tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post1304137450995356419..comments2024-02-17T03:22:53.951-05:00Comments on No Dogs or Anglophones: Rampant Discrimination Alive & Well in 'Modern' Quebec Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-3629598269709906962018-04-16T05:13:02.515-04:002018-04-16T05:13:02.515-04:00Si on ne m'avait pas dit d'avance qu'e...Si on ne m'avait pas dit d'avance qu'elle portait un "hijab", je ne l'aurai même pas remarqué.<br /><br />En plus, à lire les commentaires, je pense que j'ai vu plus de gens en colère contre elle que contre Bissonnette.Guillaumenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-90743856420950444752018-04-13T16:48:28.427-04:002018-04-13T16:48:28.427-04:00Mr. Sauga here. Philip, I can't possibly than...Mr. Sauga here. Philip, I can't possibly thank you enough for writing above, <i>"There remains in Quebec a serious conundrum, a situation whereby immigrants are needed to shore up the population because of the anemic birth rate amongst Quebec francophones.</i><br /><br />Look at that...they've become self-loathing, these <i><b>"Québécois de vieuille souche"</b></i>, and I love it! They mercilessly criticized the late Mordecai Richler for his book <i>Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!</i> where he described women producing babies like sows under the oppressive thumbs of the community pères, curés, monseigneurs and abbés. For 200 years, ending with <i>la Révolution Tranquille</i> these numbnuts decided to stop getting busy in the bedroom and end <i>la revanche des berceaux</i>. Ya live by the sword, ya die by the sword. The duped numbnut majority had and has it coming for living by the sword.<br /><br />Mel, if a fulmination didn't take place for this reason, it would have been by another. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-91429885850995579962018-04-13T16:33:27.529-04:002018-04-13T16:33:27.529-04:00Mr. Sauga here. WHOOPS...ONE VERY BAD TYPO! Wher...Mr. Sauga here. <b>WHOOPS...ONE VERY BAD TYPO!</b> Where I wrote <i>If they want to do this in THEIR OWN country</i> that should instead read OUR country. My bad!<br /><br />There are moments I wonder if we should have abolished the death penalty even though I favoured it being prevented from being discussed back in 1988. I can't stomach honour killings, but let's face it. Most wars and hostilities take place over religion. Maybe our world should become areligious!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-54729718876833458382018-04-13T16:23:48.492-04:002018-04-13T16:23:48.492-04:00Mr. Sauga here. complicated, hold it right there,...Mr. Sauga here. complicated, hold it right there, buster! This country was founded on <b>CHRISTO-JUDAIC</b> principles! Judaism came before Christianity, and since you study the same "Old Testament" (Torah, really, or the Five Books of Moses). <br /><br />Having lived in France partially gives away your point of view, because God knows, they're rabid racists over there, many of them. Being the Motherland, that tells you right there why western white Francophones are small-minded xenophobes (think Le Pen, think bigots).<br /><br />You write <i>"There are muslims who immigrate here and who integrate very well and dress like us and have similar values to us..."</i>. Yeah, and yet the girls (daughters and wives) have husbands, fathers and brothers who will commit "honour" killings against their own flesh and blood. If they want to commit such barbaric acts in their sick, backward countries, what can I say? If they want to do this in their own country, they should be put to death in a most cruel and unusual way. Death by a thousand cuts comes to mind. I have neither time nor mercy for animals of that magnitude. The same should be done to Al Assad of Syria. Another evil incarnate, and a chip off the old block! <br /><br />As for those who walk over the border, to the best of my knowledge, only about 8% were given asylum, the rest sent right back where the came from, or back to the Old Country.<br /><br />The Syrian refugee fiasco was a "Gorgeous" Trudeau staged performance to show what a great open-minded liberal person he portrays himself to be. He's also a Muslim lover and a Jew hater à la Papa! Move the Canadian Embassy to Jerusalem? When pigs could fly! While Sheer said he would, I wouldn't bet on it.