Boggle. And why do you suppose the taxes are so high here? (we are no. 1 in North America for that, too) Could it be because of a shrinking economic base?
Montreal a disaster?
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Boggle. And why do you suppose the taxes are so high here? (we are no. 1 in North America for that, too) Could it be because of a shrinking economic base?
The thing I find most annoying is when someone tries to turn things around and say that because I'm against separatists and separation, that it means that I'm against French in general. Since when were all French Canadians separatists? I have never once in any post in all the years I have been here said anything against the French language or French Canadians. I have a dislike for separatists and disgust for those who blindly try to absolve them of any guilt for anything that happens here. I also despise discriminatory laws that remove anyone's freedom of choice, especially their choice of the language of education of their children. Considering that we approaching November 11, I think that such laws are a slap in the face for all the veterans who fought and the many who gave their lives so that we could all enjoy the freedoms we are entitled to. They didn't fight and die so that our leaders could use laws to remove the freedom of choice of part of our society based on the language they speak.
Not all French Canadians are separatist and not all separatists are French. I wish that some people would understand that fact and stop taking offense everytime I mention separatists in my posts.
Techman
Not all French Canadians are separatist and not all separatists are French. I wish that some people would understand that fact and stop taking offense everytime I mention separatists in my posts.
Techman
Montreal is not anymore what it used to be. I was fortunate enough to spend my youth in Montreal when the city was driven by international projects: expo 67, &6 Olympics, les Floralies, etc.
I´m not ready to blame to 1976 election. For me the cause of the problems in Montréal occured in 1982 with the national strike lead by the un ions (FTQ, CSN, among others) against the PQ government of René-Lévêsque. The final blow came with the lection of Jean Doré as mayor of Montréal.
Sorry to say that but the city is a dump. What happened to Ste-Catherine Street? On my way to the airport last week I was very sad to see the state of the roads and the overpass in Montreal.
The city is dying...
Things are different here in São Paulo. I feel the same thing that I felt in the late 60´s in Montreal. Important projects are going on here, this huge city is still under development. I was suprised to see this morning, coming back from a Sunday stroll at the Ibirapuera Park (a popular activity here), that they are planning the construction of a new metro line that will deserve Chacara Klabin, Moema (the purple line).
I don´t want to compare sex activies (garotas de progarama, prîvés, clinicas) here with what we have in Montréal. This will be unfair. I just want to tell you that the kind of fun that I have here is unthinkable in Montreal.
I´m not ready to blame to 1976 election. For me the cause of the problems in Montréal occured in 1982 with the national strike lead by the un ions (FTQ, CSN, among others) against the PQ government of René-Lévêsque. The final blow came with the lection of Jean Doré as mayor of Montréal.
Sorry to say that but the city is a dump. What happened to Ste-Catherine Street? On my way to the airport last week I was very sad to see the state of the roads and the overpass in Montreal.
The city is dying...
Things are different here in São Paulo. I feel the same thing that I felt in the late 60´s in Montreal. Important projects are going on here, this huge city is still under development. I was suprised to see this morning, coming back from a Sunday stroll at the Ibirapuera Park (a popular activity here), that they are planning the construction of a new metro line that will deserve Chacara Klabin, Moema (the purple line).
I don´t want to compare sex activies (garotas de progarama, prîvés, clinicas) here with what we have in Montréal. This will be unfair. I just want to tell you that the kind of fun that I have here is unthinkable in Montreal.
Indeed, not all French Quebecers are separatists. otherwise, they would have won a referendum.
The improvement of telecom and transborder carrier services has reduced the need for local offices.
NAFTA and the reduction of tariffs has reduced the need for local manufacturing facilities.
Anglo reaction to Franco affirmation movements has been everything from reasonable to bitterly vengeful.
Markets have moved westwards.
Much company management consider french to be a headache and are contemptuous of it. They vote with their feet.
Ontario's attract-investment propaganda mentions that in Ontario you do not have to deal with french.
The oil refineries have shutdown as have ship building, heavy industry and smoke stack industries. The reasons are mostly economic.
The electronic manufactures of the 90`s have had to close due to a high canadian dollar and chinese competion.
