One turned off Canadian Housewife

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  1. Rav4

    Rav4 Senior Member

    A rant from a Canadian housewife posted on another forum.
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    Thought you might like to read this letter

    to the editor. Ever notice how some people

    just seem to know how to write a letter?

    This one surely does!

    This was written by a Canadian woman, but oh how

    it also applies to the U.S.A. , U.K. And Australia .


    THIS ONE PACKS A FIRM PUNCH

    Written by a housewife in New Brunswick , to

    her local newspaper. This is one ticked off lady...

    "Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was

    it or was it not, started by Islamic people who

    brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001

    and have continually threatened to do so since?

    Were people from all over the world, not brutally murdered

    that day, in downtown Manhattan , across the Potomac from

    the capitol of the USA and in a field in Pennsylvania ?

    Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?

    And I'm supposed to care that a few Taliban were

    claiming to be tortured by a justice system of a

    nation they are fighting against in a brutal Insurgency.

    I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle

    East, start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere belief

    of which, is a crime punishable by beheading in Afghanistan .

    I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are

    sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head, while Berg

    screamed through his gurgling slashed throat.

    I'll care when the cowardly so-called 'insurgents'

    in Afghanistan , come out and fight like men,

    instead of disrespecting their own religion by

    hiding in Mosques and behind women and children.

    I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow

    themselves up in search of Nirvana, care about the

    innocent children within range of their suicide Bombs.

    I'll care when the Canadian media stops pretending that

    their freedom of Speech on stories, is more important than

    the lives of the soldiers on the ground or their families waiting

    at home, to hear about them when something happens.

    In the meantime, when I hear a story about a

    CANADIAN soldier roughing up an Insurgent

    terrorist to obtain information, know this:

    I don't care.

    When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the

    head when he is told not to move because he

    might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank:

    I don't care. Shoot him again.

    When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed 'special' food, that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being 'mishandled,' you can absolutely believe, in your heart of hearts:

    I don't care.

    And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes

    it's spelled 'Koran' and other times 'Quran.'

    Well, Jimmy Crack Corn you guessed it.

    I don't care!!

    If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to

    all your E-mail Friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to

    the people responsible for this ridiculous behaviour!

    If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete

    button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't

    complain when more atrocities committed by radical

    Muslims happen here in our great Country! And may I add:

    Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering, if

    during their life on earth, they made a difference in

    the world. But, the Soldiers don't have that problem.

    I have another quote that I would like to

    share AND...I hope you forward All this.

    One last thought for the day:

    Only five defining forces have ever offered to die for you:

    1. Jesus Christ

    2. The British Soldier.

    3. The Canadian Soldier.

    4. The US Soldier, and

    5. The Australian Soldier

    One died for your soul,

    the other four, for you and your children's Freedom.

    YOU MIGHT WANT TO PASS THIS ON,

    AS MANY SEEM TO FORGET!

    AMEN! GOD BLESS CANADA AND AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA.




    P.S. I don't care if other political types or other religious types are upset at Harper for saying radical Islamics are Canadas greatest threat because they are.
     
  2. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Only it was written by a bloke, for a politics website:
    snopes.com: Pamela Foster Letter
    Although the first example quoted above has come to be attributed to a Pam Foster who resides in Atlanta and the second to an unnamed British housewife, the article is actually the work of "Doug Patton", a freelance columnist and political speechwriter who lives near Omaha, Nebraska. The first e-mail-circulated version left off his two opening paragraphs and added a closing "I don't give a sheet either about those sheet heads!" statement that wasn't in his original, but it is otherwise a faithful copy of his article, which was first on the gopusa.com web site on 2005 under the title "Ask Me if I Care About 'Mishandling' of Koran" and which has since been reproduced on a number of other web sites.

    And is therefore an Internet chain letter presenting itself as something it isn't, to get a stronger reaction.

    In other words; Spam.
     
