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Re: Once again, even with all our problems, Canada--a great place to live...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 3 Feb 2004 19:57:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
> http://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/sa.html
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> Ahh Canada, where you can walk around topless, if you're female and you so
> choose (k, that's Ontario only right now, but as yet I have seen no evidence of
> women excercising that legal right), where you can have on your person under 15
> grams of wacky tobacky without it being a capital offence, and where you can get
> married to someone of the same sex...
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> Though the last two may not last too long in Martins regime... we shall see what
> transpires there...
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> But overall, those wacky Canadians, with their liberal laws and all!!
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> God love 'em!
I'm curious. What do you think about the concept of "decency"?
Freedom without respect and responsibility is meaningless.
> As an aside, in Europe you probably couldn't go a block without seeing some
> marquee or billboard without seeing an advert with a topless model selling
> something... what is it about North America? It was a breast! And it, so I'm
> told, for I didn't TiVo it and do a frame by frame peek-see, had a 'pastie' over
> the nipple!!
You obviously don't have kids and are trying to raise them to become decent
people.
> Holy great mother of Teetsville!!! The uproar! The furor!!
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> Eh, whatever...
Of course you are an adult and can handle such inanities-- try to think beyond
your self for answers.
[JOHN]
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Message has 3 Replies: | | Skin (was: Re: Once again, etc.)
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| (...) Morality issue, out of bounds for legislators - shouldn't it be so? Larry? (...) Would you be kind enough to ellaborate? I seem to recall you advocating some sort of "absolute freedom" concept earlier in o-t.d, but my memory may be failing. It (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: Once again etc etc etc
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| Without quoting Dave, with whose sentiment I agree, even if my experience seems to be less in relation to public nudity in Europe, John's response made me chuckle. (...) Heinously over-rated. "conformity to standards of taste, propriety, or quality" (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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