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Started by Syt, May 23, 2012, 02:18:18 AM

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Sheilbh

#150
May 24, 2012, 02:01:37 PM
:lol:
Let's bomb Russia!

Grallon

#151
May 24, 2012, 07:17:32 PM
It's 8:11 PM - the pots and pans pandemonium has begun a few minutes ago.  And the neighbors are all out there too!  And the motorists are joining in.  Gods this is invigorating!  Why?  Because for the first time in a long while it seems we are part of something bigger - as if the people was awakening again.  And the best part?  This is all thanks to the idiocy, stubbornness and arrogance of the federalists! ^_^



G.
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MadImmortalMan

#152
May 24, 2012, 08:10:17 PM
Are they chanting "We Are Argentina!"???
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Neil

#153
May 24, 2012, 08:20:00 PM
Except they're uniting behind an evil cause.  If they just wanted to beat down Charest, that'd be fine.  Instead, they're helping someone even worse than Charest:  Students.
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Grallon

#154
May 24, 2012, 08:33:18 PM
Quote from: Neil on May 24, 2012, 08:20:00 PM
Except they're uniting behind an evil cause.  If they just wanted to beat down Charest, that'd be fine.  Instead, they're helping someone even worse than Charest:  Students.

Awww but who could be against Leo!?  He's young, smart, charismatic and so cute!   And he's surprisingly popular with all sorts of demographics.  Some are even beginning to name their unborn male children Leo for Christ sake!  And barely 20 can you imagine!?

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/05/23/les-discussions-reprendront-elles
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~Jean-François Revel

Monoriu

#155
May 25, 2012, 05:24:17 AM
We have similar laws in Hong Kong.  Anybody who wants to organise a protest has to submit the route to police and obtain prior approval. 

Ed Anger

#156
May 25, 2012, 06:38:30 AM
For Gay Fox:

QuoteHow a bizarre legal case involving a mysterious billionaire could force 1.2 million Canadians to be married, against their will.

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/05/quebec_s_de_facto_spouses_the_bizarre_legal_case_that_could_force_1_2_million_canadians_to_be_married_against_their_will_.html

Its slate, so I don't know if it is true or not. But I got a giggle out of it.

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Drakken

#157
May 25, 2012, 06:53:41 AM Last Edit: May 25, 2012, 07:00:50 AM by Drakken
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 25, 2012, 06:38:30 AM
For Gay Fox:

QuoteHow a bizarre legal case involving a mysterious billionaire could force 1.2 million Canadians to be married, against their will.

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/05/quebec_s_de_facto_spouses_the_bizarre_legal_case_that_could_force_1_2_million_canadians_to_be_married_against_their_will_.html

Its slate, so I don't know if it is true or not. But I got a giggle out of it.

Yes, it'sthe Eric vs Lola case. i spoke about it quite a few times here, and it's pending decision in the Supreme Court.

But your quote is erroneous: it's 1.2 million Quebecers (as we are under civil law and we grant no advantage to life partners when unmarried) that would find themselves with common law spouses and forced to pay alimony to them (in addition to the children) in case of separation.

Ed Anger

#158
May 25, 2012, 06:55:33 AM
Slate wrong about something? Shocking.
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garbon

#159
May 25, 2012, 07:01:32 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 25, 2012, 06:55:33 AM
Slate wrong about something? Shocking.

Despite their posturing, people in Quebec are actually Canadians. :D
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Malthus

#160
May 25, 2012, 08:24:47 AM
Quote from: Grallon on May 24, 2012, 07:17:32 PM
It's 8:11 PM - the pots and pans pandemonium has begun a few minutes ago.  And the neighbors are all out there too!  And the motorists are joining in.  Gods this is invigorating!  Why?  Because for the first time in a long while it seems we are part of something bigger - as if the people was awakening again.  And the best part?  This is all thanks to the idiocy, stubbornness and arrogance of the federalists! ^_^



G.

Yeah, who cares what the cause is? It's that wonderful feeling of togetherness that counts. 

One wonders just how quickly an independent Quebec would turn into the Greece of North America ...  :lol:
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Grallon

#161
May 25, 2012, 09:23:10 AM

If that makes you feel better to think it would be the case - by all means indulge in that fantasy.  :P



G.
"Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself."

~Jean-François Revel

Malthus

#162
May 25, 2012, 09:48:08 AM
Quote from: Grallon on May 25, 2012, 09:23:10 AM

If that makes you feel better to think it would be the case - by all means indulge in that fantasy.  :P



G.

A province that is deepest in debt per-capita in Canada, currently accepting massive transfer payments from the rest of Canada, and the political party most interested in seperation is sympathetic to the largest mass-movement in years currently paralizing the government - which is all about agitating for more "free" social services on behalf of non-workers?  :hmm:

Sounds like a good prescription for future financial stability to me, right? I'm sure that, if in power in an independent Quebec, the new government would have no problems whatsoever reigning in spending and balancing its budget.  :D
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane—Marcus Aurelius

Valmy

#163
May 25, 2012, 09:59:45 AM
Malthus does make a good point Grallon.  If you guys went independent would you be willing to have the massive cuts to public spending and services required?  :hmm:
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viper37

#164
May 25, 2012, 03:05:42 PM
Quote from: Grallon on May 24, 2012, 08:33:18 PM
And he's surprisingly popular with all sorts of demographics.  Some are even beginning to name their unborn male children Leo for Christ sake!  And barely 20 can you imagine!?
we got that with every single reality tv show.  This ain't no different for all the matantes* watching TVA/LCN all day long.


*approximate translation: auntie, as in Bart's Simpsons aunt.  Except they may not have a McGyver fetish.
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