  3. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    I don't suppose for one wild moment that I am the only one that gets round-robin type e-mails headed "You MUST read this and pass it on to everyone you know unless you want to suffer a thousand plagues !!!"

    I've tried writing to the person/persons that originated the letter pointing out that I won't be offended if they take my name off their mailing list but, to date anyway, I still receive these missives and I guess I am reluctant to block the sender.

    In nine cases out of ten, the content of the letter has already done the rounds for years and can be safely ignored but occasionally something new to me pops up and I invariably look for it (and usually find it) on snopes.com: Urban Legends Reference Pages

    I then, in the interests of spreading the truth, send the appropriate Snopes link to the person who sent me the round-robin in the fond hope that they will whip my name off their next letter :)

    Adam has done us all a turn by reminding us of this super site:
    snopes.com: Pamela Foster Letter

    Thanks mate !

    Ron
     
  4. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Regardless of content (though almost without exception it's dreary stuff), they bug me.
    Every chain email sent can take a new set of email addresses in it's header.
    As time goes by thousands of private addresses can become attached. Not the dump ones you might use for the Internet, but often your own home email address - the one you use for mates and family.
    Those lists have a value to certain arse-hats who want to make the Internet a worse place. Who needs trojans to harvest handy lists of spam/phishing/malware targets when people can be curiously willing to do the work themselves, and in a way that gives a great hit-rate of more useful private addresses.

    Perhaps worst of all; even though I wouldn't forward one, that doesn't stop others from adding my email address when they send it to me, so there's perhaps also simple 'politeness' involved in just binning 'em on sight.
     
  5. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    Goebbels would love it!

    Muslims are certainly the target of the day, though not without some justification, and I receive a variation on this theme at least once a week in my in basket. They play to basic instinct and that is to blame the ills of or threat to society on a single religious group. When it reaches that point, it is time to step back and reassess. As with the Soviet Union, the biggest threats to our way of life probably lie within. No different in Nazi Germany in the 30's. The public willingly accepted and acted upon the perceived threat of the Jews, it was actually National Socialism which would prove to be their undoing.
     
  6. Steve Mac

    Steve Mac Very Senior Member

     
  7. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    As the thread title mentioned Canadian Housewife I thought I'd try & find a song about them.

    Hope this'll do.

    [YOUTUBE]shVRt7MkUtQ[/YOUTUBE]
     
  8. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    [YOUTUBE]ITeuaqcpckc[/YOUTUBE]
     
  9. unionjack

    unionjack Junior Member

    Only five defining forces have ever offered to die for you:

    1. Jesus Christ

    2. The British Soldier.

    3. The Canadian Soldier.

    4. The US Soldier, and

    5. The Australian Soldier



    South African, Indian, New Zealand, Newfoundland...

    Every mail that has the audacity to instruct me to send it on automatically gets deleted without exception. Any way, they're always a load of cobblers. Like this one.
     
  10. 17thDYRCH

    17thDYRCH Senior Member

    As the thread title mentioned Canadian Housewife I thought I'd try & find a song about them.

    Hope this'll do.

    [YOUTUBE]shVRt7MkUtQ[/YOUTUBE]

    Owen,
    Having sent this to my bride, it was returned as Junk mail. Woe is me as she has left all domestic chores to yours truly. Her next big challenge is to find out how I plan on giving birth to our next child.

    Please forward the breathing exercises...

    From the colony,

    Cheers
     
  11. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    ...........and if any of you have a cure for a 'turned off Canadian housewife', Randy and I would sure love to know what that is!:D
     
  12. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    Case in point.......

    bed.jpg
     
  13. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    A British accent is the most reliable cure... apparently...
     
  14. At Home Dad (Returning)

    At Home Dad (Returning) Well-Known Member

    we dont need it, never have ;)


     
  15. canuck

    canuck Closed Account

    A British accent is the most reliable cure... apparently...

