Hoi Folks,
Please, allow me to bring on the thread hi-jacking you all have been waiting for. I could not let it pass without saying something. I really thought it was common knowledge, but of late I have run into a few people, yes they were Canadian, who were not aware of it.
Quote from: TobinDax on July 18, 2004, 06:35:45 pm
Be careful about picking on Canadians. We won the war of 1812. Oh yeah, that was while we still had an army. Er, never mind.
*Hexx said,*
Don't knock it- you notice the States hasn't picked a war with us since that one...
I must point out the 1963 Defense Crisis, the event that lost Canada's new found sovereignty. Remember the American General who with the help of the official opposition in government set Canada's defense policy? Remember how much the Canadian public did not want nuclear weapons on Canadian Soil? Remember the arrival of Nike and Bomarc missles? Really, the invasion of one was enough.
Does anyone remember the events of Feb. 21 1959 in Canada?
Before anyone goes shooting off that this is a Hot and Spicy topic, it is not. Nor do I wish that the AVRO Arrow was put into production, I simply do not think that Canada's international role is to create weapons. This whole sad story, of a new "little" nation's short existance, is well presented in a little book called "Lament for a Nation" by George Grant.
I'm sorry Hexx, your assertion in this case is incorrect. Otherwise, I wish I was in Halifax, you lucky, got to go back home bast***.
Keep Makin' Noise Hexx,
Take Care