Quote Originally Posted by Hurin_Rules
No one has died due to the French separatist movement since the 1970s. Separatists have been allowed to create their own parties and will be allowed to separate from the country should they get a sufficient majority in a plebiscite. This lack of violence is generally what occurs when you act with reason and restraint. Perhaps Israel should take notice.
The (extremely, painstakingly, blatantly) obvious difference in the two situations is that the French seperatists are not trying to murder us on a daily basis. And if you remember the one time they did, we responded with an immediate and heavy-handed use of military force. Martial law was declared and Canadian soldiers were patrolling the streets in Quebec with fixed bayonets.

It's very easy for us to sit here and say "But if you'd just be nice to the terrorists they'll go away." But we haven't lost any family members to bombs.

And by the way, I'm pretty sure you are wrong about this part:

Quote Originally Posted by Hurin_Rules
and will be allowed to separate from the country should they get a sufficient majority in a plebiscite.
I guarantee you that no sitting Canadian government (not to mention Beirut and his chainsaws) would allow Quebec to unilaterally seperate even if 100% of Quebeckers voted "Oui."