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Lol. I meant to say "shirts" but shorts is actually funnier.
Wear a maple leaf on your backpack, say "aboot" and "eh" a lot. Or wear plaid and pretend your a lumberjack. Sorry, lame attempt at a joke, like so many others.
by aya on Thu Dec 09, 04 11:22am
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aya everything you say is a lame attempt at something :oP
That was kinda harsh.
Nah, that's okay
by aya on Thu Dec 09, 04 11:34am
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This is just too easy. All you have to do to be mistaken for a Canadian is to wear a t-shirt that reads "I kill baby seals" have beer breath, say "ehh" walk around looking dazed, confused and really unsure of yourself.
LOL. I am totally kidding! Of course, what I wrote was a joke. You know I like Canada and Canadians very much!
Lol, really unsure of yourself. I think that's kinda funny, I guess.
See um, now that is how a Canadian would/does act! :)
of course, to act like a certain "breed" of Americans (and there are a few on this site!), all you'd have to do is threaten to kick someones a*s, rant and rave about the Giants, miscall Hillary Clinton and think that McDonalds is dining out at a fine restaurant! :)
eat plenty of maple syrup and play lots of ice hockey.
Canada? Isn't that just another state?..you know, like Germany and Japan and now Iraq?
If you want to look Canadian, just drop about a hundred pounds there, ladass. If that doesn't work, be able to wax poetic about Ken Dryden.
Just act normal. Can't tell tell the difference anyway.
hey thx1138 somebody's a Lucas fan Hu? Have you seen the movie?
Just eat a lot of beaver on your vacation and everyone will know you're a canuck.
develop a pathological deep rooted obessional hatred of the United States and the 300 million people who live there. Always remember to act morally and ethically superior to towards your southern neighbors. Engage in massive cross border trade but do very little in the way of providing for the derfense of North America. Throw out platitudes regarding crime rates and other quality of life issues that were accurate 20 years ago but no longer apply. Redicule crappy violent "American" tv programs and movies that are actually produced in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal paid for with large Canadian Taxpayer subsidies. That's it I think.
WOW, you have issues dude
by ABC on Wed Dec 29, 04 3:53pm
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Everything I said is TRUE. What's wrong with being honest and stating the facts? Canada may be politically correct but The States aren't. Yet.
"develop a pathological deep rooted obessional hatred of the United States and the 300 million people who live there. Always remember to act morally and ethically superior to towards your southern neighbors"
Buddy, you must be very paranoid and crazy to think the average Canadian feels this way. As far as what our governments do, it is beyond mine or your control. Why would you take a joke ballot and turn it into a ballot about your hate for Canada? If you want a ballot like that create one.
by ABC on Thu Dec 30, 04 10:19am
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Yeah you Yankee pigdog.
Kidding.
I'm high on Canadian farm fresh cannabis. MY GRAND PARENTS ARE CANADIAN YOU A-HOLES!
Eh gaz.
wow. am i on the wrong website? is this a lunatic asylum message board?
It's okay ABC. exarmydude got mad at me for my responses, called me a bully and says he's never coming back to bestandworst.com again. Not much of a loss if you ask me. The guy literally followed me ballots and comments around and had to take some sort of stab at me...as you see above.
me=my
I'm guessing his irrational attitude has something to do with him being an 'exarmydude'.
That's goofy jigsaw. I don't know you,have no desire to know you or God help us, stalk you. You left bad karma for me because you didn't like some wise ass comments I made about Canadians and Canada. Fucking typical. You were one of the silly Canadians who complained about Conan O'Brien in Toronto weren't you?Christ! You don't talk to peoples faces like you do on this site do you Jigsaw? A broken nose is painful. Get over you childlish hatred of Americans. If most Canadians feel like you why do we have diplomatic and economic relations? Should the border be closed and a wall be built between the US and Canada? We get so many Canadian Tourist we have to beat them away with sticks. And Boston had literally one if it's worst traffic jams in history this past summer when a drunk Canadian Trucker crashed his rig into a support beam on the main north/south bridge leading into the city. His nationality was well publisized. Thank you NAFTA.
Whats wih the "eh" im gettin pretty sick of it. I do not say "eh" and no one i know says "eh" so give up with the "eh" okay. Its so annoying wen ppl try to act Canadian and end every sentence in "eh" like okay wtf show me a Canadian who does that seriously.
at least "eh" sounds better and more intelligent than "HUH!!???"
