yet all you can do in this thread is call people stupid and ignorant instead of explaining your thoughts. kinda makes you look stupid and ignorant.

What good could come out of it? Most people obviously have their prejudices and propaganda deeply rooted in their minds.

true but do you think you're except from prejudices and propaganda? no one is.

i think you mean the bitch of "Britian", england has'nt existed since the 17th century.

Yes, I can honestly say I am. I always judge a person by his/hers actions, not words, beliefs, skin color and especially not by where they are from. Also, I make sure I know the facts of a debate before saying anything, instead of spurting blatant propaganda and idiotic comments. We're in 2006 now and I can't believe all the crap and prejudices I've read in this thread that still lives on today in our transparent information age.

Knowledge is power.

People should know when they are conquered.

As far as Colonial powers go, the French pretty much got bitch slapped.

Cool...now that they're a nation they can start paying back all the welfare, unemployment and other transfers they've been picking canada's pockets for all these years.

This was PM Harpers way to show Quebec that he cares about them so when the next election comes around he looks like a hero to them. So in turn maybe just maybe more KBEKERS will vote Conservative and give him the majority goverment he so desperately wants.

It's all smoke and mirrors.

I am from Quebec and French but I think this whole nation or separatist thing is a load of shit.

Quebec is one of Canada's province where the majority of people speaks french and that's all it is. No better nore worse then any other province.

Before the first referendum Montreal was a booming city with most of canada's big corp head office establish there. Tons have moved away from there after the 1st referendum, tell me how was That beneficial for Montreal.

I am Proud to be Canadian and also proud to be french but god I hate these fucking seperatist whiners... They should all be shot :321GFY

Exactly. And remember, it's a motion, not a fait accompli.

yea isnt there a lotta history there?

Then apparently you've been looking everywhere but at yourself, because it's fairly obvious you've allowed your own prejudices to dictate your opinions. I never said I hated french, or Quebec, I simply hate the schoolyard BS that myself and everyone else in the country has witnessed for time immemorial. You honestly think the entire rest of the country are that stupid? Or blind? It's a much different picture on the outside looking in, I assure you.

You make no sense at all. In one sentence you say you do not judge a person by their words, and in the next you accuse people of making idiotic comments.

You say you do not judge, but you are judging. As for prejudices, once again, not only do you judge but you make inaccurate assumptions.

I judge people by their words, their beliefs as well as their actions, and anyone that doesn't isn't looking at the entire picture (I do *not* mean religion by the word belief).

I don't understand the thought processes of almost every post here. I love Quebec but some there have a weird view of independance.

I wonder why they insist on being independant to practise they're uniqueness, when Canada is one of the most special countries on the planet BECAUSE of the english/french co-existance. Someone said that was a stupid idea?

I think every province should come up and say "I am a nation". It would back the prime minister in saying this and take the wind out of the sails of the separatists thinking that this is some sort of God send.

British Columbia is a nation too. We have always been this way, and always will be. The closest people we have as friends in the country is Alberta and the Yukon, and an similarity with the maritimes. Quebec is smack in the middle of things with the economic power of leading governments. Get over yourselves. There is bigger fish to fry.

And the stupid redneck from Alberta spouting that racist shit.. you're an idiot. Go back to the moonshine and inbreeding.

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Now that's funny. Why in Quebec we need to call ourserfs Qubecois instead of Canadians.

Do you hear the rest of the country go oh yeah I am a Manitoban or an Ontarian, I am a Saskatchewanian....

I say it's BULL SHIT and just goes to show how fucking stupid "Le Party Quebecois" is, as they are the ones been bitching about this for many many years.

I am moving back to Montreal but I will always be a Canadian.

heh it gets worse, its only all in english and french in the parts of canada where nobody speaks french.

In the french parts of canada its illegal to have english signs..

Thats wrong

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:1orglaugh you frenchies are so easy to set off, it is so funny, this thread can go another 2 pages no problem just with random insults and people quoting them.

So, it is kind of like the Colbert Nation? With a small n, of course.

