tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post5482656786914644273..comments2024-02-17T03:22:53.951-05:00Comments on No Dogs or Anglophones: A Case of Bad Taste All AroundEditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05699783315783642466noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-30039493097751345272012-09-14T15:53:19.948-04:002012-09-14T15:53:19.948-04:00Very droll. Ed, if you want to have a look at Sand...Very droll. Ed, if you want to have a look at Sandy McTire, just pull out some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tire_money" rel="nofollow">Canadian Tire Money</a> and presto! There he is wearing his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tam_o'_Shanter_(cap)" rel="nofollow">Tam o' Shanter</a>.True Montrealernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-46261977223437294662012-09-14T12:55:09.241-04:002012-09-14T12:55:09.241-04:00ED, I think you are confusing the McTire family wi...ED, I think you are confusing the McTire family with the McTeers. We are a rather obscure branch of an ancient Scottish clan that has lived since time immemorial on a small island in the Outer, Outer Hebrides known as The Isle of Rubbah. Its present population is 16 souls and 750 sheep. <br /><br />Most of the McTires emigrated to North America many years ago. But our old home island is a very tolerant place where they still speak four languages - the gaelic (of course), english, french (in memory of Bonnie Prince Charlie), and sheep whispering. Thus we proud descendants of the Isle of Rubbah McTires have always approached the Quebec question with the open minds and language tolerance which characterizes our ancestral home. And we'll tak a cup o kindness yet - for auld lang syne Sandy McTirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-76251574115912197882012-09-14T00:17:07.738-04:002012-09-14T00:17:07.738-04:00Not forgetting one's roots and staying true to...<strong>Not forgetting one's roots and staying true to them.</strong><br /><br />Yeah sure, just like Jennifer Lopez, “Jenny from the block”. If this were actually the case, Dion would have stayed true to her career in French, just like so many other genuine artists who sing in Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian or any number of European/African/Asian languages.<br /><br /><strong>Celine's Anglophone fans went on to continue liking her music</strong><br /><br />Anglophones outside Quebec have no idea that the ADISQ awards even exist. Virtually all of them had no idea that she herself existed until she started singing in English ("continue liking"??). I remember when she did this performance for the Quebec audience… it was understood then that she was trying to tell her original francophone fans that she was still loyal to them and wasn’t selling out… even though she selling out.<br />R.Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-77255230602186290412012-09-14T00:00:14.411-04:002012-09-14T00:00:14.411-04:00Sandy McTire
++++100 Sandy McTire<br />++++100 Seps counting downnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-5597473320216889802012-09-13T23:19:35.939-04:002012-09-13T23:19:35.939-04:00Yannick,
What a canard! You have beeen lying in t...Yannick,<br /><br />What a canard! You have beeen lying in the weeds waiting for a thin reed with which to play the race card because on other threads I criticized you for a wiilingness to defend remarks about Nazis and because I suggested that you look deep within yourself as on more than one occasion ,out of all the countries in the world where atrocities take place, you chose to criticize Israel and without any relevance to the thread.<br /><br />In the present instance, you have ignored the context of the quotation, fabricated an irrelevant analogy and reached a conclusion that challenges the bar set by former UQUAM student Stephane Russell on another thread where after a lengthy analysis he concluded that Canada is a fascist country.<br /><br />The quotation is from a thread where someone asserted that French was an important global language. I opined that it was not because it is spoken only in Quebec, New Brunswick, a few other parts of Canada, France, part of Belgium, part of Switzerland. Monaco, Luxembourg and then elsewhere where one is rather unlikely to visit.There is nothing bigoted about pointing out facts. There is nothing wrong with learning or speaking French, but let us not exaggerate its importance globally.