Brendan Fraser and Canada's shameful history of "vampism"

Actor Brendan Fraser starred in 1999's The Mummy partly as a form of subterfuge; not to hide the fact that he *has* been around since the 1930s, but the fact that he's a vampire. (And has actually been around quite a bit longer.)

Many people don't know it, but Canada has been, and still is, one of the most intolerant nations with regards to vampirophobia. The "vamp camps" put in place by the government in the '50s were especially shameful.

In fact, one of the reasons us Canadians say "sorry" so often was borne out of wanting to apologize. However, vampires are often difficult to identify, even when not keeping a lower than normal profile due to years of systematic prejudice.

The exact origins (when and where) are now lost, but people here began greeting others along the lines of "Hello, [nice to meet you/how are you/pleasant day/etc.], and if you are a vampire I am sorry."

That phrasing quickly became shorter and simpler, and eventually lost meaning as younger generations became ignorant of the past. And now the "Canadian apology" is simply a cultural quirk.

Anyhoo...