" I can't think of another flag I would like to live under..." Me neither.
Thanks for the comment, Bill. Cheers, frank On 1 July, 2015 9:39:21 PM EDT, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >On 01/07/2015 12:51 PM, Knarf wrote: >> On July 1, 1867 the BNA Act (of the British Parliament) granted the >> former colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick and Nova >> Scotia limited independance: the Dominion of Canada was born. >> >> Until the 1960s our flag was the Red Ensign, a Union Jack on a red >> field with the shield of Canada thereon. Even as a kid I thought it >> was humiliating. > >I was brought up in a family that had a strong allegiance to Britain >and the Crown of England. My dad called the Maple Leaf Pearson's rag. >I'm far less interested inthe whole royalty thing, though I do hope >Kate >and what's his name have a happy life. >Big ears should give up on being King and just fade away. >> >> After considerable debate, in 1965 we adopted the current Red Maple >> Leaf flag, which I thought as an eight year old, and still think now, >> is the most beautiful flag in the world. I will admit to some bias in >> that regard. > >I can't think of another flag I would like to live under, but I do >think >people put way to much importance on the trappings of pennantry. > >bill -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
