British citizen creates national uproar in Quebec

[Grallon]

... I was refering to Grallon elequent post earlier in the thread when he was responding to oex by saying he was pissing in the face of the rest of us.

Cant seem to bring myself to respect someone after reading something like that.

This is what I wrote, read carefully this time:

...But then again I've said it before and I'll keep on saying it, if only to piss in the face of our canadian posters' conceits, their nation is based on the denial of ours.  All sorts of convoluted arguments are constantly used to justify said denial.  And nowhere is it more obvious than when it comes to our language laws...

As usual you read only what you wanted to read in order to comfort your own prejudices - like so many others here whenever I write something.  Personally it's bad faith and hypocrisy I can't stomach. 

This btw is no doubt why Oex hasn't bothered wasting his time with a thoughtfull reply: there no sense speaking to people who won't listen; one might as well try to engage a wall in a conversation: deaf, blind, dumb!




G.

[Oexmelin]

It's not quite that I haven't bothered - if I thought these discussions were completely useless, for me or my interlocutors, I would have dropped them long ago - it's more that I don't have the time right now.

[crazy canuck]

It's not quite that I haven't bothered - if I thought these discussions were completely useless, for me or my interlocutors, I would have dropped them long ago - it's more that I don't have the time right now.

When you get the time it would be great if you would provide a response to Garbon's question.  As always I am interested in your view.

[crazy canuck]

This btw is no doubt why Oex hasn't bothered wasting his time with a thoughtfull reply: there no sense speaking to people who won't listen; one might as well try to engage a wall in a conversation: deaf, blind, dumb!

G.

Someone who was an opponent of your cause would hope that you, and not people like Oex, Rex and GF, spoke for your movement.  Your rhetoric I can easily ignore.  The others are thought provoking and over the years have made me reconsider my views.

[The Minsky Moment]

ou si c moi ki l'écris.

How can you advocate French language laws and then refuse to speak French?

[HVC]

ou si c moi ki l'écris.

How can you advocate French language laws and then refuse to speak French?

Grey Fox secretly longs to be a klingon

[garbon]

Et alors?

Vous etes tous plein de liberte d'expression aux STATES, comme dirait Elvis. Fait que t'a pas besoin de t'excuser mon petit schtroumpf.

We only really care about freedom for Americans.  What's a dead junkie have to do with anything?

[garbon]

This btw is no doubt why Oex hasn't bothered wasting his time with a thoughtfull reply: there no sense speaking to people who won't listen; one might as well try to engage a wall in a conversation: deaf, blind, dumb!

G.

Actually I was quite interested in hearing an answer to my question...that's always been the rub for me.

[Grey Fox]

ou si c moi ki l'écris.

How can you advocate French language laws and then refuse to speak French?

I refuse to use the frozen in time French the Académie deemed to be the French.

[Grey Fox]

This btw is no doubt why Oex hasn't bothered wasting his time with a thoughtfull reply: there no sense speaking to people who won't listen; one might as well try to engage a wall in a conversation: deaf, blind, dumb!

G.

Someone who was an opponent of your cause would hope that you, and not people like Oex, Rex and GF, spoke for your movement.  Your rhetoric I can easily ignore.  The others are thought provoking and over the years have made me reconsider my views.

I like being included with Oex & Rex. Makes me feel...good. 

[grumbler]

ou si c moi ki l'écris.

How can you advocate French language laws and then refuse to speak French?

Grey Fox secretly longs to be a klingon

[grumbler]

I enjoyed this thread because it really allowed me to see a completely foreign mindset held (apparently) by a significant number of people located not far away.  I have always been fascinated by Canadian issues and views, because it is "the familiar made unfamiliar" - that is, Canadians can seem so much like me, but then sometimes show themselves to be completely unlike me.

I don't take sides in any of this.  I don't have a dog in this fight, though I think I (and many Americans) can learn a lot by observing what Canadians succeed at and fail at (and the reverse is also true) precisely because Americans and Canadians are similar but distinctly different.  I cannot wrap my mind around the concept of "collective rights" and (at least some) Canadians probably cannot wrap their minds around my concept of individual rights, but that makes the mutual explanations more valuable, not less.

[Zoupa]

Et alors?

Vous etes tous plein de liberte d'expression aux STATES, comme dirait Elvis. Fait que t'a pas besoin de t'excuser mon petit schtroumpf.

We only really care about freedom for Americans.  What's a dead junkie have to do with anything?

Gratton, pas Presley.

[garbon]

Must be someone irrelevant then.