Comments on: Did the PM plagiarize Prince Charles?

By: Jick Ass Italian Joe

Jick Ass Italian Joe — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:32:25 +0000

To be honest is the prime minister plagorising Prince Chalres really all that important of a topic. It seems like a silly thing to argue about even for the most informed political junkies. I am a politcal junkie and this topic really isn't all that important to me. Let alone the 50ish percent who don't vote and don't care about whats happening.

By: Lola

Lola — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:43:24 +0000

Cupids-very interesting to finally have someone bring some British history not commonly known since it is only acceptable in Canada nowadays to be proud of your history if it is French or other-and it took a visit by the royal couple to do that. However the history is fuzzy as some have said that St Johns is actually the oldest city in North America. Both Quebec City and St Johns had French and English settlers before the years that are actually on record as being an official "settlement".

By: Geoffrey

Geoffrey — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:42:21 +0000

In Brantford Ontario, a double poppy signifies a veteran – Something unique to this city. However, the Prince of Wales is wearing both a British and Canadian poppy.

By: anon

anon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:55:30 +0000

“Rosie DiManno got straight to the point”

No. way more twisting involved.

By: Dee

Dee — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:15:11 +0000

Well, it's not like it hasn't happened before. Ask John Howard, former PM of Australia.

By: psiclone

psiclone — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:35:14 +0000

Quite the history that Cupids has – if you stop and think what was happening elsewhere at that time it sort of puts thing in perspective! I see no faux paus or plagariztion non sense whatsoever and in point of fact if you look at the obvious body laguage they all look like their getting along quite well to me. I like being in a constitutionally protected minority AKA monarchist I am indeed! As when you get you right down to it if you don't like it it all you can do is complain unless of course you want to have a revolution change the constitution and become a republic like the USA – that's your choice -

By: AJSpenc

AJSpenc — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:27:13 +0000

The writer of this article is an idiot. To plagiarize means to use someone else's words or ideas and present them as though they were your own. When you cite the source that's called documenting, or in the case of journalism, reporting. But what the hell does this jerk know about that!

By: inasafeplace

inasafeplace — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:18:33 +0000

I was kinda hoping she was a gift from us to him.

By: frenchie101

frenchie101 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:13:56 +0000

Charles has a very droll sense of humor.I doubt you would recognise it They seem to like Harper, especially Camilla.

By: bettie

bettie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:17:20 +0000

I am not an expert in protocol, but It didn't come across to me as a faux pas by the Prime Minister. I thought Prince Charles handled it in a humerous and clever manner. I did think the the GG shouldn't have been touching the Prince so much, and from what we saw, he didn't seem to appreciate it.

By: sea_n_mountains

sea_n_mountains — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:44:03 +0000

sorry psiclone missed the tip off spelling error palying off jack's comment re the mispelled title.

in the absence it read like a partisan dismissal a la jarrid or jesse.

read too fast. apologies.

By: psiclone

psiclone — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:40:22 +0000

you really don' t have sense of humour do you? I bet you can't even detect the joke? hint = go back to the post above mine (both of them) then get some fibre in your uber partisan diet … (good grief!)

By: madeyoulook

madeyoulook — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:08:00 +0000

Ahem. You gonna wipe up?

By: Jack Mitchell

Jack Mitchell — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:42:00 +0000

I can't help it, MYL. Soccer (or do I mean "fútbol"?) is such an earthy game, so profoundly human; a soccer pitch the original Eden, the one place a pedant can really dangle; where Man can be a man, where his inner and his outer Rousseau alike revel in the roar of 50 000 aficianados and the flailing of limbs, until finally all is lost in the surging collective scream of "Goooooooooooool!! Goooooooooooool!!" Forgive me my "excessive celebrating."

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:33:50 +0000

One from the Canadian Legion and one from the British equivalent, I would imagine.

By: sea_n_mountains

sea_n_mountains — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:22:50 +0000

not lets talk about how great the current PMO seems to be at basic matters of protocol like planning bathroom breaks or reading the other speaker's speech prior to an the event.

By: madeyoulook

madeyoulook — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:16:24 +0000

Hey Jack. A bunch of us spectators started talking, and we would respectfully request you wear more than shoes and socks next time on the soccer pitch.

By: LynnTO

LynnTO — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:15:10 +0000

Probably Explained Elsewhere Question Alert: Is there some significance to the double poppy?

By: Be_rad

Be_rad — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:05:16 +0000

It was a pre-emptive, strategic plagiarisation.

By: Crit_Reasoning

Crit_Reasoning — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:01:52 +0000

Indeed.

By: Jack Mitchell

Jack Mitchell — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:47:28 +0000

Or how to spell it?

By: psiclone

psiclone — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:44:03 +0000

Not again with the silly palgiarize stuff?

By: Crit_Reasoning

Crit_Reasoning — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:30:13 +0000

Um, does the headline writer understand what "plagiarize" means?