"Should the border be closed and a wall be built between the US and Canada?"
oh, no no. not at all
i say it should be a dome.
A dome. Cool. But who's going to put a stop to the mayham caused everyday by drunken Canadian truckers? Who?
well part of the "dome-over-the-U.S." idea was to get all the left wingers out of the U.S., move them up here, and replace them with our right wingers. once all the right wingers are under the dome, the world is protected from them. thew left wingers would then procede to rebuild the rail system, thus elliminating the need for trucks to haul goods. also, most of the drivers and a lot of drunks are right wingers, and would be under the dome.
I don't know...I just don't know...it may just work, but...nah,I gotta sleep on it.
Boy you guys got rocks up yer asses or sumpin.
Is this a subject for discussion or slammin? er, eh? Can't we all get along?
Negate your obligations to help defend North America,while reaping an economic whirlwind with NAFTA cross border trade. The Amereican soldier and taxpayer shouldn't be forced to shoulder the whole burden. And no, Canadian token NORAD presense doesn't cut it.
what burden?
To the many Canadians (not all, but a large minority) who love bashing the US out of one side of your mouth while making a good living trading with it fuck you. There is FAR more anti-Americanism in Canada than anti-Canadian attitudes in the US. Any incidences of Canadians being treated badly for being Canadian while visiting or living in the US (and there are alot; alot living here and making a living too)are few and far between. Unfortunately, it's becoming common place for Americans to be treated like shit (just for being American)by some Canadians, especially in Montreal and Toronto. This is a fact, it's being covered up by the media in both the US and Canada (probably to prevent damage to business and tourism). Rest easy, you will be treated politely and respectfully visiting the US. You won't see any maple leaf flags being burnt or 10 year old hockey players being attacked by adults.
"There is FAR more anti-Americanism in Canada than anti-Canadian attitudes in the US."
actually, if you consider population ratios, it's about the same. also you must consider that canada hasn't ever done anything to deserve negative treatment, while the U.S. has commited war crimes, and acts of state-sponsored terrorism and allies it'sself with groups guilty of crimes against humaity as long as it's financially benificial to them, and so on...
"Any incidences of Canadians being treated badly for being Canadian while visiting or living in the US (and there are alot; alot living here and making a living too)are few and far between."
as for americans going to canada and being treated badly because of it, that's never happened, unless they did something to deserve it.
"especially in Montreal and Toronto."
oh, come on. those people treat EACH OTHER like shit.
"you will be treated politely and respectfully visiting the US."
you'd be suprised.
"You won't see any maple leaf flags being burnt or 10 year old hockey players being attacked by adults."
yeah, i can't think of anywhere you'd see that
Acting morally superior again. Typical fucking Canadian attitude. Canada is not a global power so it's easy for you to take cheap shots at the US. It's like a spoiled rich brat ridiculing it's daddy while taking his money.Canada's economy is dependent overwhelmingly on trade with the US. So cut the crap. You benefit from this benign Pax Americana and the peace and prosperity it has helped create in North America, but at the same time you have NONE of the responsibilities of propagating it. The US does your dirty work for you. That doesn't mean Canada has clean hands. Far from it. If anything your smug obnoxious behavior makes it even more worthy of comtempt. As for Americans being singled out for rude treatment in Canada (again especially Toronto and Montreal) it does happen and you are either ignorant or a fucking liar. This shit is occuring more and more frequently. It will be impossible to cover it up much longer. And yeah, 10 year old hockey players being given hostile treatment by adults does occur. It happened to a group of kids from Massachusetts a short while ago in Montreal and may not have been reported in Canada but was widely reported here. The school district has banned anymore trips to Canada. And high school kids across New England are now being strongly advised not to travel to Canada, especially Quebec. Many school districts now will no longer help finance it. To bad we can't keep Canadians from coming to the states. But many do seem to like visiting and working here.
you just murdered your own point. first you said a canadian will be treated with respect by americans if he goes to the states, and now you've proven that i can be treated like shit by americans without ever crossing the border.
ou really need to recheck your facts. or get some facts, then check them.
