Bird brained in Quebec

[npchilds at connect.ab.ca]

Indeed, and Quebec nationalism has always had a history of defining itself
by isolating Others as not 'real Quebecers', or to use the vernacular not
'vrai laine', or roughly 'true wool', or old francophone stock;
non-catholics, jehovahs witness, anglos, jews, immigrants of color,
aboriginal. Saying who a quebecois is not has always been easier to use as
a political weapon than saying who is and acting inclusively.

A sad part of the history of the human race.

P.C.

P.S. And insisting that you're a 'Canadian', not an 'Ontarian', 'Nova
Scotian' (aka Bluenoser) or 'Albertan' just gets you laughed outta the bar
anywhere in Canada.

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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 09:07:46 -0500
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
Subject: Re: Bird brained in Quebec

Funny, though, how often nationalism produces this stuff, isn't it?
You need all those despised excluded Others to define the nation. And
once you've defined the nation, you want to establish a nice
hierarchy within it. I suppose there are exceptions, but they're not
easy to find as this sort of thing.

Doug

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