In all this Montreal has remained one of the safest least violent places in the world.
In all this Montreal has no boarded neighbourhoods.
But certain neighbourhoods suffer poverty and racial tension.
NAFTA and the reduction of tariffs has reduced the need for local manufacturing facilities.
Anglo reaction to Franco affirmation movements has been everything from reasonable to bitterly vengeful.
Markets have moved westwards.
Much company management consider french to be a headache and are contemptuous of it. They vote with their feet.
Ontario's attract-investment propaganda mentions that in Ontario you do not have to deal with french.
The oil refineries have shutdown as have ship building, heavy industry and smoke stack industries. The reasons are mostly economic.
The electronic manufactures of the 90`s have had to close due to a high canadian dollar and chinese competion.
In all this Montreal has remained one of the safest least violent places in the world.
In all this Montreal has no boarded neighbourhoods.
But certain neighbourhoods suffer poverty and racial tension.
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Seriously true. Not to get too far offtopic, but Brazilians girls, on average, fuck better than pretty much any others on the planet, are crazy hot, and the scene is incomparable.
What's not to like about squishy mulata asses that peak at 18?
I'd worry about all those transexuals.
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Squishy mulatta asses? You clearly have not been to Rio. I'm sorry for you. As to TSes, I wasn't too worried. Quick Adam's apple check, and away you go. More likelihood of a Thai Lady-boy. Anyway, don't let me convince you about Rio, just means more top-shelf pussy for me.
Youvant.
Been to Brazil,. Been to Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvadore de Bahia, Bello Horizonte, Ouro Pretto, Igiazu (SIC, SIC, SIC).
Wanna try me on other places?
Been to Brazil,. Been to Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvadore de Bahia, Bello Horizonte, Ouro Pretto, Igiazu (SIC, SIC, SIC).
Wanna try me on other places?
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You clearly have not been to unsafe places in the world.
Surfing google does not count.
In a lot of those places it is more dangerous to report a crime than to be the victim of one.
How about a list of the top ten countries in the industrialized world where they have laws similar to our own?
If you have (sorry don't understand your 'sic sic sic' comment - sic is typically used to indicate that something has been quoted verbatim), then again, I'm sorry you encountered squishy mulatta asses. not my experience at all, but I lived there for a while. Perhaps I know how to pick 'em?
And yeah, sure I'll try you on other places that are dangerous. Been there, done that. So what?
Anyway, this is offtopic, and thus my last post regarding the supremacy of hot Brazilians.
That is what I like about Brazil. They got girls of all colors. You just have to pick whatever you like. I know that I am definitely going for the mulatto asses
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Sic is Latin for "thus" and usually, additionally, indicates that what was quoted is an error in the original and not an error of transcription.
I'm from Vancouver. I've been to Montreal twice and adore the city but it is quite evident that Montreal is a city in decay, as most old North American cities. Vancouver has had a face lift because of he Olympics but it is a city rife with corruption, gang violence and social problems. I've walked through the bad part of Montreal and it is NOTHING compared to the the bad part of Vancouver, although it is more compressed in Vancouver. It is a shame Montreal is in the state it is because it has more soul on one street corner than Vancouver has in the entire city. I would move to Montreal in a heartbeat if there was opportunity for me there and knew french.
That is what I like about Brazil. They got girls of all colors. You just have to pick whatever you like. I know that I am definitely going for the mulatto asses
mulatos are male.
mulatas are female
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Brazil Beyond the Glitz Horrendous
Hey YVO and Cloud,
When trying to recommend a better place over the allegedly disastrous Montreal alternatives like Rio de Janeiro are very poor choices. Beyond the glitz of the tourist areas poverty is so bad that the mental and physical development of some of the worst off is severely stunted.
Brazil is a world leader in economic indifference.
http://www.roadjunky.com/article/539/rio-de-janeiro-brazil-poverty-poodles-and-favelas
The inequalities of wealth in Brazil were so appalling that I couldn’t understand why no one ever seemed to talk about it. The glitzy shipping malls in Rio de Janeiro are full of rich kids trying on the Emperor’s new clothes whilst the poor are dodging bullets in the favelas and praying to Maria for a way out.
