[thechat] I know, I keep sending these...
dave mclean
dave at members.evolt.org
Thu Apr 25 23:37:00 CDT 2002
But this one really hits home for me.
-d
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 05:55:06 -0400
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Subject: Quote of the day for April 24, 2002
"We [Canadians] are great friends when we kick in to help, we provide a
great place to land airplanes when the skies are closed in the midst
of a world crisis and we are valuable trading partners when we have
something to offer. It's appreciated when we provide comfort and
support in an hour of need. And there are certainly worse neighbours
beside whom we might be stuck.
"None of that, though, ought to be confused with a two-way street, never
mind that it takes a bunch of yobs at a basketball games to bring the
point home."
- sportwriter Stephen Brunt on the one-sided expectation of respect
demonstrated by Americans. The home-town audience at a Detroit
Pistons basketball game against the Toronto Raptors booed the
Canadian national anthem last Sunday. Canadians, already outraged
by the death of four Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan after being
bombed by an American pilot and the lackadaisical apology offered
by President George W. Bush, were further angered by the incident.
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