tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post2501207955341374514..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Support the troops? I don't think so.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-46450571120465803942009-11-24T20:26:00.393-05:002009-11-24T20:26:00.393-05:00That's cold.That's cold.The Seerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115651806512267553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-33212466368237175982009-11-24T19:33:27.270-05:002009-11-24T19:33:27.270-05:00How's the matchmaking going, Boa? Gettin'...How's the matchmaking going, Boa? Gettin' any?Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-19581504975872184452009-11-24T12:52:36.997-05:002009-11-24T12:52:36.997-05:00The Seer said...
"Dear Brother bocanut:
Ho...The Seer said... <br />"Dear Brother bocanut: <br /><br />How do we get from trying to establish responsibility for "deliberately letting things run out of control" to "telling everyone who's had an active Armed Forces family member killed in combat to go and "Fuck their grief?"<br /><br />You're as much help to Canada as Stephen Harper.<br /><br />9:40 PM"<br /><br />Do you really believe that someone who told the mother of a slain soldier to "go fuck her grief" could EVER have supported Canadian troops?bocanuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10610813889742389151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-52717220832765677862009-11-24T01:14:21.184-05:002009-11-24T01:14:21.184-05:00"And just what do you want me to do with that...<i>"And just what do you want me to do with that Mr. KEvron?"</i><br /><br />spill your drink laughing?<br /><br />KEvronKEvronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732621823124759996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-37254210568591910072009-11-23T22:42:31.203-05:002009-11-23T22:42:31.203-05:00Dear The Seer:
The bocanut doesn't have good r...Dear The Seer:<br />The bocanut doesn't have good reading skills. Just ask anyone <a href="http://www.plentyoffish.com/member1821630.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>. They keep saying "stop messaging me, you creep. I've told you I wasn't interested every one of the 20 times you messaged me. Now fuck off!!!".<br />But he doesn't seem to get it.liberal supporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129945625510633921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-33894524845516960632009-11-23T21:53:35.133-05:002009-11-23T21:53:35.133-05:00By the way, I'm seeing enormous naked breasts ...By the way, I'm seeing enormous naked breasts on the <i>Space</i> channel right now.<br /><br />Go Canada!Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-55877427308748849982009-11-23T21:51:03.886-05:002009-11-23T21:51:03.886-05:00They don't have those kinds of wingnuts in Cal...They don't have <i>those</i> kinds of wingnuts in Calgary. She'd be better off going to London, Ontario.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-5928029119503783022009-11-23T21:42:29.973-05:002009-11-23T21:42:29.973-05:00Start organising weekend safaris to Ohio for Toron...<i>Start organising weekend safaris to Ohio for Toronto adventure tourists?</i><br /><br />See, if she was really interested in selling books, she'd take her tour to Calgary.The Seerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115651806512267553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-21779277444906253922009-11-23T21:40:40.237-05:002009-11-23T21:40:40.237-05:00Dear Brother bocanut:
How do we get from trying...Dear Brother bocanut: <br /><br />How do we get from trying to establish responsibility for "deliberately letting things run out of control" to "telling everyone who's had an active Armed Forces family member killed in combat to go and "Fuck their grief?"<br /><br />You're as much help to Canada as Stephen Harper.The Seerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115651806512267553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-64464628494046086422009-11-23T21:34:39.292-05:002009-11-23T21:34:39.292-05:00Shorter CC:
Finally, I can start telling everyone ...Shorter CC:<br />Finally, I can start telling everyone who's had an active Armed Forces family member killed in combat to go and "Fuck their grief"bocanuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10610813889742389151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-56791431474591947042009-11-23T21:30:24.812-05:002009-11-23T21:30:24.812-05:00o/t, but this. has to be shared.
