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Posted on 09/26/2004 9:31:32 PM PDT by chemical_boy
NELSON, B.C. - A community in the B.C. Interior has become a flashpoint for American anger over its plans to honour draft dodgers and deserters who fled to Canada to avoid the Vietnam War.
The City of Nelson had announced earlier this month it would erect a bronze monument and hold a two-day festival in July 2006 in tribute to the war resisters.
Then the FOX-TV network picked up the story, sparking widespread indignation across the U.S.
Dr. Juergen Dankwort was a Vietnam-era conscientious objector who came to Canada, and he says the people of Nelson should stand firm on their plans.
"I am convinced that Canada is, has been, will remain a sovereign nation and will not be intimidated by any political interest," he says.
The City of Nelson has issued a statement distancing itself from the controversy, saying "regrets any anxiety or misunderstanding that has occurred as a result of this issue."
The festival co-ordinator says the festival will go on as planned and will not succumb to a war of words, but adds that organizers are looking for a new home for the monument – which is being moved out of Nelson.
It's estimated that as many as 125,000 young Americans came to Canada during the 1960s and 70s because of their opposition to the Vietnam War.
Many of them went back to the U.S. after being granted amnesty by President Jimmy Carter in 1977, but the 1986 census shows that about half of them stayed in Canada.
probably dead and gone. I have comments from foxNews viewers and will post when I have them typed, from a newspaper
Heh, heh. This headline deserves its own wing in The Museum of Irony.
For my part, I say if they want to waste their taxpayers loonies on this thing, then let 'em. Have you seen photos of the model for this thing? It looks like a fifth-grader slapped it together out of play-doh! It would be an absolute laughing-stock.
Eh?
The real problem was drainage. So many of us were planning on relieving ourselves on this turkey that the public health department must have stepped in.
Just like Canada to put up a monument for Cowards.
Great, I'll have a place to P!$$ when I go to Nelson, B.C. now.
And future plans call for a Museum of White-Collar Crime.
" The city is also considering honoring:
Pick-Pockets
Cheaters Who Don't Get Caught
Deadbeat Dads
Functioning Alcoholics
Parking Ticket Non-Payers "
LOL ! you forgot the " monument to canadians who shop in the US and smuggle goods back ", because goods are cheaper here !
story here http://www.sanjose.com/underbelly/unbelly/Sanjose/james/james6.html
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