From a comment by Wallace Ryan on a cbc.ca/nl story:
Despite the ugly words of Canadians, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are finally closer to our dream of returning to those pre-WWI days when we were a rich nation full of promise and bravery.
I think it's time for us to reassert our nationhood and reclaim our heritage that has been sullied too long by Canadians. The only way we are to survive the demographic time bomb that threatens to make Newfoundland and Labrador second class citizens in this supposedly equal confederation is to reconstitute ourselves as an independent nation.
I'm sick of hearing our proud people maligned and mocked by our so-called fellow Canadians. I'm not a Canadian. I'm a proud citizen of the nation of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Free Newfoundland and Labrador.
Vive Newfoundland et Labrador Libre!
Ah yes, the glorious days before the Great War.
Political corruption, religious segregation, poverty, disease, health care and education that rivaled anything found in a modern underdeveloped country.
Such a glorious place that a huge portion of the first volunteers were rejected because they did not meet the minimum requirements of being 5 ft 2 inches in height with a chest measurement of 35 inches.
Sheer heaven!
We must free Newfoundland.
We must free it, that is, of such unashamed ignorance.
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