Simple and to the point
Update: From the comments, I'm not sure if it was made clear enough in this post that this comes from an e-mail making the rounds right now, and was not intended to be taken at face value.
- Damian
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I came across this post this morning and thought it worthwhile for all to read:
- Damian
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I came across this post this morning and thought it worthwhile for all to read:
I was sent this and decided it needed to be posted
We will remember them.
In France , at a fairly large conference, Prime Minister Steven Harper was asked by a French cabinet minister if Canadian involvement in Afghanistan was just an example of "empire building". Mr Harper answered by saying,
'Over the years, Canada has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.'
You could have heard a pin drop.
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posted by WE Speak at 12:51 p.m.
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That complete non comprehension is fairly common among EUper types.
Continental Europeans have no real experience in dealing with issues outside their borders that are not expressly devoted to increasing or maintaining their over-seas possessions.
The accusation from EUpers of empire building comes from EUpers having no concept of dealing with others except through efforts to build their own empires.
These same sorts are also congenitally incapable of seeing any governance options that don't stem directly from one or the other socialist utopian mass murder oriented cult of personality totalitarianisms so popular throughout the 20th century.
Even better, from the post linked to:
"When Robert Whiting, an elderly Canadian gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on at French Customs.
'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs officer asked sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
The official replied, 'Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.'
The Canadian said, 'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it.'
'Impossible, Monseur. Canadians always have to show passports on arrival in France !'
The Canadian senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained, 'Well, when I came ashore on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchman to show a passport to.'
You could have heard a pin drop."
Thud.
But at least the French accept a certain degree of combat in Afstan that the Germans do not.
Mark
Ottawa
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I doubt Harper ever said that.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/powell.asp
It was Colin Powell that said that, not Stephen Harper, and he was not talking about Canada.
Readers: this blog has no remaining internet credibility points. Future points may be awarded if the author provides a retraction of this posting.
Please point your browsers to another URL where they don't just make sh*t up and then echo it repeatedly to make it true.
Because an e-mail joke making the rounds got posted? That's an awfully high horse you're on, David. Maybe even high enough for a reporter.
You can't hardly criticize reporters for fact checking, then immediately turn around and defend this bullshit.
While I think David's comment is overblown, I agree that a correction to the post is in order.
Again, Agwho, lighten up.
Josh, re-reading the post, I can see where there could have been a misunderstanding.
I knew it was an e-mail making the rounds because I'd received it already, a number of times.
I also knew that BBS (Paul) isn't gullible enough to believe Harper actually said those words. I understood what he was getting at with the post, and didn't read the post itself closely enough.
I've made a clarification in the Update at the top of the post. Thanks for reminding us that we need to be more clear about what we're posting - news, opinion, joke, whatever.
Thanks for the update and clarification Damian. You're correct in that the blog was posted to illustrate a point and was reflective of a meme circulating now, not as a statement of fact. Lesson learned when posting content of that nature.
Here's a Canadian quote with a similar message.
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