Re: [Paddlewise] Kayakers v The Rest of The World

From: <danadickson_at_comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 13:57:30 +0000
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> > Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 19:52:11 EST 
> From: Rcgibbert_at_aol.com 
> Subject: Re: 
> 
> In a message dated 2/2/2005 4:15:15 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> ratten_at_uow.edu.au writes: 
> 
> That is when I decided, as a non-American, that something is definitely 
> strange in the land of the free. 
> 
> 
> 
> One of the most irritating signs I have seen is one at the Blaine, 
> Washington (state) border crossing down from British Columbia. It reads: Welcome 
> To 
> America Land Of The Free. It's as if I left Sudan or Cuba. Paddling content: I 
> had a pair of kayaks on the roof at the time. 
> 
> Rob G 

It depends on the meaning of free.  

Dana
War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength 
Work Makes You Free -
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.
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