DogOnPorch Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 A prime minister in disguise: National Film Board Pierre Trudeau has a reputation as Canada's most flamboyantly dressed prime minister. More than once in his life his unusual taste in clothing has landed him in hot water. While at university during the war, he came across some 19th-century German military uniforms in the attic of a friend. Trudeau and his pal decided it would be a great joke to visit some friends dressed up as Prussian officers. They roared off on motorcycles with the pointed steel helmets on their heads, startling all those they met on the road! While backpacking in the Middle East in 1948, Trudeau adopted the local costume and grew a beard. So well did he blend in with the inhabitants that he was mistaken for a Jewish spy by Arab soldiers in Jerusalem! Only the intervention of a Roman Catholic priest spared Trudeau from being charged with espionage, a crime punishable by death! After he became a member of Parliament in 1965, Trudeau often upset his conservatively dressed colleagues in the House of Commons with his casual attire. His long hair, sandals and loosely tied cravat were definitely beyond the usual standards of dress in Parliament, and he was upbraided for them by former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker http://films.nfb.ca/media/pl_pm/bios/15th_pm_Pierre_E_Trudeau.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCanMan Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 hour ago, DogOnPorch said: Not Europe. WW2 Montreal. Full German uniform. Do you have any pictures of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 minute ago, WestCanMan said: Do you have any pictures of that? No. I don't think there are any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCanMan Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, DogOnPorch said: No. I don't think there are any. I just googled it. PET and a buddy theoretically did it as a prank. Maybe Justin really is his son: dressing up in blackface is one of his favourite things. Edited February 5, 2022 by WestCanMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 minute ago, WestCanMan said: I just googled it. PET and a buddy theoretically did it as a prank. Maybe Justin really is his son: dressing up in blackface is one of his favourite things. PET was from the very upper crust of Montreal elite...so the papers got a hold of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 (edited) Old Quebec money...Fleur-dis-Lis...no 1789 happened there. Edited February 5, 2022 by DogOnPorch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeBeard Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 36 minutes ago, DogOnPorch said: A prime minister in disguise: National Film Board Pierre Trudeau has a reputation as Canada's most flamboyantly dressed prime minister. More than once in his life his unusual taste in clothing has landed him in hot water. While at university during the war, he came across some 19th-century German military uniforms in the attic of a friend. Trudeau and his pal decided it would be a great joke to visit some friends dressed up as Prussian officers. They roared off on motorcycles with the pointed steel helmets on their heads, startling all those they met on the road! While backpacking in the Middle East in 1948, Trudeau adopted the local costume and grew a beard. So well did he blend in with the inhabitants that he was mistaken for a Jewish spy by Arab soldiers in Jerusalem! Only the intervention of a Roman Catholic priest spared Trudeau from being charged with espionage, a crime punishable by death! After he became a member of Parliament in 1965, Trudeau often upset his conservatively dressed colleagues in the House of Commons with his casual attire. His long hair, sandals and loosely tied cravat were definitely beyond the usual standards of dress in Parliament, and he was upbraided for them by former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker http://films.nfb.ca/media/pl_pm/bios/15th_pm_Pierre_E_Trudeau.pdf I can’t seem to drum up any outrage for Prussian military regalia…. How do you do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 minute ago, TreeBeard said: I can’t seem to drum up any outrage for Prussian military regalia…. How do you do it? How many do you keep in your closet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeBeard Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 minute ago, DogOnPorch said: How many do you keep in your closet? Prussian? None. Do you find it disagreeable/outrageous/scandalous to wear Prussian uniforms? You seemed to have the two eras confused... Before, I posted the picture, did you know that they weren’t the same as Nazi uniforms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, TreeBeard said: Prussian? None. Do you find it disagreeable/outrageous/scandalous to wear Prussian uniforms? You seemed to have the two eras confused... Before, I posted the picture, did you know that they weren’t the same as Nazi uniforms? I wasn't around for WW2. But the people of Canada were offended enough, apparently. Snotty rich kid...not fighting in Europe...caught scaring folks dressed as the enemy. Nah...nothing to see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myata Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 3 hours ago, suds said: I have to admit i'm a little disappointed with our 'media'. I think it's sufficient to pronounce that we don't have free and independent formal media any longer (cannot comment for the past). There are many things we're finding out about ourselves in this pandemic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeBeard Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 9 minutes ago, DogOnPorch said: I wasn't around for WW2. But the people of Canada were offended enough, apparently. Snotty rich kid...not fighting in Europe...caught scaring folks dressed as the enemy. Nah...nothing to see... Canada was fighting 19th century Prussians during WWII? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 Just now, TreeBeard said: Canada was fighting 19th century Prussians during WWII? Sealioning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeBeard Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 5 minutes ago, myata said: I think it's sufficient to pronounce that we don't have free and independent formal media any longer (cannot comment for the past). There are many things we're finding out about ourselves in this pandemic. How is the media not free or independent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OntarioRacism2021 Posted February 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 4 hours ago, suds said: I've searched for these infamous nazi flags and all i'm digging up is the same nazi flag (under a f*** you know who flag) over and over again. I have to admit i'm a little disappointed with our 'media'. Same with me. That's all I can find. Also I don't know the purpose of the one or two confederate flag carriers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 1:54 PM, Goddess said: There is talk of inter-provincial mandates on travel. What good is having a charter of rights when the government can poo on it whenever it feels like? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 7:23 PM, DogOnPorch said: I wasn't around for WW2. But the people of Canada were offended enough, apparently. Snotty rich kid...not fighting in Europe...caught scaring folks dressed as the enemy. Nah...nothing to see... Pierre would have been about 20 years old in 1939. I'm glad my family members risked their lives for this country and our allies in ww2 while rich kid Pierre had his face in a book. True patriot just like his son. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, Moonlight Graham said: Pierre would have been about 20 years old in 1939. I'm glad my family members risked their lives for this country and our allies in ww2 while rich kid Pierre had his face in a book. True patriot just like his son. Quebec required conscription as there was little of that 'fight the Nazis' spirit, frankly. PET was against fighting the Germans...and the draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlight Graham Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 minute ago, DogOnPorch said: Quebec required conscription as there was little of that 'fight the Nazis' spirit, frankly. PET was against fighting the Germans...and the draft. Yup they all ran to the hills just like their brothers in France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogOnPorch Posted February 7, 2022 Report Share Posted February 7, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Moonlight Graham said: Yup they all ran to the hills just like their brothers in France. The thing we often forget about Quebec...New France...is that it didn't undergo the French Revolution. So the upper-crust were a rather privileged, self serving group of loathsome individuals. The Trudeau family was/is an example of that old money. Edited February 7, 2022 by DogOnPorch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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