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  • #31
    Originally posted by KrazyHorse
    Canada treats its French citizens better than Quebec treats its English citizens, and has since well before you or I was born.
    This is just ridiculous. Look beyond the laws- French Canadians outside Quebec may indeed have more 'rights', but in practice they don't have nearly as much access to schools, hospitals, goverment services as the anglos in Quebec.
    In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.

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    • #32
      The most pathetic thing about Quebec & France is their insecurity/persecution complex.
      In case you didn't know, KH is an anglo
      Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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      • #33
        Originally posted by KrazyHorse
        Victimisation complex. For a long time in Quebec the power structure was mainly English and English-educated French. This began changing 45 years ago. Nowadays the English in Quebec is there because of the preponderance of English in the rest of North America, not because of 200 years of oppression or whatever. But instead of recognising that, there's still a very ugly undercurrent of hatred toward the English in French Quebec.


        Sure, lots of people in Montreal speak English, and that has nothing to do with the wave of anglophone immigrants sent by Britain, nothing to do with the fact that the city was controlled by the English minority till the 70s.
        In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.

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        • #34
          And what a bunch of ****ing BS that article is.
          In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.

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          • #35
            I agree, its a POS.
            Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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            • #36
              Well at least the Francos here recognize English as the superior language and agree to communicate with it.
              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
              Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "

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              • #37
                I predict this thread a long and trollish life.
                In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by nostromo


                  WTF do you mean? I thought romanians were francophiles.
                  In general yes; however, I have a sense that an important balance that used to exist has been shattered and that the BQ and its cronies will stop at nothing to stamp out the practice of speaking English in Quebec.

                  I had nothing against becomming more French when I was living in Cannes, but here and now, I do.
                  "The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
                  -Joan Robinson

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                  • #39
                    Originally posted by Victor Galis
                    I had nothing against becomming more French when I was living in Cannes, but here and now, I do.
                    Why?
                    bleh

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                    • #40
                      Because it should not be necessary for me to become any more French to live in this part of Montreal. I certainly don't need it at the university. Why should a majority of the businesses within 1-2 blocks of an English-speaking university be staffed by people who prefer to speak French? Why should all signs posted be in French?

                      edit: Besides, speaking French here would ruin my accent
                      "The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
                      -Joan Robinson

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                      • #41
                        Because it should not be necessary for me to become any more French to live in this part of Montreal. I certainly don't need it at the university. Why should a majority of the businesses within 1-2 blocks of an English-speaking university be staffed by people who prefer to speak French? Why should all signs posted be in French?
                        If you don't want to learn french, you don't have to. You're supposed to be able to be served in both english in french. If they greet you in french, speak in english and they'll switch to english. Maybe the difference from the last time you were here is that french is now the default greeting language in some places.

                        I know, the area west of St-Laurent is more french than it used to be. Since its obviously a problem for you, you can always hang out further west.
                        Last edited by Nostromo; September 18, 2006, 14:53.
                        Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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                        • #42
                          Silly Canadians, allowing the existence of just two official linguistic groups to cause problems

                          At least you're not Belgians
                          THEY!!111 OMG WTF LOL LET DA NOMADS AND TEH S3D3NTARY PEOPLA BOTH MAEK BITER AXP3REINCES
                          AND TEH GRAAT SINS OF THERE [DOCTRINAL] INOVATIONS BQU3ATH3D SMAL
                          AND!!1!11!!! LOL JUST IN CAES A DISPUTANT CALS U 2 DISPUT3 ABOUT THEYRE CLAMES
                          DO NOT THAN DISPUT3 ON THEM 3XCAPT BY WAY OF AN 3XTARNAL DISPUTA!!!!11!! WTF

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                          • #43
                            The real tragedy here is that I will one day forget my French entirely as the result of living in Quebec. I would like to take this opportunity to blame the BQ in advance for this right now.
                            "The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
                            -Joan Robinson

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                            • #44
                              ?
                              In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.

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                              • #45
                                The real tragedy here is that I will one day forget my French entirely as the result of living in Quebec. I would like to take this opportunity to blame the BQ in advance for this right now.
                                indeed. Let me get this straight. You don't want to have anything to do with us quebecers, you don't want to bother to learn french, you long for the good old days when you had the anglos on one side of town and francos on the other, yet you're afraid of forgeting your french completely. And you blame the BQ for this sad state of affairs, a political Party without any real power to influence anything?

                                I suspect that you're suffering from culture shock. Where were you all these years, btw?
                                Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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