The poverty in Brazil is too obvious to ignore but it seems that most only ever see it as it affects their own lives. A rich girl in a chic Irish bar told me that I only found the favelas interesting because I was a foreigner. I snapped back that she only thought that because most well-off Brazilians had no idea what life was like in the slums.
“We know!” She protested indignantly. “We have to walk home afraid that some son of a bitch from the favela will come and rob us in the street.”
I wanted to tell her that she wasn’t afraid of being hungry tomorrow or the military police gunning her down in the street or of working for nothing all her life or having kids that had nowhere to go to school and becoming drug addicts. Instead I came up with the snappy answer that she was an ignorant spoilt tart.
The more apologetic Brazilians have rehearsed responses of concern regarding poverty in their country. Yes, it’s dreadful, they say, when I see children begging for glue, just breaks my heart. They rest at ease by contributing to one of the collective guilt campaigns run by President Lula like the Zero Hunger drive; some genius worked out that the economic, educational and racial exclusion of the poor could be solved by a billion dollar campaign to put rice and beans on their plate.
If it turns out that love isn’t what makes the world go round then self-interest will be a strong second contender. Individually the rich can’t be expected to solve the country’s problems any more than the average Westerner can single-handedly tackle world hunger. Perhaps the only motive for even writing this article is that in Brazil any sign of wealth sticks out like a sore thumb. Money goes a lot further here and when it’s wasted on gratuitous status symbols it seems somehow criminal when there are so many in need so close by. A couple stepping out of their new car with a poodle wouldn’t raise an eyebrow in Paris but seems almost decadent in Rio.
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Affirmative!
iiiissssh!
Merlot
Hey YVO and Cloud,
When trying to recommend a better place over the allegedly disastrous Montreal alternatives like Rio de Janeiro are very poor choices. Beyond the glitz of the tourist areas poverty is so bad that the mental and physical development of some of the worst off is severely stunted.
Brazil is a world leader in economic indifference.
http://www.roadjunky.com/article/539/rio-de-janeiro-brazil-poverty-poodles-and-favelas
The inequalities of wealth in Brazil were so appalling that I couldn’t understand why no one ever seemed to talk about it. The glitzy shipping malls in Rio de Janeiro are full of rich kids trying on the Emperor’s new clothes whilst the poor are dodging bullets in the favelas and praying to Maria for a way out.
The poverty in Brazil is too obvious to ignore but it seems that most only ever see it as it affects their own lives. A rich girl in a chic Irish bar told me that I only found the favelas interesting because I was a foreigner. I snapped back that she only thought that because most well-off Brazilians had no idea what life was like in the slums.
“We know!” She protested indignantly. “We have to walk home afraid that some son of a bitch from the favela will come and rob us in the street.”
I wanted to tell her that she wasn’t afraid of being hungry tomorrow or the military police gunning her down in the street or of working for nothing all her life or having kids that had nowhere to go to school and becoming drug addicts. Instead I came up with the snappy answer that she was an ignorant spoilt tart.
The more apologetic Brazilians have rehearsed responses of concern regarding poverty in their country. Yes, it’s dreadful, they say, when I see children begging for glue, just breaks my heart. They rest at ease by contributing to one of the collective guilt campaigns run by President Lula like the Zero Hunger drive; some genius worked out that the economic, educational and racial exclusion of the poor could be solved by a billion dollar campaign to put rice and beans on their plate.
If it turns out that love isn’t what makes the world go round then self-interest will be a strong second contender. Individually the rich can’t be expected to solve the country’s problems any more than the average Westerner can single-handedly tackle world hunger. Perhaps the only motive for even writing this article is that in Brazil any sign of wealth sticks out like a sore thumb. Money goes a lot further here and when it’s wasted on gratuitous status symbols it seems somehow criminal when there are so many in need so close by. A couple stepping out of their new car with a poodle wouldn’t raise an eyebrow in Paris but seems almost decadent in Rio.
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In a lot of those places it is more dangerous to report a crime than to be the victim of one.
Affirmative!
iiiissssh!
Merlot
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