Well for a Canadian it's impolite. If you get a chance see 'Canadian Bacon', most Americans don't get the jokes ('Boy this beer sucks', Bilingual graffitti on a truck, people being stepped on and saying 'excuse me', 'I don't know what you're talking aboot'), but it's considered by many a Canadian classic.
>i accepted blame in another message: the above line is
>supposed to read "which is a defensible position"!
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Sorry, my bad, I missed that message.
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>> But what do I know? I figure if you can skate well, you play hockey.
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>i thought if you could beat other white guys up well you play ice hockey
>(i presume you meant ice hockey)? ;-)
Definitely ice hockey! Maybe street hockey too (game on!) Only school girls
and Englishmen play field hockey. And you don't have to beat white guys up all
that well, just frequently.
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