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 | | From: | Cdn | | Subject: | Proud Canadian Flag flap my ass! | | Date: | Sun, 02 Jan 2005 18:24:20 GMT |
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 | From: "Dan Parrell"
Newsgroups: nf.general
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 12:21 PM
Subject: Proud Canadian Flag flap my ass!
> Some of you people in here make me sick !
> When the cupboard is finally bare let's blame Danny.
> When there is no money for health care or education let's blame Danny.
> When there is further closures, cut backs and layoffs let's blame Danny.
> When the ball joints fall out from under your car because of the pot holes
> lets blame Danny.
> When the last fish is caught and the last soul survivor leaves the Island
> to
> look for work elsewhere lets blame Danny!
> When there is nothing left to argue about, will you still wrap yourselves
> in
> a red and white rag and stand proud ?
> OR do we go -
> "Duh Danny, maybe if you put the flag back up and say yer sarry, Paul
> might
> give us something er anything which is better than nuttin".
> "DO ANY OF YOU REALIZE", this stance and why it is taken ?
> This is a very critical moment in time for the history of N&L and people
> are
> more worried about a god damned flag than their own welfare or the future
> for their children.
> Do any of you see the rest of Canada standing up for our rights ? Where
> are
> they ? How come all of a sudden, our rights as Canadians have become less
> important than aboriginal or rights ?
> How can some of you stupid newfies call yourselves proud Canadians, when
> you
> are shunned upon by the rest of the country and called welfare recipients
> ?
> Ah but that's okay Dan, we still have comfort in our flag. We'll wrap it
> around ourselves and it will be good for what ails us.
> Some of you will say,
> "well Danny could have used something else to get the point across besides
> our treasured national symbol !
> If a hundred and fifty thousand letters and petitions were sent to Ottawa,
> how will you know ?? Your letters will never be opened or read ,they will
> end up in a landfill or used to heat the drafty building in Ottawa.
> I was awe struck when I watched the NTV news a couple of nights ago. A
> woman
> from central Canada who now calls NL(paradise) her home, gave up making
> swim
> suits bearing the maple leaf that were worn by athletes and been sold
> world
> wide. Her own grand father wrote the song "O Canada",she has legally
> changed
> her name in disgust. It makes me believe that she is a better
> Newfoundlander
> than some of you in here.
> The point has been made, "It's not about been a proud Canadian,
> It's about been treated as one.
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> flame on, all comers welcome
> dp
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| | From: | Dr. Minette Moore | | Subject: | Re: Proud Canadian Flag flap my ass! | | Date: | Wed, 05 Jan 2005 17:08:59 GMT |
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| Who is Danny?
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