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[shawnmullin]

First of all, check this out: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060705.wharper0705/BNStory/National/home

So apparently Harper is giving himself to Bush?  Oh, and they're going to have a one on one... with sexy results!  Could this writing have been worse?  Amuses me that's for sure.

Oh, I also wanted to add my 2 cents to the

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[speevak]

Yeah those losers are hardly representative of any mindset or age-group
It was offensive but people shouldn't think that it means something

[shawnmullin]

That's not really the point to me. The point is you shouldn't label with a big brush, and people have been doing that.

[shawnmullin]

Well it's there - in talk radio, in letters to the editor, etc. Young people don't understand the sacrifices, Canada needs heroes, etc.

I don't know a single person who doesn't greatly respect the contributions of veterans.

[rob_in_china]

Wow, leave it to you to post incindiary entries. Seems there are two things that are being debated here

[fhackit]

I think the status of respect among Canadians for the military is exceedingly high-take a look at media coverage/polls-just look at the reaction concerning flying the flag at half-maste for soldier and the banning of the media when the remains are returned.

What's sadly lacking is history-even when we were in high school the curriculum was moribund, bordering on pathetic...

[rob_in_china]

I vote we convert HALF of the time currently dedicated to studying Dinausaurs and Volcanoes (and in my case, the country of Australia) in school into studying something worthwile - like history (or electromagnetic wave propagation).

[scottincalgary]

I agree with Dan that these guys did this intentionally. They knew they were pissing on a public statue, even if they didn't notice the giant soldier figures on it. They could have pissed somewhere else, even five feet away, no matter how desperate they were, but they chose this specific spot. That indicates intent.