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   -=> IB Joe wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-   
      
    IJ> One last true story... I just moved down there and it was Veteran's Day   
    IJ> and I was at a church.  The pastor started asking for people to stand   
    IJ> up, veterans, as he started a roll call of conflicts... WW1, WW2,   
    IJ> Korea, Vietnam... and the list goes on and on.  As he was calling out   
    IJ> the conflicts people started standing... Of course he calls out for   
    IJ> Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom... By the time he was there   
    IJ> almost every man... BUT ME... was standing.  In my head I was YELLING   
    IJ> "I'm Canadian!!!  That's not fair"...   
      
   What?  You think Canadians don't fight in wars?  What's your *real*    
   excuse for not serving?   
      
    IJ> HAHAHAHA... Could you imagine how much worse I'd be if I was actually   
    IJ> born there, raised and steeped in the southern ways...   
      
   So, you wouldn't have served either, had you been born an American?   
      
    IJ> Think about it.   
      
   Yeah.... maybe you should.   
      
      
      
      
   ... Freedom isn't free.   
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