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Article #1206Re: CBC "The Greatest Canadian" contest - bullshit
From: emtecca
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 23:12
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 23:12
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but trees are more productive... "*xVx*" <vstar@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote in message news:zQChc.31339$kc2.441344@nnrp1.uunet.ca... > rocks are more honest than trees > > "SHARX.." <SHARX@SHARXTANKSnospam.com> wrote in message > news:CGChc.637$mP2.492@edtnps89... > > Svend RobbingStores wrote: > > || Yeah and I bet they're biased towards humans too. why the hell > > || would I vote for Suzuki when I could vote for a tree????? > > > > Trees are far more honest than any human being. > > > > > > || > > || In article <4086e0e9$1_1@aeinews.>, Basilic@no.thanks says... > > ||| > > ||| I guess a lot of you hockey fans saw this commercial. > > ||| > > ||| The CBC has a contest where you, Joe/Jane Public, gets to nominate > > ||| who the Greatest Canadian is/was. After you nominate, they tally > > ||| the votes and pick a winner. > > ||| > > ||| Nothing wrong so far....but, > > ||| > > ||| on their web site, www.cbc.ca/greatest , they offer a list of > > ||| people to choose from. No, you don't have to choose one of these, > > ||| you could, in fact, choose whomever you like, could be your > > ||| neighbour. > > ||| > > ||| Now, going through this list I saw that they have listed non > > ||| Canadians, i.e.. Bell, Cartier, Champlain, Cunard (only made it to > > ||| the C's). This is quite deceiving, whereas some people could get > > ||| the idea that these non Canadians were actually Canadian, funny as > > ||| it sounds. > > ||| > > ||| That's the rotten CBC for you. I've complained to them stating that > > ||| they should rename the contest, to something like "The most > > ||| influential person towards Canada" or modify the list to contain > > ||| true Canadians (born here or immigrated and became naturalized). > > ||| We'll see if they do anything. IMO I don't think so because the CBC > > ||| are decievers and are quite BIASED. > > ||| > > ||| Having vented, go Suzuki go. > > > > > >
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