Sigh, the ever ugly us vs. them again.
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Historically, when a group was conquered, they were either completely assimilated (yes, ala borg without the tech) or slaughtered. In our more enlightened age, we no longer consider that acceptable.
Quebec suffers from an (unreasonable IMO) fear that it will loose its culture and be assimilated. From there it just turns into a pissing match.
Trudeau understood the issue, but in his arrogance tried to force it. Mulroney tried a more conciliatory approach within the constitution, but paranoia is a hard thing to deal with.
Language is the ultimate expression of a culture. It captures all the nuance and quirks of a culture. Try delving into humor in another language and you begin to appreciate that.
In reality as humans, we are all much more alike than different and I just wish humanity would take the collective rod out of its ass and get on with the really important stuff.
I always loved to visit Quebec because the have a love of life that we Anglos just don't. It would be a shame to loose that.
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Last edited by fredk; 09/15/10 12:04 AM.
