Comments on: Why I love Quebec

By: protogenes

protogenes — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:00:10 +0000

And also, it’s not just one death, but there were bombings, killing innocent people before the October Crisis.

This is nothing Quebec should be proud about.

The “calling the blogger to task on this point really is an exercise in political correctness purity”, is not that, but pointing out the blogger’s lack of historical knowledge in this area.

By: protogenes

protogenes — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:56:02 +0000

” Especially when everyone in his right mind, in Quebec, condemned the perpetrators.”

Sorry, but that is just plain wrong…they were heroes to many.

By: Patrick Lagacé

Patrick Lagacé — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:43:36 +0000

I second Fagstein on his « one casualty » comment. It is not being insensitive to point out that the October crisis, a volatile moment in Quebec’s history if there was ever one, ended up with « only » one death. Especially when everyone in his right mind, in Quebec, condemned the perpetrators. Quand on se compare, on se console : Bosnia, Zimbabwe, Tiananmen, anyone ? Calling the blogger to task on this point really is an exercise in political correctness purity. So, yes, Faguy, good point.

By: David Pinto

David Pinto — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:56:32 +0000

Because Québécois French is so funny-sounding.

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Whoa, Fagstein! You are cruising for a bruising.

You’d better hope that Richard Martineau, Benoit Aubin, Josee Legault and half a thousand other Francophone commentators don’t see that comment.

Better yet, stay home on June 24!

By: protogenes

protogenes — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:58:25 +0000

“OK then, recent history. It still shows that while we take politics seriously, we stop ourselves from going too far.”

Strangling an innocent man with his own crucifix is going too far.

By: Fagstein

Fagstein — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:37:41 +0000

OK then, recent history. It still shows that while we take politics seriously, we stop ourselves from going too far.

By: protogenes

protogenes — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:56:32 +0000

“Because the single biggest and most violent political crisis in our history produced a single fatality.”

Which was one too many. This should not be on a list like this.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:38:13 +0000

Re: #6. Really? Then I guess it's a good thing the Patriote Rebellions doesn't count, I'm supposing... To leave out the progenitor of all future political crises, and other political crises and atrocities that we Québécois tend to affiliate with our history.

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