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   XPost: can.general, can.politics, edm.general   
   XPost: ab.general   
   From: eric@hardknocks.edu   
      
   anarchore@yahoo.ca wrote...   
   >   
   > On Nov 12, 7:42 am, John Fleming wrote:   
   > > On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:02:07 -0800, while chained to a desk   
   > > in the scriptorium Eric wrote:   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > > $gregpaulc...@hotmail.com wrote...   
   > > > $> On Nov 11, 8:45 pm, Eric wrote:   
   > > > $> > Archie wrote...   
   > > > $> >   
   > > > $> > > On Nov 11, 9:50 am, doc...@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) wrote:   
   > > > $> >   
   > > > $> > > There are two ways to deal with Rememberance Day.   
   > > > $> >   
   > > > $> > > One way is to remember the horror and folly that war is.   
   > > > $> >   
   > > > $> > > The other way is to glorify war - almost everybody that recognizes   
   > > > $> > > Rememberance Day glorifies war and aims to militarize minds. If   
   you do   
   > > > $> > > glorify war - all those that died, died for nothing. You are   
   pissing   
   > > > $> > > in their dead faces.   
   > > > $> >   
   > > > $> > There's obviously a third way to deal with Remembrance Day.   
   > > > $> >   
   > > > $> > Spell it "Rememberance". Use November 11th as a special day to show   
   how   
   > > > $> > much you hate. Hijack the day that was set aside to remember the   
   horror   
   > > > $> > of war and spit in its face. Spit in the face of veterans as well,   
   both   
   > > > $> > literally and figuratively.   
   > > > $>   
   > > > $> Since someone once recieved a 30 day jail sentence for urinating on   
   > > > $> the tomb of the unknown soldier in Ottawa I can only imagine what   
   > > > $> sentence a judge would give to someone who started a fight by spitting   
   > > > $> on a veteran.   
   > > > $   
   > > > $Spitting at vets and cenotaphs etc. seems to be a growing pastime in   
   > > > $Canada. Google it if you don't believe me. At least we're not in the   
   > > > $urination stage yet - as they appear to be in the UK.   
   > >   
   > > It's a pity that the people who spit on veterans and urinate   
   > > on tombs of the unknown soldier don't stop to think that,   
   > > had the Germans and Japanese won Word War II   
   >   
   > The Germans and Japs even if they had won Europe would not be invading   
   > N America, that would be suicide!   
      
   Well that's good to know. They could have the rest of the world.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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