And just what do...<i>o/t, but this. has to be shared.</i><br /><br />And just what do you want me to do with that Mr. KEvron? Start organising weekend safaris to Ohio for Toronto adventure tourists?<br /><br />...y'know, that's not a bad idea.Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-37833708346984738872009-11-23T21:29:14.447-05:002009-11-23T21:29:14.447-05:00Stephen Harper's policy is not to have a polic...Stephen Harper's policy is not to have a policy and to lay the blame as far down the chain of command as the traffic will bear. He's as supportive of the troops as CC. What is a "minority government" to do? When will someone put Canada out of its pain? Which in turn is the question the loyal opposition wants to avoid.The Seerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115651806512267553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-36412881417658772172009-11-23T21:13:44.927-05:002009-11-23T21:13:44.927-05:00M@ writes:
"I don't necessarily agree th...M@ writes:<br /><br />"<i>I don't necessarily agree that the entire Canadian Forces is responsible for this; these are policy decisions, standing orders, the kinds of things that are decided at a high level. Like the Minister of Defence, or the CDC.</i>"<br /><br />But, M@, I've been <i>assured</i> that none of these people had any idea that this was happening. Stephen Harper told me so. And my thought processes are simply the logical conclusion of taking Harper at his word.<br /><br />See how that works?CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-30775576721964135092009-11-23T19:49:05.296-05:002009-11-23T19:49:05.296-05:00So suppose you’re a Canadian trooper, and you’ve g...<i>So suppose you’re a Canadian trooper, and you’ve gotten past the urge to shoot them all, whether they’re trying to surrender or not. What are you going to do with them?</i><br /><br />Maybe that's a question that should've been asked before we agreed to take on a combat role there. Or at some point between taking on that role and whenever the prisoner transfers stopped -- if indeed they ever did really stop.<br /><br />I don't necessarily agree that the entire Canadian Forces is responsible for this; these are policy decisions, standing orders, the kinds of things that are decided at a high level. Like the Minister of Defence, or the CDC.<br /><br />When those guys are forced to answer for it, I'll be interested.<br /><br />And remembering David "Slaphead" Collenette's performance on the stand during the Somalia hearings, I don't think I'm going to be very interested in the results of any of this.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/13408488215496128814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-76449020049559092372009-11-23T19:33:14.928-05:002009-11-23T19:33:14.928-05:00So suppose you’re a Canadian trooper, and you’ve g...So suppose you’re a Canadian trooper, and you’ve gotten past the urge to shoot them all, whether they’re trying to surrender or not. What are you going to do with them?<br /><br />Give them to the Americans?<br /><br />Open your own POW camp?The Seerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09115651806512267553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-11340457968973583242009-11-23T17:29:04.118-05:002009-11-23T17:29:04.118-05:00o/t, but this. has to be shared.
KEvrono/t, but <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKKKgua7wQk" rel="nofollow">this</a>. has to be shared.<br /><br />KEvronKEvronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16732621823124759996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-78599625787924606052009-11-23T17:27:50.371-05:002009-11-23T17:27:50.371-05:00Peter McKay is STILL lying through his teeth.Peter McKay is STILL lying through his teeth.thebananahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09700281732428931533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-8379110851072049162009-11-23T16:30:24.367-05:002009-11-23T16:30:24.367-05:00It seems that the standard approach to the issue i...It seems that the standard approach to the issue is to lay it on Martin and claim the Harperites were cleaning up the mess. See the Iceman for details.philosoraptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16713430387698527652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-29038236139164730142009-11-23T16:15:13.613-05:002009-11-23T16:15:13.613-05:00What's so hard to believe is the utter lack of...What's so hard to believe is the utter lack of outrage. I've heard people saying, "It's not our problem, because it's not our troops doing the torture!" PUHLEEZE. And then there's the "Well... duh!" people. I've felt that way myself. But if we know it's going on and aren't SCREAMING for it to stop, aren't we complicit? I dunno. Pisses me off. All of it.Lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06068882913386501048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-15271766091843627742009-11-23T14:45:40.519-05:002009-11-23T14:45:40.519-05:00Exactly. Protecting the guilty is a slight agains...Exactly. Protecting the guilty is a slight against all soldiers.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05131425614294077209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-19399712013097673642009-11-23T14:41:35.005-05:002009-11-23T14:41:35.005-05:00No abuse in Afganistan?
http://en.wikipedia.org/w...No abuse in Afganistan?<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagram_torture_and_prisoner_abuse<br /><br />What's so hard to believe that it's not common.<br /><br /><br />All I see is the Conservatives refining their denial...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-4776883231089978712009-11-23T13:14:21.942-05:002009-11-23T13:14:21.942-05:00Damn straight.Damn straight.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05660232353701098976noreply@blogger.com