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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

Ya...that is what I said . You might want to reread. It was your logic that brought that out. Now you didn't say it in so many words but by putting it in the form of a question, one can only assume that you were not asking a rhetorical question but implying that financial support is better than public support.

I said it shows more support to the troops in this instance to give money to a military support group than putting stickers on vehicles. I don't see how you are making the connection to a national day to honour fallen soldiers.

I have not said either is better or worse. I have said that public support is just as important as anything else. Not to mention that it is a constant reminder of where our troops are, what they do and the sacrifice that they make.

Oh I see, you are the only that can extract what people are saying "in so many words" without directly saying it? I think you've made your opinion pretty clear as to what you think is better when you said:

I am completely disgusted with Calgary's city council. These people have no balls whats so ever. I hope all of them exept McIver gets voted out in the next election.

obviously not everyone supports the troops. If they did, they would have accepted the FREE stickers and put them on the vehicles.

Yes, those are all good things that one can do to show their support, but I disagree that it is better.

I think both options with the stickers are showing public support. And whether you like it or not, showing support for the troops often gets tied up with support the war. I don't think it's fair, but that is just how things are these days. I can understand why City council changed their position on the stickers. I can't say I agree with it, but I understand why they don't want to get mixed up with all the political agendas associated with it. They should have just stuck with their first plan and not caused all this fuss. With that said, I don't think the switch to the new plan is as bad as people are making it out to be. I don't want this country to be the US where if you are slightly opposed to something supporting the troops (perhaps in favour of another sign of support) you are labelled a terrorist/traitor/french.

As for your comment "it is better than nothing"...ok sure...anything is better than nothing, accepting free stickers and putting them on all the vehciles is better than making a bureaucratic system to try and sell some stickers and send some of the proceeds to the family members. What would be best is both.

I agree both would be better. But as far as I know that isn't one of the options.

As for your comment about Captain Crunch....what are you trying to say??? That Captain Crunch knows more about this than the family members and solidars that came down to city hall to support this inititive??? Thats not what your saying...is it?

Well seeing as Captain Crunch is former military I figure he has a pretty good understanding of what support soldiers like. And stop trying to get people to say things they aren't. Stop trying to set up traps. Only one question mark is needed at the end of a sentence.