Sounds like a disaster about to happen!


>There is and it has been going on for quite a while. A number of Quebecois (that word itself should tell you something) want the province of Quebec to secede from Canada. They consider themselves French people locked into an English country. Even today, without secession, there are laws about French being the official language of Quebec and rules about bilingual text. Not only are all signs required to contain both French and English words, the French text must be at least as large as the English. I am not making this up.
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>For whatever it's worth, one side of my family is from Quebec, just over the Maine border. I grew up with people with last names like Giguere, Ouellette, Gagnon (pronounced "gone ya"), Dubay, and Fernant. Even the jokes are Frenchman jokes. In Maine they don't tell Polack jokes or whatever, they tell Frenchman jokes. Even the Frenchmen tell Frenchman jokes.
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>>Can I ask an ignorant American question please? Is there really a heated debate going on between 'Canadians' and 'Quebecers' (ok not sure what a person from Quebec is called)? Isn't everyone born in Canada Canadian? Or is that the argument? Do those from Quebec want to be known as Quebecers instead of Canadian and actually separate from Canada? What about those in Quebec that want to remain a part of Canada? Are they still Canadian? This is beginning to sound like the War Between the North and the South...
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>>>>>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.
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>>>>>>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."
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>>>>>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.
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>>>>Your last sentence contradicts your second sentence. Thanks for clearing that up! :)
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>>>Oh yeah right I forgot that words could fall in that category. Anyway twist it the way it pleases you the most. As long as you have the last word.
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>>>>You are using the 4th definition of nation?
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>>>>http://dictionary.reference.com/search?db=dictionary&q=nation
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>>>>By that definition, Toronto's Little China, Little Italy and Little Portugal are Nations. What would they gain from being officially recognized by "mere politicians"?
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>>>No more time for that topic. Too complex to debate over here and I'd end up against all the Canadians over here. That could become nasty in no time. Anyway it looks like you found a definitions that pleases you. I'm glad for you.