New Quebec Language Law silliness: "Le Magasin Walmart"

[Richard Hakluyt]

Excelpt that "Wal" is short for Walton, the company's founder, not a misspelling of "wall". :p

I KNOW

Always annoying when a fellow assumes one has an IQ of 50 

[Grey Fox]

"I say the compromise of using the trademark + a french description under it is a pretty good one.

Like The Brick does. In Quebec it's Brick : Magasin de Meuble.

For God's sake, why make it obligatory?  Are hundreds of Quebeckers wandering into Walmarts and Costcos thinking their movie theaters or night clubs? 

Because the mandate of the Office is to be a pain the ass to everyone, especially the English speakers.

[Scipio]

French-Canadian cultural reinforcement combines the worst aspects of Canuckistanianism, and Frenchiness, to create a people that would rather bitch and wave their cigarettes at each other than make a living.

[Neil]

Are French-Canadians that god damn dumb that they need every company to have a description of what they are?  Are they so insulated and isolated from reality and the global economy due to their obsession with maintaining a cultural and linguistic heritage from overlords who possessed their territory for less than half of their history that they have totally lost touch?  Wow.

Yes, French-speakers are less than the rest of us.  Unfortunately, they're too craven to separate.

[Caliga]

Attacking our precious Walmart?  That's like setting our flag on fire.  THIS WILL NOT STAND.

[Jacob]

Yes, French-speakers are less than the rest of us.  Unfortunately, they're too craven to separate.

Who rates lower in your view? French-speakers or Russian-speakers?

[Ed Anger]

Polish speakers.

[Neil]

Yes, French-speakers are less than the rest of us.  Unfortunately, they're too craven to separate.

Who rates lower in your view? French-speakers or Russian-speakers?

The Russians, obviously.  Sure, the French are inferior next to the Anglosphere, but they're still a part of the West.  Also, the French had dreadnoughts (although only two of them were any good).

[viper37]

Are French-Canadians that god damn dumb that they need every company to have a description of what they are?

That is not the point.

Are they so insulated and isolated from reality and the global economy due to their obsession with maintaining a cultural and linguistic heritage from overlords who possessed their territory for less than half of their history that they have totally lost touch?  Wow.

Some people would really like it to be true, the same people who agree with Canada's idea of a cultural firewall, the same people (english&french) who envy China's control of the media, but again, that is not the point.

[Zoupa]

I love qc threads.

Seeing all the anglos froth at the mouth always makes for a good show 

[viper37]

Plus it establishes that their signs have to be changed at the whim of a bureaucrat.

Which is the core of the debate here.  Not that english canadian media will report it that way of course.
It's not unusual for the citizens to go to court against various government office because bureaucrats have a creative way of interpreting the laws.  It's not unusual for the government, the elected body representing us, to sit on the fence and claim "independance" when it suits them.

Judgement against the government have been numerous.  Wether it be the creative interpretation of the construction laws by the Commission de la Construction du Québec or the creative interpretation of what your revenues should be by Revenu Québec, corporations and citizens go to court every day against their government to have their rigths respected.  It's not like Walmart is some unique case just because it's about a trademark.  But it's damn sexier than "Citizen sues Revenu Québec for harassment".

[viper37]

Yes, French-speakers are less than the rest of us.  Unfortunately, they're too craven to separate.

Neil perfectly embodies Canada's spirit about their minorities 
But he'll be the first one to bitch once the US start annexing his provinces one by one.

[viper37]

I love qc threads.

Seeing all the anglos froth at the mouth always makes for a good show 

the sad part is that none seem to get the issue here, even if it's just about overzealous bureaucrats.

[Zoupa]

French-Canadian cultural reinforcement combines the worst aspects of Canuckistanianism, and Frenchiness, to create a people that would rather bitch and wave their cigarettes at each other than make a living.

Aren't you from Mississippi or some other shithole? 

[garbon]

I love qc threads.

Seeing all the anglos froth at the mouth always makes for a good show 

the sad part is that none seem to get the issue here, even if it's just about overzealous bureaucrats.

Sorry but as much as we Americans don't get to conveniently separate ourselves from our politicians - you don't either.