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 From: tom.car@sympatico.ca 
  
 Carter wrote: 
 > Bill wrote: 
 > 
 >> 
 >> gapope@vcn.bc.ca wrote: 
 >> 
 >> 
 >>> "Peter Benyk"  wrote: 
 >>> "B> Where did you learn your history-in a quebec school? 
 >>> "B> Canada was the result of the English kicking the shit out of the 
 >>> French on 
 >>> "B> the PLains of Abraham. 
 >>> 
 >>> If the English so kicked the shit out of the French, why did they 
 >>> feel the need 
 >>> to make so many constitutional concessions to them? 
 >> 
 >> 
 >> 
 >> There were no concessions made to the french until 1982 (A hundred 
 >> and fifteen years after confederation.) and the concessions were made 
 >> by a frenchman to accommodate  frenchmen.  That's the only reason. 
 >> 
 >> Otherwise the only official language of the federal government would 
 >> still be English. That PM stabbed Canada in the back. 
 > 
 > 
 > What a load of unadulterated bullshit.  Get some education, learn about 
 > your country so you won't look like a bigoted fool. 
 > 
 > Canada has had two official languages, English and French, ever since it 
 > became a country. 
 > 
 > Carter 
  
   You fellows are so full of shit it's running out your ears. 
  
 Sure ! and Jesus Christ was a frenchman too!   Stop trying to re write 
 history!  Bad enough Trudeau rewrote the constitution and included 
 French as an official language which it never was. You guys have to try 
 to re write history. Take a walk! 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
  * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)