BS: Bad things Canada has done.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: NH Dave
Date: 19 Apr 05 - 01:40 PM

While the Canadians - actually British Troops - did burn the White House, this bit of enthusiasm was condoned in land warfare back in those days, both sides did it. This particular act was in retaliation to our troops crossing over the border and burning a small town called York some time earlier.

Additionally Canada is great at maintaining old traditions. Some years ago when I drove across much of the Trans Canadian Highway, I stopped at Winnepeg for some local celebration, and visited for a bit. While walking around a bit, I noticed a man in a complete RCMP old time dress uniform, red tunic, dark riding pants, Campaign - Lemon Squeezer - Hat, Sam Brown belt, and tall boots. Having read some Mountie stories, and listened to *Sgt. Preston of the Yukon* in my earlier days I took a couple of photos of him and was about to move on when I notices something. Sticking up from behind his right shoulder was something I could not readily identify. It looked like a twig or small swagger stick, but I thought that was an odd place to carry a swagger stick. As I passed on, I looked back and discovered that the object that I could not identify was the antenna of a small VHF two-way radio, clipped to the shoulder strap of his belt, behind his shoulder.   

BTW, you can say what you want about the Canadian National anthem, but I am reliably informed that the last three words are *NOT*, "Drop the puck!"

Dave

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: sian, west wales
Date: 19 Apr 05 - 12:44 PM

It's a lot more interesting in French. And at least its got a range that's singable ...

siân

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: LilyFestre
Date: 19 Apr 05 - 12:16 PM

Ok....the national anthem is bad, but I DO like the Canadian Mounties!!!! http://www.cartoondepot.com/pages/img/universal/le/mca/xdudley.htm

LF
   






Oh wait....is he trying to marry the horse? LO

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 19 Apr 05 - 12:16 PM

"the national anthem for Canada...."

What's wrong with "Northwest Passage"???

:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: LilyFestre
Date: 19 Apr 05 - 12:11 PM

Ok, this likely is NOT going to be popular, but uh, the national anthem for Canada....could we speed it up or change it or SOMETHING? It's painful to listen to!!!!

*Cringe* I'm sorry.....but geez Louise!

LF

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Rapparee
Date: 19 Apr 05 - 12:08 PM

And we in the US thank you for doing so.

Just as we gave back Montreal during our Revolutionary War. You could have been under Governour-General Ben Franklin, but nooooooooooo....

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 19 Apr 05 - 11:52 AM

'We' (in quotes, cause there was no country "Canada" back then...) gave BACK all the land that we held at the end of the War Of 1812, instead of giving it to the native North Americans like we should have...

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: sian, west wales
Date: 19 Apr 05 - 11:40 AM

If being pedantic is allowed ... I do believe that the White House was actually pink at the time of burning so I reckon that counts as a favour we did.

Hmmm... "Bush in the Pink House". Has a kinda ring to it.

siân

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Peace
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 11:51 PM

Hear, hear!

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: dianavan
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 11:17 PM

Lets not forget the 'head tax' on the Chinese and the passengers aboard the Komagata Maru who were denied immigration status because they were non-white British subjects.

...and yes, I fear that Canada is only a breath away from the same fate that has befallen Britain, the U.S. and Australia. The politicians are corrupt and think nothing of lying and spending our tax dollars as if it was their own hard-earned cash. Thieves and liars all of 'em!

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Peace
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 10:49 PM

There was an internet thing about the "roll up the rim to win" ad campaign. Guy at a drive thru ordered a coffee. Finished it and rolled up the rim. It read, "I peed in the cup."

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Dave (the ancient mariner)
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 10:33 PM

Hi, my name is Dave and i'm a Tim Hortons coffee addict... I used to be normal but in 1976 I came to Canada and my life changed. They are open 24/7 and Tim Hortons has ruined my life. I drink 5 cups a day and sometimes more. The "roll up the rim to win" has turned me into a problem gambler too... fooling myself into believeing that one day I will win that SUV or 60" Plasma TV but all I ever win is ....................free coffee and donuts.
Damn you Canada have you no shame???? ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 09:37 PM

Canada keeps Alaska from being a contiguous state.


Hmmm...that's not necessarily a bad thing, come to think of it.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Bobert
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 09:31 PM

Well, I'll tell ya whad I don't like about Canada other then these pesky geese that now litter every square inch of the US... Yeah, it's that danged Canada air... In the winter when it's like cold and the weather person come on the TV and says that we're gonna get a blast of Canadian air, well, that ain't what you wanta hear! Brrrrrrr!!!

Now come summer when it's a hunner in the shade do you all send some of that Canadian air? Heck no, you don't... You all hog it all fer yerselves... This is exactly why you are gonna make Bush's revised Axis of Evil list next year and fir once I'll have to go along with the lunitic....

