Comments on: Globe & Post: Our Soldiers Fight for a Higher Cause http://jnarvey.com/2009/04/14/our-soldiers-fight-for-a-higher-cause/ Essays and opinions on current affairs and politics. Published from Vancouver, Canada by new media writer Jonathon Narvey Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:45:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jnarvey http://jnarvey.com/2009/04/14/our-soldiers-fight-for-a-higher-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 jnarvey Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:10:37 +0000 http://jnarvey.com/?p=1227#comment-1326 I don't recall the headline. Would not be at all surprised to see they tweaked it to something a little more demoralizing. I don’t recall the headline. Would not be at all surprised to see they tweaked it to something a little more demoralizing.

]]> By: BBS http://jnarvey.com/2009/04/14/our-soldiers-fight-for-a-higher-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-1325 BBS Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:35:35 +0000 http://jnarvey.com/?p=1227#comment-1325 Did CP change their headline? This is what it reads now - Death of female Cdn shocks relative who wants troops out of Afghanistan I don't remember for sure, but I thought it said something different the first time I read it. Did CP change their headline? This is what it reads now – Death of female Cdn shocks relative who wants troops out of Afghanistan

I don’t remember for sure, but I thought it said something different the first time I read it.

]]> By: BBS http://jnarvey.com/2009/04/14/our-soldiers-fight-for-a-higher-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-1324 BBS Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:32:06 +0000 http://jnarvey.com/?p=1227#comment-1324 Here's a little more context from CTV News: http://bit.ly/3jabHc Blais leaves behind her mother Josee, her grandmother Laurette and her brother, Billy. The family released a statement Tuesday, in which they said they supported her work in the military. "Despite the terrible news of her sudden passing, Karine achieved her challenge. She wanted to be part of this adventure. She was proud to serve in Afghanistan. She often asked her mother: 'Mom, are you proud of me?'" said the family. "Yes, we remain proud of you, despite our sadness." But before that statement, Blais' godfather criticized the Afghanistan mission and said it's time for Canada to pull out of the country. "I am against it. I was against it and I am even more against it today. I wonder what we're doing there," Blais told CTV News. Here’s a little more context from CTV News:
http://bit.ly/3jabHc

Blais leaves behind her mother Josee, her grandmother Laurette and her brother, Billy. The family released a statement Tuesday, in which they said they supported her work in the military.

“Despite the terrible news of her sudden passing, Karine achieved her challenge. She wanted to be part of this adventure. She was proud to serve in Afghanistan. She often asked her mother: ‘Mom, are you proud of me?’” said the family.

“Yes, we remain proud of you, despite our sadness.”

But before that statement, Blais’ godfather criticized the Afghanistan mission and said it’s time for Canada to pull out of the country.

“I am against it. I was against it and I am even more against it today. I wonder what we’re doing there,” Blais told CTV News.

]]> By: jnarvey http://jnarvey.com/2009/04/14/our-soldiers-fight-for-a-higher-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-1323 jnarvey Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:18:50 +0000 http://jnarvey.com/?p=1227#comment-1323 Fair comment, BBS. Indeed, on re-reading the article, I cannot say for certain that her family is entirely in agreement with the quoted statement of her godfather, although subsequent paragraphs do seem to suggest this. The link has been edited from "they claim" to "her godfather claims". Fair comment, BBS. Indeed, on re-reading the article, I cannot say for certain that her family is entirely in agreement with the quoted statement of her godfather, although subsequent paragraphs do seem to suggest this.

The link has been edited from “they claim” to “her godfather claims”.

]]> By: BBS http://jnarvey.com/2009/04/14/our-soldiers-fight-for-a-higher-cause/comment-page-1/#comment-1322 BBS Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:03:41 +0000 http://jnarvey.com/?p=1227#comment-1322 I haven't seen anything to suggest that this article represents the view of the Blais family. This is a "godfather" speaking on his own, and nowhere in the article does it say that he speaks for the family. It's rather typical of CP to search out someone in the family to espouse the anti-war message. I haven’t seen anything to suggest that this article represents the view of the Blais family. This is a “godfather” speaking on his own, and nowhere in the article does it say that he speaks for the family. It’s rather typical of CP to search out someone in the family to espouse the anti-war message.

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