>>>>I was watching my favourite intellectual quiz show last week: "QI", and one of the questions was "What is the nationality of a person from the USA?". I kinda missed the answers. Now a lot of them would say "American" but that essentially refers to the continent; a Canadian could equally call himself "American" (as indeed could a Mexican, Bolivian or Chilean - "North" or "South" aren't included).
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>>>>So what is the nationality?
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>>>I can not answer that anymore.
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>>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6174986.stm
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>>>"Nation" is becoming blurry here in Canada to me at least. Now the people from the province of Quebec are calling themselves a Nation. Oddly enough, even if you're a Canadian Aboriginal, I suppose Native American would still apply?
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>>>IAC, if you're born in Quebec of French descent, you're now Canadian and part of the Quebecois Nation - although I suppose "they" want to discriminate against anglophone native (born there, not aboriginal) expatriated Quebecers (like me), since I'm not of French background. I wonder how they plan to include French descent non native Quebecers, say one born in Alberta as Quebecois (pronounced keh bec wah, fyi)
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>>>As a child, I was beaten up in Quebec for sounding/being English and then beaten up in Alberta for sounding/being French. I guess the "great thinkers" need to be beaten up a little. It changes ones' perspective.
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>>Awww good memories. If you feel nostalgia getting to you come on over to the province of Quebec. With the way you talk about us I'm sure we could find someone to beat you up. And if you're lucky you could get get back to Toronto in the same plane that got you here ;-D



>I would appreciate understanding this is all. The idea of a "Nation" is what I don't understand.

I won't get into that with you. I don't have the time nor competence to do it right. I guess that a basic definition of the term should be enough for you.

>I should point out that "Under the Criminal Code, it is an offence to knowingly utter or convey a threat to cause death or bodily harm to any person."

You took that seriously. Come on you're not serious even with the smiley at the end. Come on. Then again I understand because you don't know me. There's not an ounce of violence in my body. I believe in the power of words not fists.

>I said nothing "against" Francophones. The "great thinkers" I referred to are politicians.
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>Francophones have not been a "nation" before. Multi-culturalism is about coming together, not separating, no? What is the perceived gain for Francophones?
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>1 - Aboriginal peoples call themselves nations and live in reservations.
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>2 - Should every nationality in Canada declare themselves "nations"?. What will Quebecois mean then? Every person of multiple nationalities should declare themselves members of several nations?
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>3 - "Canadian" will become meaningless.
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>I know you need not convince me and you need not defend your decision to believe in this idea. In fact, if you feel better for doing it, great! I hope something good comes of it.