[Canada] Canadian Politics Redux

[viper37]

[garbon]

Are there men who don't think with their penis?

[Agelastus]

Are there men who don't think with their penis?

Eunuchs? The ones who can only think about their penis, not with it.

[garbon]

I was so transphobic - transmen.

[Grallon]

French style Laicite is not Canadian. Wearing a kippah, turban, or other religious head-covering is widely acceptable, in spite of the sputtering and fuming of a handful of cranks.

We are not Canadians remember?  And no in Quebec this bullshit is *not* widely acceptable.



G.

[Malthus]

... is, ironically enough, a billboard you could not post in Quebec. 

To make the irony clear, "Linguistic identity is like a penis ... "

[Valmy]

I was so transphobic - transmen.

You Monster!  I am going unleash a twitter mob on you and get you fired from your job.

[garbon]

I was so transphobic - transmen.

You Monster!  I am going unleash a twitter mob on you and get you fired from your job.

Hey I recognized the problem.

[Valmy]

You are worse than RuPaul.

[viper37]

Are there men who don't think with their penis?

yes, most of the time.

[viper37]

... is, ironically enough, a billboard you could not post in Quebec. 

What's the point of posting something that 65% of the population won't be able to read?

[viper37]

But Viper, it is a welcome practice here according to the Charter, and according to a whole lot of people.

Not when it comes to identification.

French style Laicite is not Canadian. Wearing a kippah, turban, or other religious head-covering is widely acceptable, in spite of the sputtering and fuming of a handful of cranks.

It is acceptable in France, too, so long as your face isn't entirely covered so as to render any identification impossible.
Really, what's the point with increased security measure and cameras everywhere if all you need to do is pretend your religion forces you to cover yourself entirely and be exempt from any form of formal identification when required?

[Grey Fox]

... is, ironically enough, a billboard you could not post in Quebec. 

To make the irony clear, "Linguistic identity is like a penis ... "

Is this an actual position? that Religiousness = linguistic identity?

If so, I am very, very disappointed in my anglo cocitizen. I expected more from Canadian that what I would get from Americans.

[Valmy]

Malthus enjoys trolling the Quebeckers way too much for you to take his opinions too much to heart.

[Malthus]

... is, ironically enough, a billboard you could not post in Quebec. 

To make the irony clear, "Linguistic identity is like a penis ... "

Is this an actual position? that Religiousness = linguistic identity?

If so, I am very, very disappointed in my anglo cocitizen. I expected more from Canadian that what I would get from Americans.

Both are aspects of self-identity that people find very important - they have that in common. Not that they are the same in all ways.

Asking for someone to not "push religion" on their kids is like asking for them not to "push their language" on their kids - it is, in effect, asking for people to abandon an important aspect of their culture.

As for "do not write laws with it" - well, the irony of a person from Quebec posting with approval a billboard that would be illegal in Quebec for exactly this reason ought to be apparent, no?