<br /><br /><br /> Unfortunately, you have such blinkers on that you are unable to focus. On this blog several persons have commented that you are an apologist for separatists and others. It is obvious from your comments that you are indeed an apologist, but the person you really should apologize for is yourself.<br /><br />Incidentally, my wife is a Quebecoise and a highly experienced therapist. She is the one who read your comments and suggested to me that you need to look deep within yourself.<br /><br />And by the way, I have cousins who are Acadians so I am well acquainted with French in New Brunswick. John Krugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-69387052956997295352012-09-13T23:11:18.456-04:002012-09-13T23:11:18.456-04:00FROM ED BROWN
Sandy, I love what you said. It'...FROM ED BROWN<br />Sandy, I love what you said. It's right on. McTire is not a very common name. Are you by any chance a member of the McTire family who mother was the wife of Prime Minister Joe Clark. Incidentally, about yje sarcasm. It comes from having straight forward simple words twisted into some ambiguous meaning and made a mockery of. It makes one feel like, "why do I bother." EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-83016635589906026542012-09-13T22:36:31.014-04:002012-09-13T22:36:31.014-04:00FROM ED BROWN
Bouchard led his side in one referen...FROM ED BROWN<br />Bouchard led his side in one referendum. He knows it's impossible. Francophones might vote for a sepratist government but they only want to feel supreme over the english. They don't want separation. They will say "to hell with her. It's my welfare will be gone when we lose the transfer payments. If you want them to vote no just ask them if they can live without income. EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-89505316932867835502012-09-13T22:29:00.322-04:002012-09-13T22:29:00.322-04:00The little shit-disturber who couldn’t pay his own...The little shit-disturber who couldn’t pay his own rent, then eventually paid it in cash in an envelope left in his landlord’s mailbox, is hired by the CSN union (rather than continuing his supposedly important studies) and has just now flown off to France as a guest of the Communist newspaper <em>L’Humanité</em> in the suburbs of Paris. <br /><br />Wow, who ever saw that one coming?<br />True Montrealernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-7072625159377564982012-09-13T21:48:27.883-04:002012-09-13T21:48:27.883-04:00This restaurant had an English name but the judge ...This restaurant had an English name but the judge asked the owner to change it! It's outrageous!<br />http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/b4te+Neiges+forced+change+inappropriate+name/7239040/story.htmlMarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-91405390773546851712012-09-13T21:29:32.053-04:002012-09-13T21:29:32.053-04:00Too bad I missed this interesting discussion about...Too bad I missed this interesting discussion about colonization. Just an interesting quote from american historian Francis Parkman about the different attitude of different colonizers toward natives :<br /><br />"les Espagnols les ont tués, les Anglais les ont dispersés et les Français les ont épousés"<br /><br />This is a gross simplification of a complex reality, yet, it is no wonder that a large part of the métis people speak french...<br /><br />@JBG,<br /><br />You wrote : "Once, I told Michel Patrice on another website that I was thoroughly tired of the "colonisé, opprimé, écrasé" victim mentality. Now, I'm ready to re-examine that opinion, having read so many Anglophones' comments [...]"<br /><br />That's nice...Michel Patricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355096630819086323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-85449033286450913032012-09-13T21:27:34.237-04:002012-09-13T21:27:34.237-04:00BTW, just wanted to leave today's comment thre...BTW, just wanted to leave today's comment thread with the following three words about the PQ/seppie movement's present direction:<br /><br />CAUSE & EFFECT<br /><br />To be continued next thread.<br /><br />But let me put it to you this way...<br /><br />When a major sovereignist head of state declares that the seppie agenda won't work and MUST be abandoned, it's time to listen. Resident Evilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-37429581804073635302012-09-13T21:24:50.267-04:002012-09-13T21:24:50.267-04:00Man is Quebec ever hopeless.