Your attempt to put me on the defensive is facile but typical. No where do I say Canadians deserve to or will be treated badly visiting the US. I said the behavior and attitude of Canadians like you deserve contempt. That's not the same as saying you should be assaulted. I also said Canadians shouldn't come if they (like you) dislike the US. I questioned why so many Canadians like to visit the US and work here but dislike it. It's a untenable contradiction. The US/Canadian relationship as it currently stands is borderline untenable in my opinion. Something has to give.
You know the sad truth is most people in the US and the rest of the world don't give Canada a second thought. It just doesn't rate in the scheme of things.I'm only aware because I live right next door and have Canadian heritage on one side of my family. And the Canadian Goverment and it's people make no serious attempt to combat this malaise. People around the world don't burn Canadian Flags, etc., because they have at best a vague understanding of who you are. Apathy and indifference is very different from acceptance.
i refer you to my previous statement
Canada hasn't done anything to deserve negative treatment? Canada was a member of the British Empire which in it's day ruled with an iron fist, raping whole nations and subjugating hundreds of millions of people. It is still a member of the British Commonwealth, a patently imperialist and racist organization. Canada oks the mass slaughter of baby seals which the rest of the world strongly condemns. Canada has huge trade with communist China, a brutal sadistic totalitarian state that uses slave labor to manufacture goods while displacing legitimate working class Canadian workers. Canada has huge trade and massive investment in the US. The revenue generated supports the Us war effort. Need I continue? There's plenty more.
is that the best you can come up with? all you can think of is "guilty by association" stuff, yet you make no mention whatsoever about the human rights violations against native people as recently as the 1930's, canada's only real crime.
Guilt by incestuous association. Yes neo that's legitimate. You can't have your cake and eat it to. As the Swiss and others said after WWII: Oh we just traded, inter-married and did business deals with the nazis, but we never really liked them and we certainly didn't approve of them. Yeah, right. Like I said, America does Canada's dirty work
no, canada stands back and lets the U.S. do it's own dirty work, out of fear. there's a difference. and it's done contrary to the opinions of the canadian people
Canada reminds me of the small neutral European states during WWII. Their attitude was: Gee, we'll just keep a low profile and won't give the nazis or communist Russian state any reason to bother us and they'll leave us alone. They weren't left alone.
i'm forced to agree
Canada doesn't have anything to fear from the US and you know it. Caanadian avarice is the reason for it's relationship with the US and rest of the world. You live in an ivory tower.because of your (Canadas) lack of responsabilities on the world stage, you feel free to moralize. You know there will be no consequence to your actions because they are insignificant.
once again i suggest you check your facts.
My comment regarding neutral states during WWII is obviously analogous to present day communist China, western hating terrorist organizations and their state sponsors, and the multitide of other bad people throughout the world. The United States isn't on that list neo. The US benign post war occupation of Germany and Japan, and resultant peace, freedom and tremendous prosparity that came about because of it, speeks for itself. That peace, freedom and prosparity is now seriously threatened. Much like those pathetic neutral European nations before and during WWII, Canada has it's collective head up it's ass.
What "facts" should I check. If you can counter what I say with "facts" than do it; don't repeat a inane mantra.
If Canadians feel their goverment isn't properly representing their wishes and concerns, they get what they deserve. In a democracy, the people get what they deserve.
China is not a threat to anyone but the United States and then only economically? If you really believe this you are irrational and delusional. Trying to reason with an irrational person is hell on earth.
Your other comment that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were "acts of terrorism" and that the Russians would have "finished them off" is just sad. Russia wasn't at war with Japan until the last few months of the war. The US, Britain, Canada, etc., fought a bitter 5 year struggle with the sadistic Japanese Empire. The atomic bombings finished the war and saved countless lives, including Canadian. Many Canadian soldiers died in WWII and Canada was actively involved into heavy water research as a member of the British Empire and Commonwealth and later in the development of the atom bomb. Those Canadian soldiers were quite happy when those bombs were dropped and the war ended.
Are you angry that the US, Israel, etc., aren't as "pure" as Canada. Who the fuck are you kidding? If you like the communist chinese and arab muslim nations soo much why don't you have an alliance with them instead of the US? Why don't you send your cattle to them instead of the US?
Canadian peace, freedom and prosperity is relient on trade with the United States. The United States in no way threatens Canadian freedom and prosperity. It could have invaded and enslaved Canada long ago if it had wanted to. It hasn't. Canada is in no position, because of it's weak military, to fight off any outside aggressor.Enough said.
