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Green party candidate says pro-9/11 column just symbolic Last Updated: Friday, April 13, 2007 \| 8:37 PM PT cbc.ca CBC News A federal Green party candidate in British Columbia said the media have mischaracterized the meaning of a column he wrote in which he appeared to cheer on the Sept. 11 attacks. Kevin Potvin, who runs a magazine store in Vancouver, was acclaimed as the party's candidate in Vancouver-Kingsway. But he has sparked controversy over his column, entitled A Revolting Confession, which was written after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 and appeared in his online magazine The Republic. In the column, he said that "when I saw the first tower cascade down … there was a little voice inside me that said, 'Yeah!' "When the second tower came down the same way, that little voice said, 'Beautiful!' "When the visage of the Pentagon appeared on the TV with a gaping and smoking hole in its side … I felt an urge to pump my fist in the air." He added that "whenever I passed a TV or newspaper with a report on the ensuing U.S. war to capture Osama bin Laden, I secretly said to myself, 'Go, Osama, Go!'" Continue Article But on Friday, after parts of his column were reproduced in the media, Potvin offered two different apologies. He told reporters in a brief statement: "I apologize for the way my essay five years ago has been characterized in the media. "Some sentences, out of their context, may appear insensitive," he said. Potvin said he was revolted by the Sept. 11 attacks and that he's for peace, not war. In a statement issued by the Green party, Potvin said he would "like to completely and unequivocally apologize for any offence or hurt that my writing may have potentially caused." 'On symbolic level' In an interview with the Canadian Press, Potvin said he didn't mean he was dismissing the deaths. "If you read the story that I wrote, you'll notice that I'm talking about it on a symbolic level," he said. "I go to great pains to make clear that I'm not talking about the deaths of anybody. After all, as you can imagine, I'm a human being. I'm a father, I'm a hockey dad, I'm a businessman, I'm a community leader. I'm obviously not going to be revelling in the deaths of anybody." National Green party Leader Elizabeth May said she found his statements "shocking," adding that she would not sign his nomination papers if "those reflect his real views." Potvin was acclaimed as the candidate for the east Vancouver riding of Vancouver-Kingsway, a seat currently held by Conservative MP David Emerson. With files from the Canadian Press