--- Bosco D'Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Using the same logic you probably believe that Indian soldiers never fought in either of the WW ?? And that India Gate at the end of Rajpath is a farce that honours Indians who died in battle. And that all people born in present day India prior to 1947 are infact ........... British ?? > Mario replies: Bosco, I was not using "logic", just stating historical facts, which cannot be "deduced" by using logic. Facts, not logic, say that Indian soldiers fought in WW-II, and the monument to their valor is a fact and not a farce.
Bosco, I was born in India prior to 1947. I have no idea what citizenship I had when I was born, but it all became moot in 1947, didn't it? > Bosco continues gamely: > At one time you stated (and I could be mistaken) that the US never attacked any country. Well the US did declare war on the Great Britain June 12, 1812. In that war the offensive actions of the US failed in every attempt to capture Canada. > Mario replies: Bosco, you need to catch up with the history of this region. The nascent US had recently declared it's independence from Britain after a revolutionary war against arguably the strongest nation in the world at the time, and was still in a dangerous formative stage. In 1812 it was defending it's territorial integrity against Britain, which was still a hostile nation trying to turn back the clock, and regain control over the United States. BTW, isn't the British Queen still the figurative sovereign of Canada? > Bosco writes: >I guess for you everything is bogus except when you say it. So in order to prevent any further arguing between our two peoples let's conclude that not only was there no Canada in 1812 but neither was there Ohio. Nevertheless you can now proudly fly the burgee. > Mario replies: Bosco, my friend, you are entitled to your opinions and your own version of logic, not to your own facts. Not "everything" is bogus, only something that runs counter to an established fact. You cannot "conclude" that there was no Canada in 1812, when, in fact, there was no Canada in 1812. However, I'm sorry to have to educate you, but there was an Ohio in 1812. The following is an excerpt from one of the history books of the region: "The land we call Ohio today was part the Northwest Territory that the United States won by defeating the British in the Revolutionary War. Ohio was admitted into the Union as the 17th state in 1803". Actually the Battle of Lake Erie, which ended the war of 1812, was fought off the coast of Ohio. When you come down here to visit I will show you the monument to the British surrender. > Bosco writes: > I'm glad Fred didn't quote The Globe and Mail or your buddy Haroon Siddiqui. > Mario replies: I'm glad as well, because we don't need their blatant anti-American propaganda muddying up the facts. > Bosco writes: > I hope you are not going to ask me if I was refused a "green card" too....;-) > Mario replies: I have no evidence, real or circumstantial, that would make me think that.
