Yay! I voted in a real election

[notyoueither]

Nuke Quebec from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Just make sure the SC is in session and aim a bit towards that building.

[Ninot]

From Orbit? You think you need plans that elaborate to nuke Quebec?

[notyoueither]

That plan isn't too elaborate. It's what you do when the aliens are overwhelming.

[Ninot]

If only Canada had the means.

[notyoueither]

KH says we could produce the munition in a few days or maybe a week.

He's smart. He makes things go.

The trick would be to sponge off NASA to the tune of about 30 million of us taking off into orbit.

[Ninot]

that 30 million would be better spent on funding youth hockey.

[notyoueither]

We already have 30 million plus fully invested in hockey.

Actually, we better not give the Yanks ideas.

Providing the lift capacity could be a cost effective way for them to greatly enlarge their nation, and get the oilsands.

No oilsands for Yankees. Have to write that into the contract.

[notyoueither]

No lumber either. And no James Bay!

Those bastards stay their side of the border, or it's no deal.

They can have Toronto though, as a tip.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by nostromo
Oncle Boris and Richelieu

You're both very patient. Wezil is obviously trolling. Galis isn't trolling, but don't bother trying arguing with him.

Only partially. I truly believe the separatist movement is xenophobic bordering on racist (and crossing the line at times). That said, I really don't care and I am tired of the debate for the most part.

No one mentioned Boisclair and the "slant eyes" comment?

PQ insider slams Boisclair for 'slanting eyes' comment
Last Updated: Friday, March 16, 2007 | 1:38 PM ET
CBC News
May Chiu, a prominent Péquiste who was the first Chinese-Canadian candidate to run for the Bloc Québécois, has slammed PQ Leader André Boisclair for using a French expression that means "slanting eyes" to describe Asian students.

Chiu — who ran unsuccessfully for the Bloc in the 2006 federal election and is now working on PQ candidate Zhao Xin Wu's campaign in Montreal — warned that Boisclair's refusal to apologize for the comment would jeopardize the inroads that his party has made with Quebec's Asian population.

PQ member and former Bloc Québécois candidate May Chiu.
(CBC) "With one remark in two seconds, I think he has done a lot of damage with the work and the bridges that these candidates have built with the community," Chiu told the CBC on Thursday night.

Boisclair spurred controversy when he used the expression les yeux bridés (slanting eyes) Wednesday night in a speech to students in Trois-Rivières, when he talked about the influx of Asian students coming to study in North American universities.

Chiu said Boisclair's reaction to the outcry following his remarks revealed his ignorance.

"I think that you've got to be extremely disconnected with reality if you don't realize that calling people slanted eyes has been an insult to Asians for the longest time, and is still used as an insult."

Continue Article

The PQ leader refused to withdraw his comments on Thursday, arguing the expression is commonly used in a non-derogatory way in the French language, and most Quebecers would agree with its use. He also said he was amazed by the discipline and success of the Asian students.

But Chiu urged Boisclair do his homework.

"He doesn't know the experiences of Asians in Quebec, the experiences of racial minorities. If he thinks Quebecers will stand behind him, they will not stand behind a remark which is so harmful to so many Quebecers of Asian descent."
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I clipped the end of the article (election results). Full article here:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/quebecvotes2007/story/2007/03/16/boisclair-slanted-eyes-reaction.html

[Spiffor]

"Yeux bridés" in French, can be racist, or not.

It is a perfectly normal and non-derogatory term when referring specifically to that bodypart of the Asians (their eyes).

It is often a derogatory term if it refers to the Asian people, and not just their eyes. In my experience, it's a mild word however: there's much worse.

Now, don't get me wrong: it was obviously a blunder of Boisclair not to apologize if he offended many Asians. A good way to lose votes. But his comment about "yeux bridés" doesn't indicate that he is a racist himself.

[Wezil]

Can I call you a frog?

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by Wezil
Only partially. I truly believe the separatist movement is xenophobic bordering on racist (and crossing the line at times). That said, I really don't care and I am tired of the debate for the most part.

And yet, each and every of your claim has been factually debunked.

No one mentioned Boisclair and the "slant eyes" comment?

Boisclair said, texto: "En allant étudier à Harvard, j'ai été surpris de voir tant d'étudiants avec les yeux bridés."

"When I went to study at Harvard, I was surprised to see that many students with slanting eyes."

He used this example in a discourse about globalization, in which he argued that Quebec should strive to open itself to the world.

Surprisingly, the National Post didn't mention that part. Meanwhile, Don Cherry still works for the CBC.

[Fake Boris]

But they can be trusted, right? After all, they only published a column this summer claiming that Iran had passed a law forcing its Jewish population to wear a yellow star.

National Post: protecting the world against prejudice.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Oncle Boris


And yet, each and every of your claim has been factually debunked.

You keep saying this. Are you hoping it will become true? I'm not trying to convince you Fake Boris, that is impossible.

Boisclair said, texto: "En allant étudier à Harvard, j'ai été surpris de voir tant d'étudiants avec les yeux bridés."

"When I went to study at Harvard, I was surprised to see that many students with slanting eyes."

He used this example in a discourse about globalization, in which he argued that Quebec should strive to open itself to the world.

Surprisingly, the National Post didn't mention that part. Meanwhile, Don Cherry still works for the CBC.

Listening to the defence/excuses on this issue is like listening to southerners defend the confederate flag.

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by notyoueither

Actually, now that I look closer, I am thinking things have not changed so much until recently.

Let's give the PQ, or other nationalists, another crack at the ability to use the notwithstanding clause, shall we? Even Kings of Alberta have been too embarrassed to use it. Meanwhile, it is required fare for the daily consumption of the policies that make Quebec 'French'.

Get your facts straight. The notwithstanding clause was invoked by Bourassa's Liberal government.