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Offline dpareja

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The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
« on: June 15, 2014, 05:14:33 pm »
...Canadians respond with a list including some of the Conservatives' biggest adversaries.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/top-10-canadian-heroes-list-includes-pierre-trudeau-jack-layton-1.2676398

In order: Pierre Trudeau, Terry Fox, Tommy Douglas, Lester B. Pearson, Chris Hadfield, David Suzuki, Jack Layton*, Sir John A. MacDonald, Wayne Gretzky, and Roméo Dallaire.

Excuse me while I laugh really, really hard.

*Fun fact about Layton: Here's the front page of The Globe and Mail (arguably one of Canada's newspapers of record) announcing his death:



Notice anything missing?
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Re: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2014, 05:42:20 pm »
His name appears to be missing?
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Re: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2014, 05:47:52 pm »
Quote from: Magus Silveresti on June 15, 2014, 05:42:20 pm
His name appears to be missing?

Sure... but I think that's deliberate.
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It doesn't concern you, Sister, that kind of absolutist view of the universe? Right and wrong determined solely by a single all-knowing, all powerful being whose judgment cannot be questioned and in whose name the most horrendous acts can be sanctioned without appeal?

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Being required by someone else’s religious beliefs to behave contrary to one’s sexual identity is degrading and disrespectful.

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Re: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2014, 06:36:52 pm »
I don't see the outline of his head either.
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Re: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2014, 07:15:47 pm »
Read about Layton, what a cool guy!
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Re: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2014, 07:50:50 pm »
Quote from: Ultimate Paragon on June 15, 2014, 06:36:52 pm
I don't see the outline of his head either.

Stylistic choice by the illustrator.

Quote from: SpukiKitty on June 15, 2014, 07:15:47 pm
Read about Layton, what a cool guy!

He was. It was a shame his final election campaign was a pyrrhic victory.
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It doesn't concern you, Sister, that kind of absolutist view of the universe? Right and wrong determined solely by a single all-knowing, all powerful being whose judgment cannot be questioned and in whose name the most horrendous acts can be sanctioned without appeal?

Quote from: Supreme Court of Canada
Being required by someone else’s religious beliefs to behave contrary to one’s sexual identity is degrading and disrespectful.

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Re: The Conservatives ask Canadians about their greatest heroes...
« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2014, 08:12:21 am »
I just knew Gretzky would be on the list, how could you say no to a mullet like this?
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