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Subject: such a shame
Author: Owain (UK)	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:11:17 11/21/04 Sun In reply to: Brent (Canada) 's message, "Mister Non-Canuck" on 00:20:38 11/21/04 Sun Its a shame those great Canadians didnt have the patriostism and streangth of character to stay above the 49th. [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: I wish you wouldn't insult migrants, Owain
Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:13:19 11/21/04 Sun British society itself was built out of waves of migration, going way, way, way back beyond the Normans, the Vikings, the Angles, Jutes and Saxons and the Celts. If our ancestors had not migrated, we would all be sitting around a lake somewhere in the East African rift valley. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Yep

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Ed Harris (Venezia)
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Date Posted: 15:18:28 11/21/04 Sun

I agree. The free movement of so many different peoples is one of the things which not only makes the British world what it is, but also makes it something of which we can be proud. Think of the countries which have not been subject to migration, either in or out... Tibet (although thankfully the Chinese have now brought things like medicine and wheels to the country), Bhutan, much of the Arab world... these places are culturally poorer for their ethnic stagnation: small-minded, insular, backwards. The British global outlook and tradition of tolerance, of which we should all be proud, is largely a result of the movements of people.

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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: What about Canada' stand in both World Wars - at least we were there for the entire war
Author: Jim (Canada) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:56:55 11/21/04 Sun [ Post a Reply to This Message ]