    Tried that.........but then she thinks about bad teeth! :lol:
     
  16. John Lawson

    John Lawson Arte et Marte

    From Rav4

    Only five defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
    1. Jesus Christ
    2. The British Soldier.
    3. The Canadian Soldier.
    4. The US Soldier, and
    5. The Australian Soldier

    One died for your soul,the other four, for you and your children's Freedom.

    YOU MIGHT WANT TO PASS THIS ON, AS MANY SEEM TO FORGET!

    AMEN! GOD BLESS CANADA AND AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA.

    I think someone's being left out here, us, that's us the UK not US, as it cann't be a multi-national coalition if the Brits aren't involved, we give the Yanks the ability to proclaim it's not just them trying to bash the world bad guys(e.g. Iraq2).

    I don't know if God ever liked the British soldier, as some of us were termed Pontious Pilates Bodyguard, and you know what he did!

    In the 400 year history of the British Army, I think only in the begining of WW1 did people flock to arms for patriotic reasons, the rest of the time they were dragged out of the prisons and the depression dole queues.

    The French called us the 'Goddamns' (as we were all percieved to be Protestants, not ALL of us!) and there's always the continuous documented history of drinking and swearing. The Anglo-Saxon has an easy going philosophy -Fight when you have too, drink whenever you can and swear that you'll pay your bar bill tomorrow.

    We've never being driven by fanatisism, mostly 'Fair play' (mmmmm, does that sound weak, I don't know). I just find it strange, in my own non-religious world, that two religions that share the same God can get the interpretation so opposed and wrong.

    Also, when you are governed by the rule of democratic law and a liberal society, you will always be fighting with one hand tied behind your back (mm perhaps two) and a 4 year PC time limit.

    As far as I am concerned I volunteered for the army because I was unemployed and there was no sign of the country picking up in the short term. So I took the Queens shilling (£3.50 at the time) spent it on beer, swore that I'd only do six years and stayed for 22. No patriotism or fanatasism there, just a feeling of being part of something that cared about you, in a rough sort of way.

    Look at Iraq, now the Yanks have pulled out, all ready to slip back into religious sectarianism (reminds me of somewhere close where that call always used to come from), and then there's Afghanistan, just waiting for us to leave before they reintroduce dreadful Taliban enforced Law (perhaps I was wrong about the law, above).

    Although it's difficult living and progressing in the 21st century when there are 12th century societies desperate to hang onto their male dominated dogma.

    Well, there's my Christmas message (perhaps I should take out the sylibal Christ as it has Christian overtures, oh and the sylibal mas as it has christian and catholic overtones, ah what the hell, I'll leave it all in as it's the only time Santa Claus comes with the prezzies!).

    Happy New Year.
     
  17. Gerard

    Gerard Seelow/Prora

    P.S. I don't care if other political types or other religious types are upset at Harper for saying radical Islamics are Canadas greatest threat because they are.
    Wow, and there's me thinking it was American Maple Syrup and Ice Hockey teams....... :D
     
  18. Jakob Kjaersgaard

    Jakob Kjaersgaard Senior Member

    ...........and if any of you have a cure for a 'turned off Canadian housewife', Randy and I would sure love to know what that is!:D

    If you find the cure for 'turned off european housewife' too, let me know. Might come in handy in the future ;)
     
  19. Steve Mac

    Steve Mac Very Senior Member

    Owen,
    Having sent this to my bride, it was returned as Junk mail. Woe is me as she has left all domestic chores to yours truly. Her next big challenge is to find out how I plan on giving birth to our next child.

    Please forward the breathing exercises...

    From the colony,

    Cheers

    How can your wife be turned off with a 'Randy' husband like you? :D

    Best,

    Steve.
     
  20. 17thDYRCH

    17thDYRCH Senior Member

    Wow, and there's me thinking it was American Maple Syrup and Ice Hockey teams....... :D


    Gerard,
    You must be British:D...Canadians invented ice hockey:point:....we are the best in the World and the world's best maple syrup comes from Canada.
     
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