"China is not a threat to anyone but the United States and then only economically? If you really believe this you are irrational and delusional."
i haven't seen china invade anyone since tibet, have you? i don't recall them taking part in any full scale wars for a while either, much less start them.
"Your other comment that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were "acts of terrorism" and that the Russians would have "finished them off" is just sad."
the saddest part is that it's true
"Russia wasn't at war with Japan until the last few months of the war."
how is that relevant?
"The US, Britain, Canada, etc., fought a bitter 5 year struggle with the sadistic Japanese Empire. The atomic bombings finished the war and saved countless lives, including Canadian."
i wouldn't call decimating 2 cities with no real military targets "saving lives"
"Many Canadian soldiers died in WWII and Canada was actively involved into heavy water research as a member of the British Empire and Commonwealth and later in the development of the atom bomb. Those Canadian soldiers were quite happy when those bombs were dropped and the war ended."
tell that to the canadians who were POWs in nagasaki and have serious radiation burns and illness from the american bomb they saw go off with their own eyes.
"Are you angry that the US, Israel, etc., aren't as "pure" as Canada. Who the fuck are you kidding? If you like the communist chinese and arab muslim nations soo much why don't you have an alliance with them instead of the US?"
1. communism is not evil by default, contrary to popular belief in the U.S.
2. we ARE alllies with china, and so is the U.S.. the U.S. is also a strong ally of saudi arabia, whose monachy is as bad as the taliban was when it comes to human rights violations.
"Why don't you send your cattle to them instead of the US?"
because, thanks to the mulroney government of the 80's, and the conservative party in general, we ca't survive without the U.S.. we have been made completely economically dependant. and when the U.S. economy is defeated by both china and the EU, we will go down too.
"Canadian peace, freedom and prosperity is relient on trade with the United States."
just the prosperity part. we make our own peace. we even make peace for other countries. and freedom doesn't actually exist, it's just one of those bullshit terms the american government likes to use so they can feel superior. it's just bullshit
"The United States in no way threatens Canadian freedom and prosperity. It could have invaded and enslaved Canada long ago if it had wanted to. It hasn't."
time for a history lesson:
In June 1812, the United States declared war on Britain, already locked in combat with Napoleon’s France. The resulting War of 1812 was fought largely on Canadian territory, especially along the Niagara frontier.
The Americans were superior in numbers but badly organized. First Peoples, including a Shawnee contingent led by Tecumseh, and Canadian militia units provided invaluable support to Canada’s garrison of professional soldiers. In October 1812, Sir Isaac Brock, commander-in- chief of Upper Canada, was killed defeating a major American invasion attempt at Queenston Heights, on the Niagara River. Much skirmishing and raiding occurred throughout the first part of 1813, especially along Lake Ontario and the Niagara frontier.
THE WAR OF 1812
1813-1814 : Canada Saved
Every American invasion ended in defeat.
In October 1813, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles de Salaberry and 460 troops, mostly French- Canadian voltigeurs (light infantry), turned back 4000 American invaders along the Châteauguay River, south of Montréal. British regulars defeated a second American column at Crysler’s Farm, in eastern Ontario.
Bitter fighting along the Niagara frontier, an American attack on Toronto in 1813, and American naval successes on Lake Champlain in 1814 did little to affect the military situation. In December 1814, Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Ghent and returned all captured territory.
"Canada is in no position, because of it's weak military, to fight off any outside aggressor. Enough said."
nobody threatens canada. we have so much respect worldwide in so many countries because of our military history. the only thing we've done to make enemies is being allies with the U.S., which is exactly why i think all ties should be cut. the united states is a rougue nation, it's out of control, and we shoulds not assoiciate with such.
China has never been able to launch a full scale attack on anybody. It will be shortly and only the US will be able to prevent this. China is a totalitarian state. You gloss over this. I'm inducing you prefer dictatorships and limited freedom opposed to democracies.
Your arguments about Canadian POWS is completely fucked up.