First, that pencil-n...Man is Quebec ever hopeless.<br /><br />First, that pencil-necked little twerp, Leo Bureau-Blouin capitalizes on his 15 minutes to lock-in an 80K-a-year job at 21.<br /><br />Since that's more money than his summer job at Dairy Queen paid, he'll have no problems with the fact that he'll only see $62K of that salary. <br /><br />Oh wait, he promised to give away 25% of his salary to charity. How sweet - $46000 is what he gets.<br /><br />Still pretty good change for a 21-year-old.<br /><br />Good show young man...well played!<br /><br />Next up to bat, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.<br /><br />He didn't have a taste for politics (not just yet anyways), but he did have a taste for tapping into a body that is more powerful than government in Quebec.<br /><br />His new play?<br /><br />http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/09/13/lancien-leader-etudiant-decroche-un-emploi-a-la-csn<br /><br />And a "well played, sir" goes out to this spoiled middle-class communist too.<br /><br />So that's your lesson...right there...<br /><br />Incite spoiled, Beavis-and-Butthead students to "recognize their financial oppression" and have them torch small businesses, halt subway systems, loot the offices of politicians, threaten the lives of right-leaning journalists and you are building a career on what other countries would view as building a rap sheet.<br /><br />Incite cultural disharmony and you get the top job in provincial politics. Attend a funeral resulting from the animosity you created and you come off looking like you have a heart.<br /><br />I'd follow that up with yet another "well played..." but the problem is this - playing the Quebec electorate isn't that hard.<br /><br />I'm positive a few apologists will jump in and try to deny what I'm saying, but the proof's in the voter volatility.Resident Evilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-25923579711919071402012-09-13T21:08:50.530-04:002012-09-13T21:08:50.530-04:00The man René Lévesque was Edgar Trottier, a homele...The man René Lévesque was Edgar Trottier, a homeless WWII veteran. It happened on February 6th, 1977, at 4:15AM on the bend of Mcdougall Rd. (i.e. southbound Côte-des-Neiges Rd.) next to the Gleneagles building. Lévesque had been partying at his buddy’s place, radical separatist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Michaud" rel="nofollow">Yves Michaud</a>, and was driving back home with his mistress, Corinne Côté, as his passenger. Even though a pedestrian was waving his arms to warn him of the danger, Lévesque struck Trottier and dragged his body along the road for 140 feet. Mysteriously, there was no breathalyser test administered by the police. Good buddy Michaud later testified that Lévesque didn’t have a drop to drink during the previous evening and night. However, Lévesque was fined $25 for failing to wear his glasses while driving a car on the night in question. He immediately paid the fine.<br /><br />Presumably top Journal de Montréal journalist Jean-Denis Lamoureux went light on the premier in his coverage. Lamoureux had also killed a Canadian military man. He planted the bomb that killed Walter Leja in 1963, although it took 29 1/2 years of pain and suffering at the Veterans Hospital in Ste. Anne de Bellevue for Leja to finally die after being maimed by the terrorist/separatist bomb that Lamoureux set. Lévesque later hired Lamoureux as his chief of communications in August 1984.<br /><br />Today, Marois acts as if the PQ were a squeaky clean party. It makes me ill.<br /><br /><a href="http://montrealaisorigine.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/il-y-a-33-ans-rene-levesque-tue-un-pieton-en-pleine-nuit" rel="nofollow">Il y a 33 ans, René Lévesque tue Edgar Trottier</a><br /><a href="http://coolopolis.blogspot.ca/2009/07/more-edgar-trottier-memories.html" rel="nofollow">More Edgar Trottier memories</a><br />True Montrealernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-27189085981396012852012-09-13T20:16:08.724-04:002012-09-13T20:16:08.724-04:00There wasn't one because the gunman had a Fren...<br />There wasn't one because the gunman had a French surname. If he would have had an English surname, there would have been a State funeral. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-9780740283748073052012-09-13T19:09:40.387-04:002012-09-13T19:09:40.387-04:00An “anglophone” is someone who speaks English. Cél...An “anglophone” is someone who speaks English. Céline was more than happy to become a multi-multi-millionaire by singing in English and yet felt it appropriate to slap anglophones in the face by rejecting an “anglophone” award. In other words, it’s acceptable to profit from being an anglophone but not by being called one. That’s not inspiring integrity at all.True Montrealernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-57051266985413266802012-09-13T18:45:45.344-04:002012-09-13T18:45:45.344-04:00FROM ED BROWN
