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To: Trumpinator

The article confuses me somewhat - is this Vet Canadian or Scotsman proper?


3 posted on 04/25/2016 9:45:49 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: Trumpinator
He could easily be both.

From what I can work out Bob Kennedy was born in Scotland in 1930 which would almost certainly make him a British citizen unless he has done something to renounce his citizenship, and also a true Scotsman.

He presumably moved to Canada sometime after World War II and at some point may have become a Canadian citizen. As both British and Canadian law allow dual citizenship, he would not have automatically lost his British citizenship on becoming a Canadian citizen unless he expressly renounced it.

(I'm a joint Australian/British citizen under fairly similar sets of rules).

References to him being a Londoner and London in this case, would seem to refer to him being a resident of London, Ontario, which is a decent sized city near Toronto. As this article appeared in their local newspaper, they would assume no confusion with the better known London in the UK.

5 posted on 04/25/2016 10:48:47 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: Trumpinator

Yes, this piece is very poorly written.

But God bless this hero. Spunky guy, too.


14 posted on 04/26/2016 5:06:51 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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