-Marc- > Odd that we get critized for merely reacting to the U.S. but now > a truly insignificant molehill is over-shadowed by a mountain, > and all the
Marc, I'm baffled at your insistent glee on this topic. I have seen no "mountain" regarding this. I would have missed the initial report altogether if not for Jim's pointing it out, and would probably have thought nothing of it afterward had you not gone ballistic. The first newspaper report I've noticed of it was in Tuesday's, I think, Seattle Times, on page A10. About three column-inches (47.6 Canuck-Celsius-column-centimeters). It may have been bigger news in DC, giving many there a laugh, but I really don't think many Americans paid much attention to it. But I suppose that's bad, too. Either we don't pay enough attention to Canada and Canadians, or we pay too much attention. As I mentioned before, I suspect you're merely demonstrating that famous Canadian thin-skinnedness. > IMore tommmorow, but I'm glad to see you've dropped your claim > that she was a politician. Jim did not drop that claim, as far as I can tell. At least, I hope he didn't. He was right. > Why don't officials have the right to free speech? Who says they don't? Publishing "private" conversations overheard in a public setting is hardly comparable to, say, bugging someone's telephone. > Secondly, Jim, you don't seem to have read the article you > posted, just as you misremembered what the nature of the > position. But he did not misremember the nature of the position. > The article does *not* say that any public officials or > politicians said anything. It was a private company, > MediaWorks, who made the comment True, so you are technically correct about Jim being in error. But he is correct in spirit. MediaWorks was acting in its capacity as a contract media advisor to government. So while the Canadian government did not make the comment, their hired help did. In either case, it reflects on the Canadian government. > Are you going to admit you were wrong in both instances, truly > hoist by your own petard regarding the nature of both incidents. I really don't understand your bloodlust here. Jim was right, not wrong, in his assessment of Ducros as a politician, as he clearly demonstrated by appeal to a dictionary definition. Why are you so insistent that Jim admit his supposed error? Stephen ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