To keep the record straight, I didn&...FROM ED BROWN<br />To keep the record straight, I didn't write the ten laws above. I doenloaded from C.L's rants and raves.<br />I don't post o R and R bbut I do read it for fun. EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-19755610352373236212012-09-13T18:36:46.362-04:002012-09-13T18:36:46.362-04:00Funny, I would have expected Yannick to defend a f...Funny, I would have expected Yannick to defend a francophone who turns to singing in English to become a huge star then turns around and spits in the face of anglophones by refusing an award for singing in English. I wonder what lofty principle it is that Yannick thinks she was defending...S.Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-30101549867860621442012-09-13T18:10:28.859-04:002012-09-13T18:10:28.859-04:00Typical, FLQ murders not significant. 1 mentall...Typical, FLQ murders not significant. 1 mentally deranged shooting an innocent = attack on democracy. <br /><br />Then I guess Lortie was a coup d'etat or a revolution?Jarry Streetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-75753121401946711932012-09-13T18:02:23.115-04:002012-09-13T18:02:23.115-04:00JBG,
"Most of the countries in La Francophon...JBG,<br /><br />"Most of the countries in La Francophonie are places where most people are unlikely to ever set foot unless they are in the mining business."<br /><br />Is there something factually incorrect about this statement?<br /> <br /><br />John Krugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-87813736188414581572012-09-13T17:47:07.400-04:002012-09-13T17:47:07.400-04:00SQ, the world is watching. There are many more! We...SQ, the world is watching. There are many more! We'll be exposing them to help you direct your honorable and honest efforts.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk1Qot2B19ESQ?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-30522878149381287542012-09-13T17:38:21.562-04:002012-09-13T17:38:21.562-04:00The hypocrisy of it all: Marois, with blood on her...The hypocrisy of it all: Marois, with blood on her hands for having incited a disturbed person to kill people because of her racist hate-filled campaign, suggests a civic funeral where she can mingle with voters, unlike her attitude in Ile Bizard where she always shows up at the grocery store dressed to the nines and snubs everyone. John Krugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-13037127149046348462012-09-13T17:14:43.997-04:002012-09-13T17:14:43.997-04:00I see from Anonymous-Ed Brown, above, that biting ...I see from Anonymous-Ed Brown, above, that biting sarcasm is the order of the day. I have a different approach - I sit back in a comfortable chair, pour a generous scotch, and read my favourite souvrainiste blogs. I am not sure why so many of the folks who comment on this blog are so worked up about a PQ minority. The sovereignists are foaming at the mouth and quite beside themselves about the results of the election -blaming the ON, Quebec Solidaire, Pauline Marois, the english, the allophones, the spineless fellow franco Quebecois who let them down, etc. Surely that is an important clue. If the hard core sovereignists are upset then the followers of this blog should be delighted. Confusion to the enemy !!<br /><br />And forget all this nattering about Bain being a precursor to waves of angryphones, wall to wall english on the Plateau and lions whelping in the streets. No one seems to have absorbed the fact that he was wearing a bathrobe and sandals, not a red coat and a busby. No - that's far too obvious ! There has to be an anglo conspiracy ! And on it goes, joining non-existent dots.<br /><br />No, dear friends, I respectfully suggest that nothing is better for the anglophone minority than to get the PQ and their identity politics out in the spotlight, with a minority, where they will be hammered, daily, by CAQ and PLQ MNAs who smell power. This is definitely going to be a gong show. So try a few fingers of Lagavulin - water only - it has a smoky quality that suits the present atmosphere in Quebec.<br /><br />Cheers Sandy McTirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-6348387939215557582012-09-13T16:11:24.657-04:002012-09-13T16:11:24.657-04:00Better yet:
3) Bill 101 will be amended to restri...Better yet:<br /><br />3) Bill 101 will be amended to restrict the use of English in households with more than ONE occupant.adskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-77004017662941644182012-09-13T15:26:12.916-04:002012-09-13T15:26:12.916-04:00Don't forget #11, all flowers besides lilies w...Don't forget #11, all flowers besides lilies will be banned from Quebec, and a special branch of government will be created to ensure the extinction of the thistle, the rose and the shamrock.EDMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963035472241877292.post-8306049886287979062012-09-13T14:50:10.947-04:002012-09-13T14:50:10.947-04:00Effectivement cette tentative de fusillade a une f...Effectivement cette tentative de fusillade a une forte connotation politique et Denis Blanchette a servi en quelque sorte de bouclier.La balle qu'il a reçu semblait effectivement destinée à Madame la première ministre.S.Rnoreply@blogger.com