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Re: Its the truth?

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Originally Posted by BBKing (Post 34481755)

Kenyan, he says pedantically.

50/50, I would say, being diplomatic.......
Peter Hain's website
"Peter was born in Nairobi, Kenya on 16th February 1950 to Adelaine Florence Hain (nee Stocks) and Walter Vannet Hain. Peter's parents were South African born, his mother of British 1820 settler descent and his father of parents who had emigrated from Glasgow during the 1920's. Peter is the eldest of 4 children: Tom, Jo-anne and Sally.

PeterÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s family returned shortly afterwards to Pretoria, South Africa, at a time when ....."

Quite a lot of my friends in the Forces kids were born in Germany or Cyprus, doesn't make them German or Cypriot. ;)

Re: Its the truth?

They can be Kenyan, Australian or even English just as long as they're not some right-wing nutter like John Howard.

Re: Its the truth?

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Originally Posted by Taf (Post 34481652)

I'd vote for him and his policies...

yep he gets my vote to.

Re: Its the truth?

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Originally Posted by BBKing (Post 34481697)

Fur Gott und Vaterland, eh? That's totally ghastly, I strongly suspect even John Howard wouldn't come out with such utter tripe. And in fact he didn't, as a quick visit to snopes.com can confirm:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/australia.asp

Maybe I should change the thread title to "It's not the truth" ;)