ok, friendly fire is an accident. Fine. Unless there is gross negligeance or malice involved, it should be written off as a tragic accident. I agree.
HOWEVER. It becomes insulting when people start whining about Canadians not doing anything.... he is right, you thnk those guys were there because it was their idea of fun? Dana Bill Wheatley writes: > ok this is one thing I am annoyed at the whiney ass people who whine when FF > happens. > > Listen its combat its a mistake it happens you don't throw two good people > in jail because of it. If 2 Canadians did the same things to Americans we > would probably cry out and do the same thing. But its not right...combat is > combat it happens it sucks move on. Unless you do what that 101st prick did > to his own unit or if he did it to friendlies like the UK etc, then its an > accident that's terrible. Its a system fault not a personal fault, just like > medical mistakes, the majority are faulty system not faulty people. Fix the > problems with whatever system let a FF incident happen and quit the gosh > darned bitching and complaining about it. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:23 AM > Subject: Re: FW: An apology to the U.S....... > > > It it then my what are those ships doing in the Gulf and the Red Sea? Mmy > my my, they must be on a long pleasure cruise, stopping and searching all > those nasty middle eastern ship for tickles and grins. Similarly those > Canadian soldier must just be on a long extended hike in Afghanistan. Just > like those ones that got bombed by those 2 incompetent pilots. > > Yessiree all those soldiers, sailors etc just off on a long vacation. > > Pardon my sarcasm as a whole but your response merited it. > > At 09:46 AM 4/2/2003, you wrote: > >Larry, that is BS. > > > >Canada as a whole, and the elected Gov in particular, have been _very_ > >clear in their feelings and participation in this war. > > > >If they could (in their own good concience) let us hang by withdrawing > >their forces in these other areas, I think they would. > > > >They are _not_ participating in this war. > > > >Unless you are saying that this war = the war on terrorism, then obviously > >the Canadians are helping in that bigger war. > > > >But at least they are not (like the French and Germans) actively opposing > >us in this war. > > > >Just my opinion, > >Jerry Johnson > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/02/03 08:45AM >>> > >Typically Canadian but very apt. > > > >One point that has been pissing me off. I'm hearing whiny complaints by > >various people in the area about Canada's participation in the Iraqi War. > >Yes Canadian forces as a whole are not participating. However to set the > >record straight, there are 7 ships from the Canadian navy in the region > >(the Red Sea and the Gulf) participating in the anti-terrorism patrols - > >freeing up US navy assets btw. There is also another Canadian battalion is > >heading over to Afghanistan, while special operations units, such as the > >JTF2 are also working with US forces in that theater. > > > >So do me a favour, cut the bs about Canada's non-participation. > > > >larry > > > >At 05:11 AM 4/2/2003 +0000, you wrote: > > >Cute. Very cute. > > >And quite smug. > > >I enjoyed it, even while feeling insulted. > > >:-) > > > > > >-Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Came across this today, written by Rick Mercer: > > > > > > > > > > > >On behalf of Canadians everywhere I'd like to offer an apology to > > > > > >the United States of America. We haven't been getting along very > > > > > >well recently and for that, I am truly sorry. > > > > > > > > > > > >I'm sorry we called George Bush a moron. He is a moron but, it > > > > > >wasn't nice of us to point it out. If it's any consolation, the > fact > > > > > >that he's a moron shouldn't reflect poorly on the people of > America. > > > > > >After all it's not like you actually elected him. > > > > > > > > > > > >I'm sorry about our softwood lumber. Just because we have more > trees > > > > > >than you doesn't give us the right to sell you lumber that's > cheaper > > > > > >and better than your own. > > > > > > > > > > > >I'm sorry we beat you in Olympic hockey. In our defense I guess > our > > > > > >excuse would be that our teams were much, much, much, much better > > > > > >than yours. > > > > > > > > > > > >I'm sorry we burnt down your white house during the war of 1812. I > > > > > >notice you've rebuilt it! It's Very Nice. I'm sorry about your > > > > > >beer. I know we had nothing to do with your beer but, we Feel your > > > > > >Pain. > > > > > > > > > > > >I'm sorry about our waffling on Iraq. I mean, when you're going > > > > > >up against a crazed dictator, you wanna have your friends by your > > > > > >side. I realize it took more than two years before you guys > pitched > > > > > >in against Hitler, But that was different. Everyone knew he had > > > > > >weapons. > > > > > > > > > > > >And finally on behalf of all Canadians, I'm sorry that we > > > > > >are constantly apologizing for things in a passive aggressive way > > > > > >which is really a thinly veiled criticism. I sincerely hope that > > > > > >you're not upset over this. We've seen what you do to countries > you > > > > > >get upset with. > > > > > > > > > > > >Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89 70.5