<br /><br />In all fairness, though, I am inclined to agree with you to a point, i.e., "When in Rome..." I too see the hijab and burqa as signs of subserviency, but some women choose to wear them completely of their own free will. It's frustrating because we can't tell those who choose against those who are coerced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-26420803943242997342018-04-13T16:13:35.641-04:002018-04-13T16:13:35.641-04:00Something tells me that the timing of the fulminat...Something tells me that the timing of the fulmination was not an accident.IAmMelancholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690099721215969251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-8898565879776142582018-04-13T14:46:43.751-04:002018-04-13T14:46:43.751-04:00You make some very interesting points, much of whi...You make some very interesting points, much of which I agree with. What drove me to write this blog piece was the personal and gratuitous vilification of this young Muslim girl by the media and politicians. If the province decides to restrict policewomen from wearing veils so be it, but do so in a respectful manner. There is in Quebec an undeniable racist undertone to what may be a legitimate debate. Philip Berlachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11300001582273880138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-43865326753136799312018-04-13T13:31:51.837-04:002018-04-13T13:31:51.837-04:00 You know Philip I have mixed feelings about this... You know Philip I have mixed feelings about this debate. There is no doubt that the PQ and CAQ are pandering to the nationalist vote who feel threatened by all these funny looking foreigners. <br /><br /> However I also believe at some point you have to defend some basic principles of any country. This country was founded by Christians and based on christian principles. It seems that we are at a point now that you cant even use the word Christmas as you will offend all the ethnic minorities and heaven forbid anyone wear a crucifix even though this country was essentially built by christians and for christians. <br /><br /> At some point if you want to maintain an identity for your country you have to defend some fundamental traditions. I have a problem with Muslim women walking around with their faces covered..a real problem..if you come to Canada a christian country then you should dress and act like a Canadian. I can guarantee you that western women are not allowed to dress anyway they want in Saudi Arabia. The turban in the RCMP and military also to me should be disallowed. Get another job if you are not willing to dress like a Canadian and representing our country in its most overt traditions. <br /><br />I have lived in France and their immigrant policy is a total disaster especially with respect to fundamentalist Muslims..there are all sorts of tensions between these immigrants and the native french population because of the clash of cultures and they are now large enough in numbers to threaten the identity of France. Look at the constant terrorist attacks there often by native born Muslim men. <br /><br /> At some point there has to be some limit to the number of immigrants you let into a country with cultural values that are very different to that of the country of immigration. Hence the rise of Le front national and other nationalist parties in France. We are not at that point yet in Canada but at the rate we are going we will be there in another generation. There are muslims who immigrate here and who integrate very well and dress like us and have similar values to us and then there are those who do not and its time we question how many of these immigrants we allow into our country. <br /><br /> The notion of multiculturalism works to a point but when you start to have too many immigrants with vastly different cultural values then it becomes a problem as the very nature of your country is at threat of changing and eventually you could literally lose your country. Just look at the thousands of people walking across our border and we house them feed them and often let them stay here permanently even though they have broken the law. Look at how we absolutely flipped out over the Syrian refugees somehow deciding that we needed to bring in tens of thousands within 6 months even though we did not have the resources to deal with them. The schools in Montreal are overflowing with newly arrived immigrants and the school boards do not have the resources to deal with this. And why did we suddenly vault Syrian refugees ahead of all the other refugees int he world..because of one picture of a dead boy on a beach..very sad dont get me wrong..but there are countless horror stories as bad as this from other areas all over the world and we dont prioritize those people. And lets not forget that the intervention of the west in the middle east way back in 2003 essentially destabilized countries like Syria so another argument for not interfering..anyway I digress. <br /><br /> So its easy to point the fingers at the CAQ and the PQ as being racist..but at some point we all need to be realistic about this issue also and stop being so scared of defending our basic traditions. And please dont label me a racist or xenophove..I have many friends who are immigrants..my grandparents were immigrants but I believe there are desirable immigrants and undersirable immigrants..those that will fit in well and those who will not..lets call a spade a spade and stop being so politically correct about this. <br /><br />complicatednoreply@blogger.com