say that the problem comes from the inability for Canadians to recognize one particular Canadian identity, other say it may be a result in the divisions in Canada not just between Anglo and Franco-phones but between the national geographic boundaries between western, central and eastern Canada. The fact of the matter is that the only thing holding back the nationalist sentiments in Canadian is our lack of a national drinking song. This crisis must be addressed immediately, if not by the politicians, then by the people.

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