tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post5593012342826468666..comments2024-03-28T09:38:52.661-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: 1812 & stephen harperthwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-4048520311769168472012-10-14T08:33:21.963-04:002012-10-14T08:33:21.963-04:00Owen,
You're right. This is all out of a text...Owen,<br /><br />You're right. This is all out of a text-book on indoctrination for a course on dictatorship that he's taking.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-52564221392102301762012-10-14T08:32:28.181-04:002012-10-14T08:32:28.181-04:00Beijing York,
I would find it laughable if I didn...Beijing York,<br /><br />I would find it laughable if I didn't know that there was a small army of troglodytes for whom this "commemoration" is soul-stirring.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-47786688121024181332012-10-13T15:45:54.225-04:002012-10-13T15:45:54.225-04:00Only those who know nothing of war glorify it.
A...Only those who know nothing of war glorify it. <br /><br />And our prime minister -- in so many areas of life -- knows nothing.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-21174000872303677312012-10-13T14:09:26.682-04:002012-10-13T14:09:26.682-04:00I cringe every time the War of 1812 is trotted out...I cringe every time the War of 1812 is trotted out by the Harper Regime and at this point I practically have a permanent kink in my neck.<br /><br />The latest propaganda move is to issue War of 1812 commemorative 25 cent coins. Ugh.<br /><br />Most people slept through Canadian history courses and barely remember the War of 1812, except for maybe Laura Secord if that. But of course the useless media doesn't bother laying out the facts like you just did and the Harper ploy of perpetual glorification of war persists.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.com