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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (41536)	12/24/2001 1:01:47 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"We should be ashamed of our lax immigration policies that have allowed terrorists to slip into our country. On behalf of Canada, I apologize for all the harm those terrorists have caused to innocent people." OK, you sucked me in. I went back and found that post. The above was in quotes preceded by "Why don't you just apologise to me, and to all the inocent people who have died, and to all the relatives of those innocent people who still live? Some of them might be on this thread. Repeat after me:" It appears to me that he's trying to get you, an American, to apologize to the Japanese. For the record, I think it is most dishonest. Suppose I posted this on a Canadian public opinion website: "We should be ashamed of our lax immigration policies... Even if he were joining you in the apology, I don't see why he can't apologize to the Japanese on behalf of Americans even if he is not one. In the same vein, a Japanese posting here could extend the apology you framed to Americans on behalf of Canadians if the Japanese thought Canada had done us a disservice. That's not the same as you apologizing on behalf of Canadians to your own countrymen, as in your example. Mind you, I post this without mentioning that I am an American citizen from Brooklyn, New York. I have to disagree with you there. This board knows that Solon is Canadian. We know that Greg is, too. And AJ, whom I presume you have identified by now since he's been posting today and saying some uncomplimentary things about Canada, lives in Canada and has dual citizenship. We are a community here and there are things we know about each other. We should not have to caveat each and every post for the benefit of newbies or those who aren't paying attention. I think the appropriate response from them, upon discovery that they misunderstood, is to say "whoops, I didn't realize." Karen P.S. You could also tell he is Canadian from the way he spelled "apologise."