American has near death experience in Canada

[Baron Von PWN]

I recently visited Calgary from Michigan. As a police officer for 20 years, it feels strange not to carry my off-duty hand-gun. Many would say I have no need to carry one in Canada.

Yet the police cannot protect everyone all the time. A man should be al-lowed to protect himself if the need arises. The need arose in a theatre in Aurora, Colo., as well as a college campus in Canada.

Recently, while out for a walk in Nose Hill Park, in broad daylight on a paved trail, two young men approached my wife and me. The men stepped in front of us, then said in a very aggressive tone: "Been to the Stampede yet?"

Herald columnist Naomi Lakritz: Officer's comments reflect cultural divide between Canada, U.S.

We ignored them. The two moved closer, repeating: "Hey, you been to the Stampede yet?"

I quickly moved between these two and my wife, replying, "Gentle-men, I have no need to talk with you, goodbye." They looked bewildered, and we then walked past them.

I speculate they did not have good intentions when they approached in such an aggressive, disrespectful and menacing manner. I thank the Lord Jesus Christ they did not pull a weapon of some sort, but rather concluded it was in their best interest to leave us alone.

Would we not expect a uniformed officer to pull his or her weapon to intercede in a life-or-death encounter to protect self, or another? Why then should the expectation be lower for a citizen of Canada or a visitor? Wait, I know - it's because in Canada, only the criminals and the police carry handguns.

Walt Wawra, Kalamazoo, Mich.



Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/Nose+Hill+ ... z2310ofNxU

[rdsrds2120]

Their lives were certainly threatened, as apparent from their ability to escape unscathed.

-rd

[Army of GOD]

"a uninformed"

[Baron Von PWN]

so gun totters of the fora if a couple of cowboys approach and ask if you've been to the stampede yet do you immediately reach for your firearms? if not what other strategies do you use to diffuse dangerous cowboy related situations?

[GreecePwns]

What does "have you been to the Stampede, yet?" even mean?

[MeDeFe]

What does "have you been to the Stampede, yet?" even mean?

They might have been referring to this... I couldn't find anything else that made any sense.
http://us.canada.travel/experience/Calgary-Stampede

Very threatening indeed. Who knows what horrors might have ensued if the US couple had not so bravely walked away, they might even have been given *gasp* informative fliers about the Calgary Stampede!

[Neoteny]

This made my morning.

[keiths31]

Holy high hell! Two people ask if you had been to their world famous yearly attraction and that is taken as a life threatening experience? Christ I didn't know that! I best be arming myself from now on

[Nola_Lifer]

Is this part of Phatism? Paranoia?

[jonesthecurl]

In a shop the other day, someone told me to "Have a good one!".
If only I'd had a gun.

[Baron Von PWN]

In a shop the other day, someone told me to "Have a good one!".
If only I'd had a gun.

I'm awed that you were able to survive that harrowing experience. When will these no goodniks stop threatening people with questions and pleasantries? The answer is never, unless you have a gun that is!

[saxitoxin]

Canadian tourist complains Americans are trying to watch him poop.

Pestonji, 52, came to town last Saturday, taking his wife and daughter to the Space Needle, the Great Wheel and, of course, Pike Place Market. After lunch there, he excused himself to visit one of the bathrooms.

"You're sitting on the toilet with your pants around your ankles and people are peering over at you — that's not very pleasant," said Pestonji, calling the experience "absolutely degrading, humiliating, disgusting, whatever you want to call it."

Afterward, he emailed the Market, Mayor Mike McGinn and The Seattle Times.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... om03m.html

[Baron Von PWN]

Canadian tourist complains Americans are trying to watch him poop.

Pestonji, 52, came to town last Saturday, taking his wife and daughter to the Space Needle, the Great Wheel and, of course, Pike Place Market. After lunch there, he excused himself to visit one of the bathrooms.

"You're sitting on the toilet with your pants around your ankles and people are peering over at you — that's not very pleasant," said Pestonji, calling the experience "absolutely degrading, humiliating, disgusting, whatever you want to call it."

Afterward, he emailed the Market, Mayor Mike McGinn and The Seattle Times.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... om03m.html

maybe the tsa is leaking?

[saxitoxin]

Canadian tourist complains Americans are trying to watch him poop.

Pestonji, 52, came to town last Saturday, taking his wife and daughter to the Space Needle, the Great Wheel and, of course, Pike Place Market. After lunch there, he excused himself to visit one of the bathrooms.

"You're sitting on the toilet with your pants around your ankles and people are peering over at you — that's not very pleasant," said Pestonji, calling the experience "absolutely degrading, humiliating, disgusting, whatever you want to call it."

Afterward, he emailed the Market, Mayor Mike McGinn and The Seattle Times.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... om03m.html

maybe the tsa is leaking?

Has an American ever tried to sneak a peek at you, BvP?

