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Originally Posted by Xelebes
And I still think you are missing the point. Why is there so many separatists and "soft nationalists", whatever that means? What triggered the sentiment? What triggers the sentiment? Why are trucking out the same old soundbites?
I mean, it seems that you are only here to beat over the Quebeckers' heads with your ham of same-old, trucked-out canards. The Quebeckers here are trying to shake off the old coat while you are grappling them to don the coat once more, shaking a little itching powder into it. Showing so little respect for people in other regions is not condoned on the site. I'm going to have to ask you to stop and think about what you are doing.
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Congratulations to you Xelebes for having the lucidity to ask the right questions - questions which are not frequently asked in this country to be quite honest.
Before and since moving to Quebec, I struggled to try and go beyond the classic "separatists are just a bunch of dummies who just don't get it" logic.
I mean, there are Quebec separatists who have PhDs who are renowned international experts in their fields...
Quebec separatists who speak multiple languages and are active in international business...
Quebec separatists who are English Canadians...
Quebec separatists who are Jewish...
Quebec separatists who are Africans...
Quebec separatists who founded some of the larger Canadian corporations...
The "dummy who doesn't get it" explanation just doesn't cut it...