Your arguments regarding early 19th century wars is also fucked up. Canada wasn't a nation, it was a colony of Great Britain. The British Empire was the most powerful entity on earth at this time. Those were occupying British Troops who defeated small rag time armies of the insignificant newly formed American Nation. The British were attempting to sabatoge the newly created United States of America using Canada as a spring board. Most of the people in Canada were Americans who remained loyal to the British Crown and didn't want to fight for their freedom. The British failed. The US is the mightiest nation state since the Roman Empire. What an amazing success story. And yes neo, it could easily today over run Canada. Canada has grossly neglicted it's defenses. Your responses so far are pathetic.
Again, most people around the world have never heard of Canada. You'd have to explain to them it's a sparsely populated country north of the United States. Europeans are vaguely aware of your existance. Finally the Canadian Army couldn't even send a small number of troops overseas without using US Transport planes. Tanks Canada shipped by commercial cargo ship were held hostage on the high seas by the ships owner due to the CanadianGoverment chronic defaults on past due accounts !!
You are rabidly anti-democratic and clearly favor a totalitarian form of goverment like communisom (a proven complete total failure) Canada and the US are neither. They never will be. EU economic health is FAR worse the the US. And now that their euro is grossly overvalued it'll only get worst.
Nice try sunshine.
I take back one comment. China invaded Korea in 1950. The so called Korean War resulted. Due to a half assed "United Nations" military performance, Korea is now divided North/South. I can assure you the south is a far more preferable place to live than the north. It was Americas first military involvement in the newly formed United States. A portent of things to come.
Newly formed "United Nations" I made a typo.
"China has never been able to launch a full scale attack on anybody. It will be shortly and only the US will be able to prevent this. China is a totalitarian state. You gloss over this."
i'm sorry, i just spent some time searching through the bbc news site and i've found nothing whatsoever showing china posing a threat. all i found was a story about american arms trade with taiwan posing a threat TO china
"I'm inducing you prefer dictatorships and limited freedom opposed to democracies."
well, seeing as i live in a democracy, while you live in a theocracy which supports dictatorships such as the saudi government, i don't think you have the right to accuse me of anything
"Your arguments about Canadian POWS is completely fucked up."
i saw it in a documentary on cbc, i think. they brough a survivor back to the prison he'd been in, and they discovered it had since been made into a school. he pointed out the window he looked out when the bomb went off.
here's a semi-relevant site
lewrockwell.com/ gregory/ gregory61.html
"Your arguments regarding early 19th century wars is also fucked up. Canada wasn't a nation, it was a colony of Great Britain. The British Empire was the most powerful entity on earth at this time."
relevance?
"Those were occupying British Troops who defeated small rag time armies of the insignificant newly formed American Nation."
the militia that burned down the white house was made up of canadians. the generals who captured detroit without firing a shot were canadian. the people who won the war were canadian. i suggest you look this up
"The British were attempting to sabatoge the newly created United States of America using Canada as a spring board."
yes, for their telepathic super-weapon they used to hypnotize the americans into attacking first.
"Most of the people in Canada were Americans who remained loyal to the British Crown and didn't want to fight for their freedom."
no, a third of them were british citizens who were willing to fight for themselves, a third were francophones who agreed, and a third were native tribes who simply hated americans.
"The US is the mightiest nation state since the Roman Empire."
which roman empire? barbarosa's holy roman empire? ha!
"What an amazing success story. And yes neo, it could easily today over run Canada. Canada has grossly neglicted it's defenses."
that's because a., nobody hates us, and b., our soldiers, however few, are some of the finest in the world.
"Again, most people around the world have never heard of Canada. You'd have to explain to them it's a sparsely populated country north of the United States. Europeans are vaguely aware of your existance."
holy shit, are you ever misinformed. the iraqi government based their new society on canada, there are several huge war memorials in france built for canada (search the words "vimy ridge", you'll see what i mean), we make up a full 10 percent of the world's peacekeepers, we are world leaders when it comes to international aid, communications technology, medical science, environmentalism, and so on. you really need to look something up before you stick your foot in your mouth
"Finally the Canadian Army couldn't even send a small number of troops overseas without using US Transport planes. Tanks Canada shipped by commercial cargo ship were held hostage on the high seas by the ships owner due to the CanadianGoverment chronic defaults on past due accounts !!"
a weapon does not a warrior make
i'll say it again. you shhould look something up once in a while. you're making a fool of yourself.
You're an ignoramus. The United States isn't a Theocracy. There isn't and never has been an established state religion. Canada on the other hand is. It's called the Anglican Church. Queen Elizabeth (your Head of State) is it's titular head.
