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B2: word to the Jack Layton stuff. I keep waiting for word that the Vatican have started looking into making him a Saint

Posted by Beaker (aka anniebecca) Aug 26 '11, 10:30

and I liked the guy.

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Heheh. This backlash started a few days ago with that Post article, but it's certainly not unjustified. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 10:31
It's a mass hysteria of "nice". -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Aug 26, 10:30 13
- Stuff like a deluge of nice is one of the many reasons I love Canada. -- nm - Diva Aug 26, 10:32
- while i *totally* agree with the overwroughtness of the whole thing, there are worse things in the world than a deluge of nice. -- nm - Andie Aug 26, 10:31 11
  - You know, quite honestly, the lack of perspective and unwillingness to listen to disenting voices this week bothers me. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 26, 10:40 8
    - Really? I assure you that every other country is just as much into navel-gazing as Canada is -- nm - Roger More Aug 26, 10:44 4
      - No. I don't believe that the equivelent party leader in many many other countries gets this treatment. - Name Withheld By Request Aug 26, 10:51 2
        
        The circumstances around Layton are special - most people liked him, even if they didn't vote for him, and to pass away on the cusp of his greatest - Roger More Aug 26, 10:58
        
        You're forget missing that for a large number of people, they've known about him for basically a year. -- nm - Reagen Aug 26, 10:55
      - Word. Ever since our humble beginnings in 1966. -- nm - China SI Aug 26, 10:46
    - So, you think he wasn't as influential as he's being made out to be? -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 10:41 2
      - His political legacy is massive in Canada (second greatest NDP leader ever), but... - Name Withheld By Request Aug 26, 10:47 1
        
        :) -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 10:49
  - He's like Canadian Steve Jobs right now! ;-) -- nm - con_carne Aug 26, 10:34
  - Agreed. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 26, 10:32

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