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From: shindman@utcs.UUCP (Paul Shindman)
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Subject: Re: Farley Mowat
Message-ID: <651@utcs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-May-85 16:49:46 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 14 16:49:46 1985
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In article <1066@uwmacc.UUCP> rick@uwmacc.UUCP (Rick Keir) writes:
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>According to the newspaper report I read, Mowat's name was on the list
>because in the 60s, he stated publicly that he had used a high-powered
>rifle to take potshots at American fighter planes as a form of protest
>against America.  He has confirmed this statement several times.
>Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, MACC

Hate to disappoint you, Rick, but Mowat threatened to use a .22 against
b-52's flying at about 30000 feet. Obviously a symbolic threat only.
Not only that, but it was a threat only, he never claimed to have actually
shot at one (at least in the canadian press).

The goofiest part of the whole story was the US customs officials who offered
to meet him in the middle of the Peace Bridge on the Canada-US border
(over the Niagra River!) to discuss his case. (the middle of the bridge 
consists of 4 lanes of traffic, and maybe a sidewalk)
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