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Vote at: http://www.timhudak.ca/final-four-louis-riel-vs-maurice-duplessis

There should be no question Riel is better than Duplessis but from past round it look like Duplessis dead stuffs the ballot box as much as Duplessis alive.

We need your help. Defend Riel. Avenge Riel. Vote Riel ...

You can vote only once per IP address but it looks like the system unblocks every half day or full day so try voting again. Spread the word it is important.

I do have to reiterate my comment and question from the previous thread though. I'm not sure I would have picked Louis Riel in the matchup of Louis Riel Vs. Tommy Douglas. Was Louis Riel substantively left on any issues other than defending the first nations and metis from Canadian imperialism (I honnestly don't know, I'm not arguing that he wasn't, at least not unless I see evidence one way or the other)?

[ 09 April 2007: Message edited by: Left Turn ]

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Originally posted by saigon:
You can vote only once per IP address but it looks like the system unblocks every half day or full day so try voting again.

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What garbage on that site. hateful talk like

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Syphilitic Dementia is the only plausible explanation

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God, some of those people need a mental check-up. Note they neglect to mention Riel was also an extreme delusional religious fanatic, who took it upon himself to try to rename the days of the week

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Maybe they should read Tom Flanagan [big right winger] in PROPHET OF THE NEW WORLD page 161 where he says

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Although Riel's new names may seem strange today because they were never put into use, one should remember that renaming is a fundamental aspect of politics. During the French revolution the Jacobins brought in a new calendar that replaced the old pagan names of the days and months with 'rational' names related to the characteristics of the seasons...New names put forward by a failed leader seem like whimsy in retrospect, but the impulse of renaming is far from whimsical.

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Originally posted by Caissa:
A decent case could be made that Riel was suffering from a mental illness and might not have been found to be compis mentis under modern standards.

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Wasn't it the latter-day Soviets that declared political opponents insane and locked them up in "hospitals" rather than vanilla prisons?

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Originally posted by Caissa:
Being a "hero" does not preclude being mentally ill. Given his American citizenship, treason charges were a bit "questionable" to say the least. In grade 12, I had the honour to "play" Riel in a mock trial. I didn't hang.

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Originally posted by Le Téléspectateur:
Seriously, why are you guys getting emotional about winning a web pole on some PC guy's webpage?

And why do you think that it should be posted in the aboriginal issues and culture forum?

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The "aboriginal" part must be because of Louis Riel.

The "culture" part must be because of the horrible bacteria which grow on PC websites.

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Originally posted by Le Téléspectateur:
Seriously, why are you guys getting emotional about winning a web pole on some PC guy's webpage?

And why do you think that it should be posted in the aboriginal issues and culture forum?

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This is crazy cant let Duplessis win. Duplessis was a thug. He sent thousands of children to mental hospitals to save money.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplessis_Orphans]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplessis_Orphans

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"The diagnoses were always swift — the children went to bed orphans and woke up psychiatric patients. The reason? Shrewd fiscal planning; federal subsidies paid out more to hospitals than to orphanages. Some children allegedly endured lobotomies, electroshock, straitjackets and abuse"

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The amount of hate against RIEL and against us is terrible. Many hurtful words It is like they want to hang him all over

Vote LOUIS RIEL. Please

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[ 12 April 2007: Message edited by: saigon ]

[ 12 April 2007: Message edited by: saigon ]