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To: E. Charters who wrote (77415)	9/25/2001 7:29:49 PM
From: Bruce Robbins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116876

OT"Je me Souviens" You are really ill informed and ignorant to boot. If you want to learn something, please find a copy of the poem that this line comes from and read it. In essence, it is a thank you poem to the British for being civil enough to let Quebec keep its own language, law code and religion after the Plains of Abraham. Your continued hatred of Quebec makes your cut and paste mind gather twisted information to support your cause. You should apply for a job with CNBC LOL.

To: E. Charters who wrote (77415)	9/25/2001 9:23:53 PM
From: gilbert leblanc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116876

You know, one of the great movie, of Federico Felini is Amacord, which in Italian means "Je me souviens." I don't see why you are so upset about those words. On the North Carolina plate, the slogan is "First in flight" and is a reference to the Wright's brothers. Do North Carolina people should forget about their past. I don't think so. I still maintain that our last sentence is tainted with racism. Imagine this sentence write by a Talisman. "The only solution as I see it to go into the USA and impregnate all their women with Islamic babies. (Not too onerous a job, as the women there are very good looking) The children will have to respect the Taliman rules and that will solve the problem." If you change the word impregnate by rape, you have a military technic that was used and still used by barbarian invaders. (With our vast culture, I suspect that you are quite aware of it.) And about "Les maudits anglais", I was called "frog" and "buveur de Pepsi" when I was young. But like wrote Bob Dylan, I'm an artist, I don't look back. In others words, stop our childhood attitude and be an adult. Yours truly, Gilbert Leblanc p.s A la prochaine bataille (vielle expression québécoise).

To: E. Charters who wrote (77415)	9/25/2001 9:34:40 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116876

I speak passable French French, and I found that in Montreal people were quite accepting and hospitable, and willing to let me communicate in their language, and also in the country. But in Quebec City I was treated with a certain insolence and answered in imperfect English, making clear a disdain of my capacity to communicate in "their" Special Language. Big difference between accommodatng Montreal and priggish, nationalistic Quebec city. There is defintely a lot of regional chauvinism. But only in Quebec city, as far as I could tell. Oh, was also treated with great cordiality in the Francophone district of Winnipeg this summer. I think the closer you get to the Chateau Frontenac, the snottier things get.

To: E. Charters who wrote (77415)	9/30/2001 10:32:54 PM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116876

Eric, Well they are actually losing the war for separatism in Quebec because the young are voting with their feet and leaving the province. As the separatist old guard ages it is being replaced by a far more pragmatic group that actively learn English and are thus bilingual. They are then able to travel and take jobs out of the province and they do. Those that remain are older and fewer than before. Quebec has fallen below replacement level in natural births, even with the large fees paid for children. The French immigrants from former french colonies, like Haiti, are also in favor of English even as they speak French. Year by year the buttering of bread beats out separatist rhetoric. Bill