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Article #1215Re: CBC "The Greatest Canadian" contest - bullshit
From: *xVx*
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:45
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:45
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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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