"Diversity Our Strength"

I, Ectomorph keeps getting better and better. Here's his musings on the new city seal of Toronto:

Toronto, where new residents arrive every minute from all over the world, is professedly in love with "diversity". The city's motto is actually "Diversity our strength". This sounds like a lot like the United States' motto "E pluribus unum" (Out of many, one) or the City of Winnipeg's motto "Unum cum virtute multorum" (One with the strength of many), except that it's dumbed down into English and, more importantly, it leaves out any mention of a "one". In this town, it's basically E pluribus whatever...or, perhaps (at best) E pluribus ethnic restaurants.

In case you don't believe me, here's Toronto's recently devised device:

The various elements of the design are intended to symbolize our diversity in various respects, although (curiously) the old colonialist coat of arms that was junked in favour of this actually dared to depict diversity in human form, represented 50% by women in non-traditional roles (Britannia militaristically bearing her shield) and 50% by visible minorities (an impressive native Indian warrior). But for now we'll have to make do with the diversity of a beaver and a bear, drawn the same size to symbolize the modern Torontonian's unfamiliarity with animals other than raccoons, pigeons and shih-tzus. [More]

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