Canada has negicted it's armed forces because it's next to the US na dit is getting afree ride. Not for long. People on all sides of the American political spectrum are finally getting pissed off.
Once again. China is a brutal totalitarian dictatorship. It's leadership are very very very bad people. It is rapidly expanding it's military capabilities. When the shit hits the fan, the world is not going to turn to Canada.
Canada doesn't supply 10% of the worlds "peacekeeping" forces. And if it did I wouldn't go around bragging aboot it. The UN Peacekeeping missions are one long scandal UN peacekeepers involved in black marketerring, forced prostitution, child sex trade, and white slavery.
Iraq is baseing it's new society (whatever the hell that means) on Canada? LOL. Let me guess: the CBC?
And yes, the British were trying to sabotage the newly created United States of America. The US attacked British Territory in Canada defensively and offensively as a result. And yes, the British failed in their ultimate objective miserably.
You saw a CBC documentry on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Did they show in that documentry what lead up to those two bombs being dropped?
I get the feeling I'm talking to a inmature high school kid in suburban Ottawa or something.
wow. that was amazing. i am in awe. your stream of bullshit has entred a realm of absolute delusional fantasy. i'm speechless. all i can say is do some fact-checking, because...
wow.
Excerpts from UN website. 12/2004 contributing nations total civilan, police and military contributions. The last figure is the contributers combined total:
Number Country Civpol Milob Troops Total
1 Albania 3 3
2 Algeria 19 19
3 Argentina 135 5 963 1,103
4 Australia 32 14 94 140
5 Austria 29 12 377 418
6 Bangladesh 108 78 7,838 8,024
7 Belgium 11 5 16
8 Benin 63 32 313 408
9 Bolivia 19 212 231
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31 14 45
11 Brazil 10 8 1,349 1,367
12 Bulgaria 64 8 2 74
13 Burkina Faso 70 19 3 92
14 Cameroon 116 4 1 121
15 Canada 106 12 196 314
16 Chad 30 11 41
17 Chile 38 6 540 584
18 China 194 55 787 1,036
19 Congo 6 6
20 Cote d Ivoire 10 10
21 Croatia 23 6 29
22 Czech Republic 15 13 28
23 Denmark 20 34 1 55
24 Djibouti 24 24
25 Dominican Republic 4 4
26 Ecuador 5 67 72
27 Egypt 50 50 15 115
28 El Salvador 5 11 16
29 Estonia 2 2
30 Ethiopia 22 3,410 3,432
31 Fiji 61 137 198
32 Finland 9 28 11 48
33 France 171 34 402 607
34 Gabon 12 12
35 Gambia 32 17 3 52
36 Germany 270 15 11 296
37 Ghana 107 61 3,154 3,322
38 Greece 17 9 26
39 Guatemala 8 71 79
40 Guinea 46 14 1 61
41 Honduras 12 12
42 Hungary 12 16 122 150
43 India 343 54 3,515 3,912
44 Indonesia 22 179 201
45 Ireland 19 25 441 485
46 Italy 55 20 112 187
47 Jamaica 10 10
48 Japan 30 30
49 Jordan 832 66 2,052 2,950
50 Kenya 48 66 2,116 2,230
Monthly Summary of Contributions
(Military Observers, Civilian Police and Troops)
As of 31 December 2004
51 Kyrgyzstan 7 6 13
52 Lebanon 2 2
53 Lithuania 8 8
54 Madagascar 1 1
55 Malawi 36 28 2 66
56 Malaysia 27 55 18 100
57 Mali 34 49 5 88
58 Mauritius 4 4
59 Moldova 7 1 8
60 Mongolia 5 5
61 Morocco 4 2 1,698 1,704
62 Mozambique 7 184 191
63 Namibia 8 11 866 885
64 Nepal 440 44 2,967 3,451
65 Netherlands 6 13 1 20
66 New Zealand 14 1 15
67 Niger 72 24 370 466
68 Nigeria 226 78 2,586 2,890
69 Norway 34 18 52
70 Pakistan 482 79 7,579 8,140
71 Paraguay 37 9 46
72 Peru 17 209 226
73 Phillipines 141 14 301 456
74 Poland 126 22 581 729
75 Portugal 43 8 6 57
76 Republic of Korea 20 21 41
77 Romania 190 48 238
78 Russia 149 98 114 361
79 Samoa 24 24
80 Senegal 151 19 1,398 1,568
81 Serbia and Montenegro 8 11 6 25
82 Sierra Leone 5 5
83 Slovakia 3 360 363
84 Slovenia 14 2 16
85 South Africa 12 2,319 2,331
86 Spain 50 7 203 260
87 Sri Lanka 21 6 751 778
88 Sweden 41 30 234 305
89 Switzerland 14 18 2 34
90 Thailand 6 3 9
91 Togo 5 18 300 323
92 Tunisia 5 37 473 515
93 Turkey 288 5 293
94 Uganda 20 20
95 Ukraine 225 34 946 1,205
96 United Kingdom 102 16 424 542
97 United Republic of Tanzania 15 3 18
98 United States of America 404 17 8 429
99 Uruguay 22 56 2,414 2,492
100 Yemen 4 8 12
101 Zambia 78 43 10 131
102 Zimbabwe 62 62
CIVPOL UNMO TROOP
Totals 6,765 2,046 55,909
Grand Total in PKO 64,720
Uraguay(!) had 2,214 compared to Canada(10%?) 314!
