[geeks] Stupid people rant

[doctor obnox son of a bitch]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 06:45:11PM -0500, Joshua D Boyd had the audacity to opine:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 02:20:39PM -0700, Dave Kimmel wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Kris Kirby wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Geek wrote:
> > > > As a Canadian, I hate using eBay because I find people distrust me
> > > > simply because I am Canadian. I haven't bought anything on eBay in
> > > > the entire time I have had an account. I just look there for a
> > > > watermark of fair price, and look locally.
> > >
> > > Today is National `Canadians Are Shit' holiday. Defame the national flag
> > > of Canada and see who cares.
> > 
> > Wasn't that yesterday during the figure skating competition?
> > 
> > Well, ok, it wasn't our flag, but we're still not happy about it.
> 
> I don't blame you.  Sale and Pelletier's performance was beautify.  Far nicer
> than the Russian team, and I usually like the Russians at skating.
> 

I'm impressed with how the Canadans handled themselves afterward. The
interviewer from NBC tried her hardest to get them to say something
inflammatory about the judging, but they never took the bait. Classy.



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Eric J. Gustafson                                   drobnox at visi.com