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    Quote Originally Posted by SwedishFish View Post
    I think Quebec has every right to break away from Canada. It's primarily French speaking, has been doing this for a while. Why don't we just give these French Canadians some freedom?
    Lester B. Pearson said it best. Canadians do not need to be liberated.

    Quebec may be primarily French speaking, but it has not only a significant English minority, but no reason to break away from Canada. In addition to this, Quebecois have been given referenda in the past on the issue, and each time have rejected it. Quebecois culture is protected by federal law to an almost dictatorial level when it comes to the English and English-speaking Quebecois living in Quebec. Quebec has as much reason to seperate from Canada as Bavaria does from Germany. None.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars View Post
    Lester B. Pearson said it best. Canadians do not need to be liberated.

    Quebec may be primarily French speaking, but it has not only a significant English minority, but no reason to break away from Canada. In addition to this, Quebecois have been given referenda in the past on the issue, and each time have rejected it. Quebecois culture is protected by federal law to an almost dictatorial level when it comes to the English and English-speaking Quebecois living in Quebec. Quebec has as much reason to seperate from Canada as Bavaria does from Germany. None.
    You support rebellious areas that seek independance, yet not support non violent seccession groups ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SwedishFish View Post
    You support rebellious areas that seek independance, yet not support non violent seccession groups ?
    I support the specific South Ossetian case for a very specific reason. Quebecois are hardly oppressed even remotely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars View Post
    I support the specific South Ossetian case for a very specific reason. Quebecois are hardly oppressed even remotely.
    Oppressed. Laughable at best.


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    Quote Originally Posted by SwedishFish View Post
    Oppressed. Laughable at best.


    Free Quebec.
    Quebec doesn't need freedom. Canadian governments don't just not bother them, but actually bow and scrape to their every desire. Not only that, but Quebec has been granted two referendums, and Quebec voted to stay with Canada. I'm willing to bet that the Bloc would lose votes in Quebec if they actually pursued the seperatist agenda.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars View Post
    Quebec doesn't need freedom. Canadian governments don't just not bother them, but actually bow and scrape to their every desire. Not only that, but Quebec has been granted two referendums, and Quebec voted to stay with Canada. I'm willing to bet that the Bloc would lose votes in Quebec if they actually pursued the seperatist agenda.
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    Conservatives appear to have an eighteen point lead over the Liberals.

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    Free Quebec. Free Tibet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SwedishFish View Post
    Free Quebec. Free Tibet.
    this might actually be an interesting discussion without the endless spamming....................

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    Quote Originally Posted by SwedishFish View Post
    Canadians may not need to be liberated, but Quebecois do.
    Quebecois are Canadians.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars View Post
    Quebecois are Canadians.
    Hopefully not for long.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SwedishFish View Post
    Hopefully not for long.
    Please tell me you're being sarcastic. The majority of Quebecois, even, do not want independence from Canada.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars View Post
    Please tell me you're being sarcastic. The majority of Quebecois, even, do not want independence from Canada.
    "the motion to decide whether Quebec should secede from Canada was defeated by an razor-thin margin: 50.58% "No" to 49.42% "Yes"."
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    Quote Originally Posted by SwedishFish View Post
    "the motion to decide whether Quebec should secede from Canada was defeated by an razor-thin margin: 50.58% "No" to 49.42% "Yes"."
    They defeated it nonetheless, and the recent trend I believe has shifted towards the No.

    Really, read some of Canada's laws on French - they're so unbelievably biased towards Quebec I can't think why anyone except the most brainwashed person could believe that Quebecois have any reason to split from Canada - and they're certainly not oppressed.

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    Free Tibet!
    Free Quebec!


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