100 nations in Canada?

hehe to all the Quebecers who will understand this

101 POSTS BITCHES!!!!! :1orglaugh

wasnt good idea really

Because it makes Quebecwades HAPPY Oh Please:mad:

What's wrong with all you people that have a problem with bilingualism? Quebecois french can be used anywhere in the world that speaks french, which is actually quite a lot of people. The United States is so proud to be a monolingual country, so much of the time... but Americans are mocked by much of the rest of the world for it. It's not jealousy; it's head-shaking pity at the confidently isolationist American us/them ethos. Oh well. Maybe the steady increase in the use of Spanish in the US will wake some people up.

It's nice living in a bilingual community, if you don't fan the flames of bullshit by getting all angry at each other. There have been some shitty, shitty laws in Quebec about signs that have pissed me off a lot (you actually are allowed to have english on signs, by the way), but that doesn't mean bilingualism is a bad thing. Usually, children who are raised in bilingual environments have increased linguistic aptitude, and adapt better socially in international situations (obviously).

The kind of people who have a problem with more than one language are people who have probably not traveled much, or have been the type to travel and say "what the hell, these cars are fuckin' tiny!" while they look for the nearest McDonalds and whip they cameras out of their fanny packs and take snapshots of monuments on the way. Some countries actually have three languages (omg!!!), and they get by just fine. It's because they take the time to learn, and realize that some languages can express ideas in different and often better ways than other languages.

Monolingual? Every time I'm out I hear English, Spanish, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog.

Sure would have fooled me.

only real problem i have with it is the attitude i get when i speak english when im in quebec, or the attitude i get when i try and speak french when im in quebec. just can't win unless you talk like them. bilingualism basically doesn't exist in quebec but quebec expects the rest of canada to promote it. kinda hypocritical.

oh snap

http://www.gfy.com/fucking-around-and-business-discussion/680163-quebec-flag-released-pic.html

I hope you're kidding. I work more then 50 hours a week, I have responsabilities, most of the ppl I know are hard workers... I come from a family where I saw my parents working more then 80 hours a week with 5 kids to raise and never complain. I am not a separatist, I speak decent english, and I dont give a flying fuck about the fact that Quebec might never separate from canada... wtf are you talking about you racist IGNORANT piece of shit? How can you insult ppl that you dont even know...'drinking wine' I think you got us confusesd with France GO BACK TO SCHOOL OR STFU. French is a language not a 'way to live' you fucking moron.

LOL :1orglaugh

so tell us where you have travelled in your life, you well educated, well adjusted redneck

It's officially monolingual. Only one American official language, legally. Every country has people speaking other languages, obviously. Well, maybe not North Korea. Anyway, you'll have mini-communities of various kinds, always. But signs in the US are predominantly (almost exclusively) in English, and all legal and political processes are in English. You don't really have to learn another language, but I bet those people speaking the other languages know some English.

Here's an old joke I heard once:
What do you call someone who speaks two languages? A bilingual.
What do you call someone who speaks three languages? A trilingual.
What do you call someone who speaks one language? An American.

you are very well adjusted calling me a redneck, i bet you have not even been to calgary, there is no fucking rednecks here, half the freagin city is filled with easteners now.

I went to Calgary and bought a cowboy hat there.

The funny thing is only tourists wear cowboy hats in Calgary.

Most countries have one official language. I fail to see what you're getting at here.

We don't have legal proceedings in Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, the million different dialects of Chinese, Japanese, etc? Who cares? I sure as hell don't want taxes going towards leaflets in 20 different languages when everyone can easily learn one universal language to easily communicate with one another.

When I go to Central America I don't expect people to know English, I do my best to figure out Spanish.

I read the other day that the EU spends over one billion Euro annually to translate all documents in every language the EU countries use. Thats a lot of money. The UN has 6 "official" languages but predominantly uses English and French. Can you imagine how much money it would cost to translate documents into the hundreds of various languages and dialects the member states use? Holy cow.

There is really no practical reason to have everything written in 2 languages, just like there is no practical reason to have 2 different currencies within the same stabilized countries. Next you'll say we should start accepting pesos, lol.

Look lets break it down for you people, THE WEST runs Canada, we ARE Canada.

I fucking hate french canadians.

Okay, what makes french canadian different then anglo canadians just because they speak french? Im not talking political here. If you wanna talk about fascist nationalist, say nationalist. If you hate ppl simply because they speak a language you cannot understand, you are just plain stupid. What's wrong with ppl on this board?

no there is 0 differences, none at all, i mean nothing, not a single one, zip, zilch, nada, we are the exact same.

that wasnt adressed to you.