we got the new ensign magazine yesterday and i did a little flip through.
there is an article in there about some canadian kid, and down the side of the article there is a list of facts about canada.
one of the facts states that canada is home to 50% of the world's polar bear population.
... really?
there are about a million other facts that could have given readers an idea of what canada is like, but they chose the ol' polar bear stat?
lame.
it's not like polar bears are roaming the streets up here!
i am assuming they live in the wretchedly cold, uninhabitable parts of the country.
i can guarantee i will never see a wild polar bear as long as i shall live.
unless, perhaps, i go on one of those weird cold cruises. to alaska, USA.
and just to make my point further, in the last decade the only polar bears i have even seen in captivity were in california.
i could see this fact being shared if polar bears were our national anthem or something.
but they aren't.
our national animal is the truly proud and noble.. beaver.
so it is a downright irrelevant fact.
poor journalism.
and now my testimony is wavering ;)
