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   Dhu on Gate to Dave Smith   
   Re: OCtober 1970 Canada vs the FLQ   
   03 Oct 20 16:27:43   
   
   XPost: can.politics, can.general, soc.culture.canada   
   From: campbell@neotext.ca   
      
   On Fri, 02 Oct 2020 21:51:10 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:   
      
   > On 2020-10-02 9:27 p.m., The Doctor wrote:   
   >> Any memories of 50 years ago?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I remember that there were a lot of bombs, ususlly just blowing up mail   
   > boxes, but then there was a sudden increase in the level of violence and   
   > the kidnapping and murder.   
   >   
   > We didn't have many problems with the FLQ terrorists after that. Some of   
   > the took off to Cuba but I guess it wasn't the socialist Utopia the   
   > expected it to be and they slunk pack to Canada.   
      
   I remember War Measures like we were goin' toe-to-toe with the NAZIs or   
   Soviets and it was a bunch of infantile borkers with a fixation on the   
   Plains of Abraham.   
      
   Dhu   
      
      
   --   
   Je suis Canadien. Ce n'est pas Francais ou Anglaise.   
    C'est une esp`ece de sauvage: ne obliviscaris, vix ea nostra voco;-)   
      
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