9th July 2004, 9:17 PM
I already agreed that I understood you meant France now that you made it clear. Next time you say it I'll understand and wont have the general view of all the hole planet, But if you were Canadian like me and Fitisize and Neo you wouldnt be thinking that way, Live in Quebec for a year and your view would change. The term french doesnt = France nore does English =England maybe they did at one time but its long outdated.
French isnt just a language or nationality it is a ethnicity and culture.
With the sepratist movement do you not think some dont even concider themselves canadian? Some conciderd seperating and joining the real bloody france like we once were before the brits swamped us.
The view on nationalism is very different in canada , Our Confederation and the term means groups joining together in a union kind of like Nato or the european union accept with a federal goverment to make it concrete as a country,first nations of natives is also part of the union.In canada we have two official languages english and french in our constitution and each politician and member of parliament has to speak it and learn it. The term french is not france in our minds I soppose you have to march up here and tell us were wrong.But how can you prove it outside of your opinion?
Do you understand my point? The term french isnt clear cut in my country.
If you had a bunch of states 80% french speaking the next time you said the "french this and that"! You would be having some people confused thinking your statement was about the people of those states.Especially if you had french as a official language like we do. Quebec is a province name you dont have to be a francophone to be called a Quebecor when I lived in new brunswick I was a new brunswicker or Maritimer being there 8 years but I moved back so I am a Quebecois again , The term Quebecois is more asociated with being french but its like being a Texan, Your not a white red neck cause you live there.Unless Quebec seperates which I hope we dont, it wont be a nationality, So the term french sticks for alot of french quebecois the term Canadian is asociated with being English the bloody Queen of england is our head of state!
America doesnt have linguistic rights in its constitution the U.S asimulates like Rome did, No groupings or unions like the canadian confederation.The two major groups still sticking out our the blacks and Hispanics cause they cant just drop a language and convert cause they still look different and were segregated not so long ago.
Truth is its fvcking complicated lets stop and leave it at that.
But I hope you realize the term french isnt the same up here just cause we dont view it the same way you do doesnt mean were wrong.
French isnt just a language or nationality it is a ethnicity and culture.
With the sepratist movement do you not think some dont even concider themselves canadian? Some conciderd seperating and joining the real bloody france like we once were before the brits swamped us.
The view on nationalism is very different in canada , Our Confederation and the term means groups joining together in a union kind of like Nato or the european union accept with a federal goverment to make it concrete as a country,first nations of natives is also part of the union.In canada we have two official languages english and french in our constitution and each politician and member of parliament has to speak it and learn it. The term french is not france in our minds I soppose you have to march up here and tell us were wrong.But how can you prove it outside of your opinion?
Do you understand my point? The term french isnt clear cut in my country.
If you had a bunch of states 80% french speaking the next time you said the "french this and that"! You would be having some people confused thinking your statement was about the people of those states.Especially if you had french as a official language like we do. Quebec is a province name you dont have to be a francophone to be called a Quebecor when I lived in new brunswick I was a new brunswicker or Maritimer being there 8 years but I moved back so I am a Quebecois again , The term Quebecois is more asociated with being french but its like being a Texan, Your not a white red neck cause you live there.Unless Quebec seperates which I hope we dont, it wont be a nationality, So the term french sticks for alot of french quebecois the term Canadian is asociated with being English the bloody Queen of england is our head of state!
America doesnt have linguistic rights in its constitution the U.S asimulates like Rome did, No groupings or unions like the canadian confederation.The two major groups still sticking out our the blacks and Hispanics cause they cant just drop a language and convert cause they still look different and were segregated not so long ago.
Truth is its fvcking complicated lets stop and leave it at that.
But I hope you realize the term french isnt the same up here just cause we dont view it the same way you do doesnt mean were wrong.