You live in a fantasy.
"Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm with Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning monarch and head of state.
In Canada, Her Majesty's official title is Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. Such capacity is Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada.
Prominent critics of the monarchy point out that the Act of Settlement explicitly excludes Roman Catholics from the throne and the Queen is Supreme Governor of the Church of England, requiring her to be an Anglican. This, they argue, discriminates against non-Anglicans, including Catholics who are the largest faith group in Canada. Former Toronto city councillor Tony O'Donohue launched a court action in 2002 arguing that the Act of Settlement violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in that it discriminates against Catholics. His case was dismissed by the court, which found that the Act of Settlement is part of the Canadian constitution and thus the Charter of Rights does not have supremacy over it."
Nice. Thank God for the US Bill of Rights.
Canadians have ended up behind enemy barbed wire as prisoners of war in all three of the 20th century's major conflicts - the First and Second World Wars and in Korea.
During the Second World War approximately 9,000 Canadians became prisoners of war.
Many forget that a large number of Canadians were held as prisoners of war in the Pacific. The biggest blow to Canadian troops in that region came on Christmas Day, 1941, when Hong Kong fell. On that one day 1,689 Canadians were captured by the Japanese. It's thought that 1,405 survived the camps in Hong Kong and Japan. OTTAWA, November 19, 1996 -- The failure of the Canadian government to take steps to protect the interests of Canada's Far East PoWs, going back as far as 1941, was the major charge made today before a Parliamentary Committee in Ottawa.
A submission by Cliff Chadderton, Patron of the Hong Kong Veterans Association, claimed that Canada had been negligent in not following up on a demand that Japan obey the rules of the Geneva Convention.
"Japan had signed the Geneva Convention of 1929, but had failed to ratify the agreement," Chadderton told the Committee. "Japan advised the Argentine government at the end of 1941 that it would honour the agreement, if and when it suited them to do so."
By that time there were more than 2000 Canadian military personnel in Japanese prison camps, but Canada failed to insist that they be protected under the customary laws of war.
Chadderton suggested that Canada had a further opportunity to impose a penalty against Japan for its failure to abide by the 1929 declaration when discussions were held between the Allied powers in Japan leading to the peace treaty in San Francisco in 1951.
Instead, Canada and Japan signed the treaty without making provisions for compensation due, under the Geneva Convention, for work performed by Canadian prisoners in Japan's war industries.
The failure of the Canadian government to press Japan has continued throughout the years of the Mulroney administration, according to the documents filed with the Committee.
Chadderton, CEO of The War Amps, produced evidence that it had launched a claim against Japan in 1987, through the United Nations procedures which permit an individual organization to appeal to the Human Rights Committee. This was done under the NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) status held by The War Amps with the United Nations.
Commencing in 1987, the Association filed 19 submissions with the Geneva-based human rights bodies. The Mulroney government had, however, refused to support the claim during this critical period.
Chadderton suggested that the lack of Canadian government support worked to the detriment of the veterans' claim.
"Our government simply gave aid and comfort to a former enemy by sitting on its collective hands while the Geneva agencies considered our submissions. Presumably the lack of response from the Canadian government was based on a policy of not wanting to disrupt trade relations between our nations," Chadderton said.
