quote:An al-Qaeda strategist has warned Canada to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan or face terrorist attacks similar to 9/11, Madrid and the London transit bombings.
A couple of quotes from the warning, which is apparently a 66-page document posted on a jihadist website:
quote:"Despite the differences between the Canadian foreign policy and its U.S. counterpart, and despite the hatred the Canadian people harbour towards the Americans -- their bad neighbours who cannot hold back their damage from them -- they agree with them regarding leading the Christian Crusade in Afghanistan and confronting al-Qaeda there," it says.
Geez, I didn't know you guys hated us that much. Good thing you're willing to join our crusade anyway. But after all...
quote:"Its fanatic adherence to Christianity makes it rush to the financial aid of any issue that will damage the Muslims and strengthen their enemies," the 66-page document claims.
Yes, because when I think of Christian fanaticism, I think of Canada. And we all know how fast Canadians are to want to financially damage Muslims! Have you guys no restraint at all??
Seroiusly, one hopes this is nothing but rhetoric, with no real planning for such an attack in the works. (And I, for one, appreciate the help in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Heck, I still have leftover gratitude from when Canada smuggled those American diplomats out of Iran during the hostage crisis...)
The canadians are "generally" welcomed in the villiages of Afghanistan cause we bring epople food medicine water and candy.. then leave.
Occasionlly some misguided person confuses us as some other nation and buries a hatchet in one of our boys noggins or launches an attack on our convoys... but it.......
If they were to look at Canadian politics.. the Muslims are very welcome and protected here!
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And I have leftover gratitude from when Canada took in all those people, US Americans and otherwise, from all those flights that were diverted on September 11, 2001.
That being said, I suppose I'd better start fearing Canuckistan, instead of being friends with him and other Canadians on this board because they hate us, doncha know. Gaahhh!
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quote:Originally posted by Not_Done_Living: This is rhetoric..
What was your first clue?
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I'm sure Canada is quaking in its metaphorical boots.
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This isn't exactly new news is it? I could have sworn I'd already read about this a while ago.
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quote:I'm sure Canada is quaking in its metaphorical boots.
Oh, we are. We're just terrified here. In fact, I'm gonna go into hiding now, just to escape.
And it's true. We hate all Americans. All Americans are truly evil. Because we make broad, sweeping generalizations like that on a regular basis.
Oh, and in case anyone takes this seriously:
It's not the first time Canada has been named, although it's rare that Canada gets singled out like this. Still, if it's gonna happen, it's gonna happen. I ain't changing a thing about my life because of these asshats.
And just to really piss off al-Qaeda: I'm gonna get gay married, too!
quote:I'd better start fearing Canuckistan
Signora, now this is something I can support!
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quote:Originally posted by Christie: This isn't exactly new news is it? I could have sworn I'd already read about this a while ago.
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quote:Originally posted by Not_Done_Living: If they were to look at Canadian politics.. the Muslims are very welcome and protected here!
Not like it helped London or anything.
"They" (Al Qaeda) only see that Canada has a secular democratic system, allows travesties such as abortion or birth control or pornography. Free speech and democracy are as much an enemy of fundamentalists as their ideological enemies.
As Canuck said, it's gonna happen one day. You can't be lucky and foil every attack. It's kinda sad that we can consider that thought process entirely normal.
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quote:It's kinda sad that we can consider that thought process entirely normal.
The world is not a nice place. Never has been. Attacks have happened, are happening, and will continue to happen.
Perhaps it is sad that we have to have this attitude ... but it's also prudent to have it. And I'd rather be prudent than blissfully naive.
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quote:Originally posted by DesertRat: I'm sure Canada is quaking in its metaphorical boots.
Well, it is getting on to winter.
quote:Originally posted by Archie2K: As Canuck said, it's gonna happen one day. You can't be lucky and foil every attack. It's kinda sad that we can consider that thought process entirely normal.
It's only sad in the way that you know at some point your nation will be invaded by another nation, or it will go of to war or whether someone you know and care about will get cancer.
All these things will inevitably happen at some point it is all in how you handle it. If you let such inevitabilities control your life, it becomes a far sadder thing in the end.
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quote:Originally posted by Canuckistan: And it's true. We hate all Americans. All Americans are truly evil.
Oh no! I didn't know that! My wife is in your country RIGHT NOW. I hope she can keep her identity secret. Are there any secret phrases she can use or phrases she should NOT use? I know y'all would be a dead giveaway (that and "Howdy!).
