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Old 26-07-03, 03:47
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Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) is offline
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It still ain't a REAL V.C. ... doesn't even look like one, and I'll bet it's sure as hell not made out of the same original bronze stock.

All a moot point anyway... since our army doesn't "fight" anymore... :

Great column in the National Post today, by Robert Martin:

http://www.nationalpost.com/commenta...A-4EC1D2392D8F

.... Not only have ideological currents made it difficult for us to have a foreign policy, but they have led us to destroy the institutions essential to having one. The foreign service, largely through years of so-called employment equity, has been degraded and demoralized. The near-collapse of the Canadian Armed Forces is not the result of neglect but of widespread hostility and hatred. In our feminized culture, being sensitive and caring and tolerant are seen as the most virtuous forms of behaviour. This belief necessitates a degree of hostility towards the military. The tasks of the military are to kill people and break things, acts which are as distant from being sensitive, caring and tolerant as can be imagined. And how could we possibly have Armed Forces when we are saddled with a Minister of National Defence who is so ignorant that he does not know what either Vimy or Vichy is?

That says it all. There will be no more decorations for valour on the field of battle awarded. It's... it's... just not politically correct!

UUURRRGGGHHH!!!
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