Language Police to Force Children to Speak French During Recess

[Berkut]

Oex is a great guy, and even tempered may even be pretty accurate, but I would not call him moderate.

Who would you call moderate?

Other than me?

I'll have to get back to you on that.

[Admiral Yi]

MIM is my prototypical moderate.

[Razgovory]

Teach.  Moderation is generally apathy toward the political process.

[The Brain]

I am a Farist.

[Malthus]

I think this is more controversial because it's Quebec than it would be if it were, say, London.  I've said before that my impression is that the Anglo-Canadian press seem to have a pre-determined template of story about Quebec and they force something like this into it. 

On the other hand part of the issue could be that the assumption you automatically have with Quebec stories is that it's against English.  When, in fact, my impression - from very far away - is that Montreal is one of the great immigrant cities of North America.

That may well be so in general, but this story is hardly an example of it. As stated above, it was a news story in the (French) press in Montreal first, that got picked up in the Anglo press. 

[Jacob]

Other than me?

I'll have to get back to you on that.

That's what I figured 

[Oexmelin]

You always say this after you've had an argument with Malthus et al about French vs English.

It probably owes more to the fact that Languish gets on my nerve in recurring cycles, and that Canadian politics are now perhaps the only threads I participate in. Plus I am currently overworked and tired. Though I still think that Malthus - whom I appreciate - takes an awfully smug tone in these usual debates.    Add to the fact that I more and more subscribe to what Mihali wrote a few days ago; and I still mean what I said when I thought that Languish was reactionary. I'd explain at more length if I wasn't so tired, and if I knew that my words wouldn't be needlessly twisted; that might have make for an interesting discussion.

@Berkut: you are right. I don't think I am a moderate. But one can express one's conviction with moderate words, I hope   But I think Jacob's point - that you hold yourself as a consumate moderate, and therefore judge people by their distance to your own position, holds more than a kernel of truth... 

Anyway, have fun.

[alfred russel]

I hope you come back soon Oex.

[Zoupa]

I can't see any problem with this to be honest

With the discussion, or with Oex maybe leaving, or with French Canadian teachers hitting students in the back if they are heard speaking something other than French during their free time?

Don't ever change, Berky-poo.

[Zoupa]

The whole thing is purely symbolic - language politics as usual in that province.

Fair and balanced as usual, Malt. 

[Zoupa]

T'en fait pas poulette. J'tiens les rosbifs occupés en attendant que tu reviennes.

[HVC]

Mmmm roast beef

[Neil]

Speak white.

[Ideologue]

You always say this after you've had an argument with Malthus et al about French vs English.

It probably owes more to the fact that Languish gets on my nerve in recurring cycles, and that Canadian politics are now perhaps the only threads I participate in. Plus I am currently overworked and tired. Though I still think that Malthus - whom I appreciate - takes an awfully smug tone in these usual debates.    Add to the fact that I more and more subscribe to what Mihali wrote a few days ago; and I still mean what I said when I thought that Languish was reactionary. I'd explain at more length if I wasn't so tired, and if I knew that my words wouldn't be needlessly twisted; that might have make for an interesting discussion.

Well, I'm not reactionary.  You splitter.

And Mal, for all his fine points, and he has many, of course (he's one of my favorite people here) can be smug about anything.

Also he never gave me any feedback on whether I was interpreting the PMPRB guidelines correctly.

[HVC]

You know what he said so you can't tell him to speak white