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quote:Originally posted by Doug4.7: Oh no! I didn't know that! My wife is in your country RIGHT NOW. I hope she can keep her identity secret. Are there any secret phrases she can use or phrases she should NOT use? I know y'all would be a dead giveaway (that and "Howdy!).
For the love of god, make sure she doesn't say Toronto. She won't say it right and then we'll all know
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quote:Originally posted by Doug4.7: Oh no! I didn't know that! My wife is in your country RIGHT NOW. I hope she can keep her identity secret. Are there any secret phrases she can use or phrases she should NOT use? I know y'all would be a dead giveaway (that and "Howdy!).
"Do you speak American here?"
"Back where I come from ..."
"Bush rules!"
All would be dead giveaways.
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quote:Originally posted by TwoGuyswithaHat: For the love of god, make sure she doesn't say Toronto. She won't say it right and then we'll all know
Kinda how like if I go to the U.S. and say "Mizzourah"?
(I kid, I kid!)
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quote:Originally posted by Canuckistan: And just to really piss off al-Qaeda: I'm gonna get gay married, too!
Hey, I was meaning to ask you guys about that. How do you reconcile gay marriage with your notorious "fanatical adherence to Christianity"? 'cause if we could copy that down here, it'd be really helpful in sorting things out.
quote:Originally posted by Doug4.7: Oh no! I didn't know that! My wife is in your country RIGHT NOW. I hope she can keep her identity secret. Are there any secret phrases she can use or phrases she should NOT use? I know y'all would be a dead giveaway (that and "Howdy!).
For the love of god, make sure she doesn't say Toronto. She won't say it right and then we'll all know
Tah rahn oh?
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Trah-na is the way we say it around here. Usually with a sneer
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Kinda how like we say Ottawa with a "Good God! People actually live there?!?"
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Actually what I usually say is "Good God! Ontario we live in Ontario? How the hell did I end up living here?!"
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Okay, I'll grant you that one, Christie. Except I say, "Why the hell am I still here?!?"
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"We have ways of making you pronouce the letter 'o'!"
5 points...
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quote:Originally posted by TwoGuyswithaHat: For the love of god, make sure she doesn't say Toronto. She won't say it right and then we'll all know
The last I heard from her, she was on the Capilano bridge near Vancouver.
When we were both up there a few years back, we gave away our nationality by asking, "What is a winter plug-in?" We had no idea why a car would have an AC cord...
Oh no, at dinner, she wil likely ask for iced tea... and it is winter....
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Well, the Canadians got her. And they took away her Maple syrup at the airport. However, they did release her and she is awaiting her flight home. Man, I was really looking forward to that syrup...
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Iced tea in winter is as awesome as iced tea in summer. Sorry to hear about the maple syrup though. That stuff really quenches your thirst!
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quote:Originally posted by Doug4.7: Well, the Canadians got her. And they took away her Maple syrup at the airport. However, they did release her and she is awaiting her flight home. Man, I was really looking forward to that syrup...
It's too bad she didn't pack it in her checked baggage. My husband brought back several tins to England the last time he was home. It's cool that we have relatives who have their own farm so we get the fruits of their labour every time they do a sugaring off.
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quote:Originally posted by Doug4.7: Well, the Canadians got her. And they took away her Maple syrup at the airport. However, they did release her and she is awaiting her flight home. Man, I was really looking forward to that syrup...
It's too bad she didn't pack it in her checked baggage. My husband brought back several tins to England the last time he was home. It's cool that we have relatives who have their own farm so we get the fruits of their labour every time they do a sugaring off.
It was a short trip, so all she had was carry-on luggage. She also was not thinking (her words). I asked her to look for my illusive toothpaste, but she knew that was “illegal”. She didn't think that Maple syrup would count as a gel/liquid. It is not a liquid, it is Canadian Maple syrup, the elixir of life . She did the same thing I did, which was not think about what we were doing (when I lost my last tube of toothpaste).
So at the store today, I got a bottle of Vermont Maple syrup, so that when she get back, I will fix her pancakes and she will at least get the basic flavor...
I hate these terrorists, they have made me lose my toothpaste and my Canadian Maple syrup...
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And we all know how fast Canadians are to want to financially damage Muslims! Have you guys no restraint at all??
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However, they did release her and she is awaiting her flight home. Man, I was really looking forward to that syrup...
