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09/15/2004 Archived Entry: "Draft-dodger memorial to be built in B.C. redux"

Posted by steve @ 12:22 AM EST [Link]

MORE ON THE DRAFT DODGER MEMORIAL: Well, it looks like we Canadians aren't completely to blame for the Vietnam War draft-dodger memorial that is to be built in British Columbia. I received this letter today from reader Mike Stuart who clarified some details:

Your article has raised a lot of hackles south of the border, judging by the venal comments on many online chat boards that have linked the title. A minutes worth of detective work however, reveals that the 'B.C. activists' the article mentions are not native B.C.ers but are actually the draft dodgers themselves, looking to airbrush their own history and rewrite their past as 'courageous' at the cost of Canadas reputation with our neighbours to the south.

"Isaac Romano, the director of the Our Way Home festival", it turns out has his own website that contains his 'resume'. The artists to perform at the festival are also American.

It is unfortunate that loyal Canadians are getting a black eye today, due to the actions of these history-revisionist expatriot Americans who have enjoyed Canadian hospitality for the past thirty years.

Dude, we aren't that loyal to our friends. Remember, they got hospitality, not contempt.