[Baron Von PWN]

Canadian tourist complains Americans are trying to watch him poop.

Pestonji, 52, came to town last Saturday, taking his wife and daughter to the Space Needle, the Great Wheel and, of course, Pike Place Market. After lunch there, he excused himself to visit one of the bathrooms.

"You're sitting on the toilet with your pants around your ankles and people are peering over at you — that's not very pleasant," said Pestonji, calling the experience "absolutely degrading, humiliating, disgusting, whatever you want to call it."

Afterward, he emailed the Market, Mayor Mike McGinn and The Seattle Times.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... om03m.html

maybe the tsa is leaking?

Has an American ever tried to sneak a peek at you, BvP?

actually yes. Last time I was in the states Americans kept trying to sneak peeks in the washroom. I'm not sure what causes this phenomenon. I suspect insufficient ties to the monarchy.

[Ray Rider]

This American tourist is ridiculous and I fail to understand how this article even got posted on the Calgary Herald website. Anyway, according to the Calgary Cultural Ambassador, those two men on were simply offering free tickets to the Stampede, although the media relations manager for the Stampede disagrees. http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/08/09/walt-wawra/

[Phatscotty]

it's a hit piece

[notyou2]

"Stampede" is a Canadian code word for taking visitors to a dark alley, robbing them, raping them, and then murdering them, but please don't tell anyone I told you.

For all you that answered "throw your wife at them...." this is the correct evasive action.

EDIT: I added the word "please".

[saxitoxin]

Canadian tourist complains Americans are trying to watch him poop.

Pestonji, 52, came to town last Saturday, taking his wife and daughter to the Space Needle, the Great Wheel and, of course, Pike Place Market. After lunch there, he excused himself to visit one of the bathrooms.

"You're sitting on the toilet with your pants around your ankles and people are peering over at you — that's not very pleasant," said Pestonji, calling the experience "absolutely degrading, humiliating, disgusting, whatever you want to call it."

Afterward, he emailed the Market, Mayor Mike McGinn and The Seattle Times.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... om03m.html

maybe the tsa is leaking?

Has an American ever tried to sneak a peek at you, BvP?

actually yes. Last time I was in the states Americans kept trying to sneak peeks in the washroom.

PhatScotty?

[jonesthecurl]

No, heis quite familiar with the way a dick looks. He has a mirror.

(Sorry PS, couldn't resist!)

[Baron Von PWN]

Canadian tourist complains Americans are trying to watch him poop.

Pestonji, 52, came to town last Saturday, taking his wife and daughter to the Space Needle, the Great Wheel and, of course, Pike Place Market. After lunch there, he excused himself to visit one of the bathrooms.

"You're sitting on the toilet with your pants around your ankles and people are peering over at you — that's not very pleasant," said Pestonji, calling the experience "absolutely degrading, humiliating, disgusting, whatever you want to call it."

Afterward, he emailed the Market, Mayor Mike McGinn and The Seattle Times.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l ... om03m.html

maybe the tsa is leaking?

Has an American ever tried to sneak a peek at you, BvP?

actually yes. Last time I was in the states Americans kept trying to sneak peeks in the washroom.

PhatScotty?

Could be! though to be honest I'd have to suspect you Saxi. You can be such a rascal!

[saxitoxin]

Could be! though to be honest I'd have to suspect you Saxi. You can be such a rascal!

[saxitoxin]

Shit getting serious ...

Many Canadians are taking advantage of the high Canadian dollar by shopping across the border — with cheap milk and gas being two of the big draws — but some Americans are fed up with the cross-border crowd.

Some Bellingham, Wash., residents started a Facebook page calling for American-only hours at the local Costco.

On the Facebook page "Bellingham Costco needs a special time just for Americans," residents write they have seen flats of milk stripped away in seconds.

Some write they have to wait in long lines at the Costco gas station as Canadians fill up first their cars, and then their gas cans.

Some Bellingham, Wa., residents are fed up with British Columbians that are crowding the local Costco, and parking badly in the store's lot.

Others have posted photos of cars with B.C. licence plates that take up more than one parking space.

Some just complain about Canadians being rude.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... dians.html

[TeeGee]

I dunno, the bloody Canadians are at it again hey

I think you Americans should nuke them before they take over your country..

At the moment it looks innocent enough with milk and fuel, but wait til one of them actually proposes to one of your women.

Disarm them bears, you have the right too (its in your constitution, isn't it?) and slap those Canadians with them, they don't carry guns, therefore they MUST be inferior.

[saxitoxin]

A new twist in the rising border tension. A British Columbia man was caught filling plastic garbage bags full of gasoline to take back north. Witnesses say this is a regular occurrence. The Washington State Patrol is now urging people to call 911 if they see Canadians trying to put gasoline into potentially dangerous containers like plastic garbage bags, backpacks or their pockets.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Man- ... =video&c=y