I also don't like yer nickles because they is way cooler than ours... I mean, like who thought up up them nickles... I hope whoever is was got duely compensated... Sho nuff do... Them is some bad nickles as far as I can see... We got round ones.... Boring....

That's 'bout it fir me...

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Peace
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 09:22 PM

I figured BB would be here by now. He had a litany of things on another thread. I hope he posts them here, because Canada certainly deserves to be blamed for the stuff he posted. The asbestos too.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Rapparee
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 09:19 PM

Blame Canada! Blame Canada! They send the US all those nasty winter storms!

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Peace
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 08:26 PM

Ain't THAT the truth, sIx.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: number 6
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 08:22 PM

always something about thoise D28's, always raise suspicion!

Peter T. _ I know exactly what you mean when it comes to 'fearing for the worse'. We've never been more vlulnerable than now, especially with Harper loomin over on the horizon.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Peace
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 08:17 PM

I was in Montreal during that period. About 400 people were held without charge. Many members of the artistic community--left leaning folks, and mostly French. I was braced a number of times on the streets when I had my guitar with me. Had to open the case a few times to show what I was carrying inside. Was always a Martin D 28.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: number 6
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 08:09 PM

The "october Crisis" of 1970 is a shame on our history as far as I'm concerned.

The over reaction that lead to the invoking of the War Measures Act which suspended all civil liberties and rights which resulted in midnight raids and incarceration of citizens with no reason is rather horrific when we stop now and remember. In contrast it is a shame that the 4 murders of Pierre Laporte during that crisis (absolute cold blooded in it's exucution) did not serve more than 10 years for the crime.

Good thread Bruce.

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Peace
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 08:01 PM

Absolutely. And I am a Canadian, so there's another bad thing Canada has done.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Gray D
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 07:58 PM

Canada is the temporary name for a piece of land. It was "Canadians" that you meant to type, now wasn't it?

Gray (Pedantic? Me?) D

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 06:31 PM

Jacques Bloody Villeneuve.
G

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: artbrooks
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 06:26 PM

Don't want ya...sorry.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Peter T.
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 04:27 PM

We did and do many dreadful things -- putting native people into residential schools, interning the Japanese, and generally being like other nations.

On the other hand, we did burn down the White House, so there are good things to be said for us.

The real problem with Canada is that it is a country held together by very weak bonds, and it is always on the verge of falling apart into the awaiting arms of our neighbours to the south. It is happening again right now, and I fear the worst.

yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 04:18 PM

great snooker players though, and joni mitchell, and mordecai richler, and they were on our side in WW2. Nobody gets EVERYTHING right.......

big al

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: heric
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 04:12 PM

They dump human turds, in their original shape, consistency and flavor, in the Georgia Strait, along with 35.6 billion litres of urine and other filth every year. They turned Howe Sound into a bathtub of dioxins and sulphide metals. They clearcut ancient forests in swaths of 100 hectares or more, right up to stream beds and on steep slopes. Oh, don't get me started. They're not hurting anyone else.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Metchosin
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 03:40 PM

Skipping a bunch of bad stuff done to first nations people and Canadians of Japanese descent during WWII, how about the internment of
Ukranians and other Ausro-Hungarians. Of course they were real handy with picks and shovels and their keep was relatively inexpensive.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: alanabit
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 03:12 PM

William Shatner, Avril Lavigne...Other than that, it's hard work finding things to get upset at Canada about.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Once Famous
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 03:02 PM

Brucie, I think eating a "steamie" leads the eater to producing a very bad "steamie" in about 15-20 minutes.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Peace
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 02:52 PM

Cheap shot, Gibson. True, but CHEAP. However, we got steamies and all youse guys got is Chicago hotdogs. Like, wot's THAT about?

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Peace
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 02:51 PM

Guys, get SERIOUS here. Canada has done lotsa bad stuff. This is everyone's chance to VENT!

I wouldn't put ANYthing past Paul Martin. Also, I agree about Alan Thicke. (The first person other than me to mention that S word will win the pool.)

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Once Famous
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 02:50 PM

Besides Anne Murray, they can't hold a baseball team in Montreal.

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: John Hardly
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 02:44 PM

1. Canada Dry ginger ale gives me heart burn.
2. Canada geese poke holes in sod.
3. Alan Thicke

Subject: RE: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: artbrooks
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 02:41 PM

Is it true that the Canadian PM has been seen dancing with bears in public?

Subject: BS: Bad things Canada has done.
From: Peace
Date: 18 Apr 05 - 02:37 PM

A 'catter on another thread has posted many things Canada has done and continues to do wrong. It detracts from that thread, so I though this should be made available. Here it is.