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Re: Comparative freedom
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 12 Nov 2002 01:15:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> Bottom line is, we didn't have to fire a shot to become the much loved and
> respected country that we are today.
Ya, because we did the heavy lifting for you and GB realised that they could
let you have your way peacefully, or keep a cork on things a bit longer and
see you either revolt, or be annexed by us...
Grin, duck, run
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| (...) There is that... if America didn't revolt--taxation w/o representation and all that--how would the world be today? Though to be said--the xenophobic america who wouldn't enter a war until their collective face is slapped, also has to be looked (...) (22 years ago, 12-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Someone once said that America needed a revolution to become their own country--Canada just 'evolved' into our own, and not without a few snags ourself. PET (Pierre Trudeau) 'decides' to get our constitution over here from Britain--got 9 (...) (22 years ago, 11-Nov-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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