facts for trolls

1. I am still an American citizen. That is not a matter of choice. The US and Canada require that I retain my American citizenship for a certain number of years, no matter where I live.

2. I am not a Democrat. I have voted Democrat in some elections and for progressive third-party candidates in others. In general I hate the Democrats almost as much as I hate the Republicans.

3. You are free to express all your opinions. However, I am under no obligation to host your opinions. That is not censorship. Censorship would be if you were somehow prevented from having your own blog, say, wemovetocanadasucks.blogspot.com. I have no power to censor you and wouldn't exercise that power if I had it.

4. I am not attacking you. I did not post insulting, ignorant comments on your blog. You, however, posted insulting, ignorant comments on my blog, which you freely admit you did not even bother to read.

5. This is my own blog. My partner, whose blog you also know, reads and comments on my blog, and I on his. We are each individuals and are solely responsible for the content on our respective blogs.

6. We don't know you and we wish you no harm. (Well, I don't.) Now please be a good boy and go away.

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Additional information you might find useful:

7. We decided to move to Canada in late 2002 and filed our immigration applications in 2003. Note that this was before the 2004 "election". George W Bush's continued residence in the White House, although loathesome, was not a determining factor.

8. We have lived in Canada since August 30, 2005 and have no plans to leave. We are planning to apply for Canadian citizenship as soon as we are eligible.

Comments

  1. laura k12 June 2006 at 17:19

    ROFLMAO :D

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  2. David Cho12 June 2006 at 20:16

    Well, I just modified the content of the new blog. Don't kill me for this.

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  3. Masnick9612 June 2006 at 20:46

    LOL...too funny David.

    On a side note I say feed the trolls to the polar bears :-)

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  4. Nabeel13 June 2006 at 15:53

    hey hey .. who left insulting comments on the blog? no insulting and rude comments please :) .. it's a happy place .. let it be happy .. so anyway ..

    when did you move to canada .. how was the transition? I recently visited Vancouver and loved it .. how do you find it different .. u know now living in Canada .. do u miss the States?

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  5. laura k14 June 2006 at 05:59

    when did you move to canada .. how was the transition? I recently visited Vancouver and loved it .. how do you find it different .. u know now living in Canada .. do u miss the States?

    That's a lot of questions! Answers all found on this blog in one place or another. In short: August 30, 2005, I love it, and NO.

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