Originally Posted by wyldblyss

Oh good grief, this is GFY, you get idiots like that in ever thread. If you take things like that to heart, then GFY is not a place you should be posting.

And actually, although I do not live in Quebec, my family IS french, and no, I do not take offense to it. I find the French people who are so for seperating to be so narrow minded. I am for ALL of Canada...regardless of whether you are black, white or purple. I don't care if a person is Catholic, Buddist, or Jewish. I couldn't care less if they spoke Indian, Italian, French or English. Canada is a melting pot, that is a GOOD thing. Each race, each religion, each culture should celebrate what makes them special, but they should also celebrate being part of this great country called CANADA. Therein lies the problem. Many in quebec can't see past their nose..they can't see anything BUT Quebec....BUT the french....and that pisses the rest of us off. You are part of a whole, whether you like it or not...there is more to this country than Quebec....and you are NO MORE important than the Arabic people across the street and the Italian people that live next door to me.

Here in my city, we have what is called Carrousel of the Nations. It would you good to fly out and catch it here, it might be an eye opener for you. What is it? Well for a couple of weekends, tons of differnt cultures celebrate their heritage and have areas set up. For instance at the Greek one you will find Greek dancers, food, clothing and events. You find polish, caribbean, czech, italian etc. Streets are blocked off...and thousands spend a couple of weekends going from one culture to another. Soaking up their music, their food, their culture and having a BLAST. Yes, we even have a French one. It teaches you that we are more than individuals, we are part of something very special. I can go the the Italian area, dance in the streets, have Italians hugging and kissing me...eat their amazing food....they celebrate their uniqueness, but at the same time, they celebrate it with ME.

In Quebec, there are so many closed minded people, that think that it is only important for the French to perserve their culture...that if they cut themselves off that somehow they will preserve what they love. It is by opening yourselves up to others that are not french that you preserve it. It is by celebrating who you are with others, and with your family and community that keeps your culture strong...not by trying to wall yourselves up and hating everything that is not French.

You are special, but no more special than anyone else....and until Quebec gets that thru their heads there will continue to be problems.