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To: marcos who wrote (1946)	2/28/2003 2:39:12 AM
From: marcos	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37811

Good on ya Sofa, for being involved with this - junobeach.org .. the news page - junobeach.org Feds kicked in one million, Ont one million, as a british columbian i will insist that BC beat the latter on a per capita basis, half a million even maybe .... just a matter of figuring out who to insist to -g- There was a polish armoured division with the canadians, from Falaise around July '44 right through to Niedersachsen in May '45 .... it was bombed and strafed various times by four air forces - the USAF, the RAF, the RCAF, and the Luftwaffe ... the latter did the least damage to the division .... true story We must resurrect that very canadian flavour of militarism .... we are a nation of pacifists, and rightly so, we would not wish to be other ... to preserve our right to make this choice, we must grow again those fangs, keep them sharp, and lend them to none who lack just cause

To: marcos who wrote (1946)	2/28/2003 9:25:59 AM
From: Gulo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37811

Oh come on Marcos... engaged as they are in the pursuit of sucking money out of this country while they lower the wages and overall quality, they would do better to leave our history the fuck alone and not try to rub themselves in it You can hardly be upset at Walmart for doing what it is doing (attracting customers, making money). In fact, it would be pretty silly for a business to do otherwise. Is Walmart culpable for trying to reduce the nationalist backlash by them throwing a bone? I think not. Kudos to Walmart for good business sense. If there is any embarrassment on our part, that is our fault. The reason Walmart employees earn low wages is that they don't have an opportunity to provide more valuable service elsewhere. The reason Walmart quality is so low is that that is what works for consumers. It is terribly disingenuous to blame a company, foreign or not, for responding to a market opportunity. It is even worse to say "it was cynically opportunistic, and grossly inappropriate" for supporting the community that feeds it. I appreciate your patriotism, but nationalist xenophobia is not patriotic. -g