And this is why Canada sucks!!!

[1stdeadeye]

No one knows how to laugh anymore!

This was supposed to be a funny thread.

[Creative Mayhem]

No one knows how to laugh anymore!

This was supposed to be a funny thread.

I was laughing quite hard, then that laughter turned to a disgusted sigh when reading the childish stupidity that followed the first post.

I wasn't talking about you 1DE, more the immigrants from PBN that seem to rear their heads around here.

[1stdeadeye]

I was laughing quite hard, then that laughter turned to a disgusted sigh when reading the childish stupidity that followed the first post.

I wasn't talking about you 1DE, more the immigrants from PBN that seem to rear their heads around here.

[matt-o]

Wow, so we are "good" Americans? You started off fine, but the commentary about not liking Americans is not needed. You want to start a cross-border argument, Im all for it.

im with you, man those canucks can screw themselves if they are commemorating people who dodged on their service, america can provide for them, but they cant protect america?

*edit* flame on! *edit*

[1stdeadeye]

They cancelled the monument!

Link!

[thecavemankevin]

As for the organizer of the festival and monument, he's an American who moved to Nelson. He refused to be interviewed by FOX News. He is said to still have plans for the two-day festival honoring draft dodgers on a private farm outside the city.

self comemorating indulgent idiot!!! Good, canada you can have him, we don't want him back.

[matt-o]

they cancelled it, and defcon 2 drops back down to defcon 4 (most people dont know that the defcon system rises as danger drops) canadians are now okay again in my book

[Jeffy-CanCon]

They cancelled the monument!

Link!

Thank God! I read about that last week, and was at dismayed and embarrassed. I know a lot of bright folks on both sides of the border, but Canada sure has the dumbest politicians.

Here's a little known factoid:

5,000 Canadians went South to join the US military and serve in Vietnam.

...who's making a statue for those guys?

[HoppysMag]

Thank God! I read about that last week, and was at dismayed and embarrassed. I know a lot of bright folks on both sides of the border, but Canada sure has the dumbest politicians.

Here's a little known factoid:

5,000 Canadians went South to join the US military and serve in Vietnam.

...who's making a statue for those guys?

[Eric Cartman]

Thank God! I read about that last week, and was at dismayed and embarrassed. I know a lot of bright folks on both sides of the border, but Canada sure has the dumbest politicians.

Here's a little known factoid:

5,000 Canadians went South to join the US military and serve in Vietnam.

...who's making a statue for those guys?

Yeah. My father is one of those men. That's why some of the posts in this thread pissed me off so much. A couple of a$$hats trying to do something incredibly stupid is no reason to trash an entire country. The idea of the monument was ridiculous and offensive. I never thought it would actually get off the ground (and thank goodness it hasn't!).

The Canadian Vietnam Veterans of Toronto have been trying to get a monument for the Canadian vets for quite some time. I'm not gonna hold my breath for that to happen though.

Don't worry 1DE, I think most of us know your post was in jest. Too bad some pylons have to cross the line between comedy and ignorance.

[Jeffy-CanCon]

Yeah. My father is one of those men. That's why some of the posts in this thread pissed me off so much. A couple of a$$hats trying to do something incredibly stupid is no reason to trash an entire country. The idea of the monument was ridiculous and offensive. I never thought it would actually get off the ground (and thank goodness it hasn't!).

The Canadian Vietnam Veterans of Toronto have been trying to get a monument for the Canadian vets for quite some time. I'm not gonna hold my breath for that to happen though.

Don't worry 1DE, I think most of us know your post was in jest. Too bad some pylons have to cross the line between comedy and ignorance.

You should be proud of your Dad, Cartman. He put his life on the line for something he believed in, and there are not many people will do that, especially not if they have a choice.


Our government sent 25,000 men to Korea, but took 50 years to honour them with a monument in Ottawa. Even then, it was merely a carbon-copy of a statue erected by a grateful Korean people.

It's been a long time since I was proud of anything done by our government. In one of his WW2 books, Farley Mowat quotes one of his comrades as saying "Canada is a great country, but infortunately it's inhabited mostly by greedy sh**heels".

[HoppysMag]

get the veterans group in canada to apeal to the US. we love our vets, im sure they could easly raise funds

[Jeffy-CanCon]

While I think they are organised, the Canadian Vietnam Veterans are scattered across a pretty big country, and they get no offical recognition or support from our government, or the Royal Canadian Legion.

Don't give up hope on a monument, Cartman. The Korean war vets made their own, long before Ottawa did anything. Theirs is nicer, too.

[Eric Cartman]

get the veterans group in canada to apeal to the US. we love our vets, im sure they could easly raise funds

While I appreciate the idea, that's not really the point. They shouldn't have to go to the US govt. Any funds should come from our own govt.

While I think they are organised, the Canadian Vietnam Veterans are scattered across a pretty big country, and they get no offical recognition or support from our government, or the Royal Canadian Legion.

Don't give up hope on a monument, Cartman. The Korean war vets made their own, long before Ottawa did anything. Theirs is nicer, too.

The monument or lack thereof will change nothing really. The poeple who went and fought there know why they went and what they did and that can't be taken away from them.
The fact is that war is not politically correct and I live in a country whose politicians are obsessed with everything that is politically correct. Our military is frequently derided (especially by Americans), but the problem isn't with our soldiers who have proved themselves in many conflicts, the problem is with their leadership. Soldiers don't run the military, politicians do. Ask anyone who has ever served and they'll tell you that if there is a problem, once you get to the source of it you always find that the rot starts at the top. My country's leaders will always ensure that our soldiers have insufficient funding and equipment and will therefore be largely ineffective. It's sad, but I don't ever see it changing.

As far as respecting them for their sacrifices and recognizing what they've done goes - that'll cost money that could be spent on fringe theater groups etc. so it'll never happen.

[1stdeadeye]

As far as respecting them for their sacrifices and recognizing what they've done goes - that'll cost money that could be spent on fringe theater groups etc. so it'll never happen.

Bwahahahaha.