"The Committee was told that representatives of other countries concluded that if the Canadian government would not support the claim, it had little chance of success," The War Amps official stated.
Citing international law, Chadderton's submission attacked the position of the Canadian government on the issues set out in a letter to him from Justice Minister Allan Rock on March 25, 1996.
The Minister's letter stated that the Far East PoWs had received generous benefits under the Veterans Pension Act. In rebuttal, Chadderton quoted a section of the Canadian War Claims Regulations dated October 9, 1952, which stated:
The receipt of or the eligibility for a pension under the Pension Act for disability consequent upon maltreatment shall not be taken into account in determining eligibility for or the amount of per diem award or a lump sum award for maltreatment.
The charge that the Canadian government had failed to protect the interests of the Hong Kong and other Pacific theatre PoWs was based on two canons of international law, according to the veteran's submissions.
The first concerned a clause in the Geneva Convention which prohibits any government from signing away the rights of its own citizens.
Further, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states unequivocally that a government that signs the Covenant must provide an effective remedy under which a wronged party may pursue a claim. Chadderton claimed that, by withholding its support in the matter before the human rights agencies in Geneva, the Canadian government was in violation of its responsibility under a covenant to which it was a signatory.
Canadian deputy chief comes under fire at UN
The Ottawa Citizen
December 23, 2004
Steven Edwards
UNITED NATIONS - Questions have been raised about the role played by Louise Frechette, the Canadian deputy chief of the United Nations, in the controversial departure of a senior UN staffer.
Lawyers for Andrew Thomson say they've learned from their internal sources that Ms. Frechette is responsible for the effective dismissal of their client, who in turn says his contract is not being renewed because of a book he co-authored that "blows the whistle" on wrongdoing at the UN.
Ms. Frechette is also ultimately responsible for new whistle-blower protection rules at the world body.
"It would be very strange if she is writing the regulations while also being the one who seems to have taken the decision on the contract," said Andre Sirois, a Montreal lawyer representing Mr. Thomson within the UN's internal appeals system. "This would be a serious contradiction."
Mr. Thomson was joined by UN staffers Heidi Postlewait and Kenneth Cain in writing Emergency Sex and Other Desperate Measures: A True Story From Hell On Earth.
Released this summer, it told of widespread sexual shenanigans, drug use, corruption and incompetence in UN peacekeeping missions in the 1990s.
10%???
Couresy of the German Foreign Ministry:
UN scale of assessments (regular budget) in 2001
USA
22 %
Japan
19.628 %
Germany
9.493 %
France
6.283 %
United Kingdom
5.380 %
Italy
4.922 %
Canada
2.573 %
Spain
2.448 %
Brazil
1.702 %
Netherlands
1.688 %
Australia
1.604 %
Korea, Republic of
1.318 %
Russia
1.200 %
Belgium
1.098 %
Sweden
0.998 %
What the heck? Is this a discussion or an online book? I'd love to join in but I only have 5 hours before I have to hit the sack.
The man/woman said "do some fact checking..."
I called his/her bluff.
I can't really tell the difference between canadians and americans myself, Just like I get really pissede off when Americans and canadians just assume that Because I'm british that I'm automatically english, but I'm not, I'm Welsh. So I forgive any of you who didn't know the difference before cos I wouldn't have a chance in hell of distinguishing between a canadian and an american.
dammmit, i guess my reply screwed up. computer must have logged me out.
... and wipe that dumb-ass un-educated look off your face.
lol
Oh n0 you HAD to mention that FarmFresh Cannabis.
you you got me.
CANADA IS BIGGER THAN THE Yew Ess Aye, aye?
and since SIZE IS everything, Canada's the WINERRRRrrr!
yaaay!
Oh n0 you HAD to mention that FarmFresh Cannabis.
you you got me.
CANADA IS BIGGER THAN THE Yew Ess Aye, aye?
and since Size _IS_ EveryThing,
Canada's the WINERRRRrrr!
yaaay!
The real measure of your wealth is..
how much you'd be worth
if you lost all your money.
Dude, i like the cape one. Everyone should wear a cape.
"is this a lunatic asylum message board?
by neothe1 on Feb 02, 2005 11:39pm"
Yeah, I'm convinced it is...
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