Canadian flag on the backback myth

Alan Pollock wrote:

In rec.travel.usa-canada devil wrote:

But no, Canadians typically don't approve of torturing prisoners.



I don't think any country that's been to war is completely guilt-free.

In Bosnia there were local accusations of beatings, rape and the sexual abuse
of a handicapped teenage girl by Canadian Peacekeepers. In Somalia a boy was
tortured and killed by Canadian Peacekeepers.

And so on. There are accounts of peacekeepers of other nationalities behaving
criminally as well (Italians, Pakistanis). All this from a couple of
google-minutes. What more would I have found in Ten minutes instead of Three?
Nex


The difference is this time the orders are coming from the top. It's
not just a few rogue soldiers, it's government policy.

Stephen Green wrote:

"Sjoerd" wrote in message
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"Alan Pollock" schreef in bericht
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In rec.travel.usa-canada devil wrote:

But no, Canadians typically don't approve of torturing prisoners.


I don't think any country that's been to war is completely guilt-free.

In Bosnia there were local accusations of beatings, rape and the sexual

abuse

of a handicapped teenage girl by Canadian Peacekeepers. In Somalia a boy

was

tortured and killed by Canadian Peacekeepers.

And so on. There are accounts of peacekeepers of other nationalities

behaving

criminally as well (Italians, Pakistanis). All this from a couple of
google-minutes. What more would I have found in Ten minutes instead of

Three?

The difference is that in the case of the Iraq torture scandal it seems to
have been official US government policy to torture the prisoners.

Sjoerd


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... and your point is what exactly?

Military doctrine holds true across armies of the world in order to extract
intallegence from POWs. Won't change!

Quite frankly if I thought that a POW had certain knowledge that would
either give me an advantage or save my troops lives .. Well I would use what
ever measures necessary!


Then ignore the americans squealing like pigs when the same treatment is
doled out to their boys

Xomicron wrote:

FOAD troll....

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 04:27:53 +0000, Anonymouse wrote:

they think it's a pot leaf

Only in the US.

BTW I have seen some versions *with* a pot leaf around here. It would
suit the West so much better.

:-)


devil wrote:

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 02:17:22 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:


Xomicron writes:


Is this some kind of Canadian folk legend and if so is it true that
most people believe it.

It's wishful thinking.

Most people in the world wouldn't even recognize a Canadian flag, much
less accord its wearer any special kindnesses.


I suspect many people do recognize the Canadian flag. After all it's
quite distinctive.

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 07:02:10 +0000, Stephen Green wrote:

Military doctrine holds true across armies of the world in order to extract
intallegence from POWs. Won't change!

Ever heard of some *Geneva agreements.*?

Which even the Nazis abeyed by BTW (at least on the Western front).

devil wrote in
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But no, Canadians typically don't approve of torturing prisoners.

Neither do Americans.

But no, Canadians typically don't approve of torturing prisoners. Or
invading sovereign countries for apparently no sensible reason that one
can fathom.

Don't get too cocky there laddy...remember Rwanda ?? There were more than
one 'prisoner' tortured....our record isn't spotless on the issue. The
gov't screwed it up when they sent in the Airborne to do peace keeping
(entirely inappropriate)....

"Cam Newton" wrote in message
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I have heard lots of stories of American's wearing Maple Leaf pins so
they won't get dissed for being American. Is this true?

I discovered a couple of days ago a very easy way to tell Americans from
Canadians (one guy from Mid-West USA had a very similar accent to the
Canadians). Tell them it was 35 degrees yesterday. If they think that is
hot, they are Canadian, if they think it is cold, they are American.

Colin Bignell

On 1 Jun 2004 04:38:58 GMT, Barney wrote:

Scott Willing had
writtennews:jmjnb097kbmhmg70qc45n9fsmrlska860i@4a x.com:



Sure it works... but if you flash your wealth around and shoot
your mouth off, people will assume that you're an American wearing
a Canadian flag and grab your tits anyway.

Sheesh.

-=s


Scott, you kill me. I'm dying laughing. Please let me use that for a
punch line. Jeez! I can't stop laughing!

Might be a little confusing out of context... but if it makes you
happy, who am I to spoil your fun?

-=s

devil wrote in
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On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 07:02:10 +0000, Stephen Green wrote:

Military doctrine holds true across armies of the world in order to
extract intallegence from POWs. Won't change!

Ever heard of some *Geneva agreements.*?

Which even the Nazis abeyed by BTW (at least on the Western front).

Terrorists aren't covered under the Geneva Convention.