An intolerant people named Québec

Originally Posted by Phoque le PQ

Despite my vivid hatred towards Pierre Trudeau (no one has contributed more to the division of this country), I have to conceed one thing to him: nationalism leads to intolerance.

And Québec is an intolerant society (despites "ours" electing a cokehead who used public funds to satisfy his vice). I had the most vivid proof last week. The two following pictures show what left-wing hippies do to freedom of speech. The one with 2 guys in it show posters of Mario Dumont, head of a centre-right provincial party, who will give a conference at Université Laval on Wednesday. The other one is the legend under the posters: «à saccager» (to be destroyed). When a member of our group asked why this was there, one of the hippies (the long haired one on the picture) aswered quote: "We are just taking out your posters so we can put ours". Stupid fuck...

This intolerance goes along other stupid things. In 2004, the major Quebec City radio station was closed down because of tis content (but it managed to survive). Among those who were happy about it: sovereignists, labour unionists, hippies... All of whom CHOI (the radio station) were denouncing for their behaviours. A PQ MNA from Quebec City clearly said it: had CHOI been for separation, we would have supported it!

Quebec, a tolerant society? I think not!

You might want to have that 'vivid hatred' looked at, sounds like it can lead to problems.

Your complaints are that political groups are disrespectful towards each other's propaganda/posters? Well no shit. Happens all the time, and happens from each side of the political spectrum. Nothing to do with Quebec. Or is it just that this example is of the 'wrong' side doing it? Or perhaps it's just that it's hippies? You are a little unclear.

CHOI was shut down because of it's political leanings? That's bullshit. Their license was not renewed due to violations of the 'Radio Regulations 1986', and CHOI-FM's Code of Ethics. It was *not* the content or the political nature/side, it was the way in which things were presented. Inapropriate language (even by CHOI-FM's stated ethics), and personal attacks were what caused this. http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/NEWS/RELEA...04/r040713.htm

I was recently in Quebec (Lachine, right beside Laval), and yes, things are different there. However, I don't see how this is a particularly intolerant province. All the provinces seem pretty insular actually, it's just that Quebec is more vocal, and there is the more prominent language difference which accentuates things.

So really, what's the problem?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by ArrowHead

This is an English country.

I always heard this rumour that Canada was bi-lingual. Have I been mislead all these years?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

You do realize that considering 'Canada' to be seperate from Quebec is asinine right? I mean, yeah, your Ontario friends, or Alberta friends etc. would be accurate, but your seperatist attitude does little to help get your point across.

Have you comlained about not having a french rep at the post office? Did you go to a real post office, or one that is just a corner of a quick-E-mart/drug store? Also, I'm not aware that having the option to deal with government issues in English/French means that they must have a person of each language available on hand at all times. Having the option, doesn't mean that it will be immediate. Just like if someone in Ontario wants their government mail in French, they have to make a request to get it in that language.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Phoque le PQ

Excuse me? did you look at my name/sig? then you would know i'm not separatist. Besides, most politicians from this province (provincially wise) consider quebec to be distinct

And you've chosen to regurgitate their terms without noticing that it has a seperatist conotation. You can claim to be anti-seperatist all you want, but if you consider Quebec to be outside the realm of Canada then you might want to think about that.

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