And you finish a post sayin that we should stop thinking that we are blameless and the others should stop being asshole by sayin "We Americans have many serious problems...but at least we blame each other."...
Hummm, the end of your post sounds like a Hollywood movie... A lesson of morality, and then the good american exemple...
Man77777,
Americans politics are legendary for internal bitterness. We may cite China, for example, for it's economic cheating, but in the end we always blame each other for not doing something about it. Still, world trade is an external issue in any case.
How are Canada's ethnic battles not entirely the fault of it's own people. I'm not saying Canadians
"should stop thinking that we are blameless", indicating partial responsibility. I'm saying this battle between your own citizens over the ethnic issues on both sides is 100% your own fault. Anything else shows a total lack of dealing with reality. Otherwise, please explain where any American has actually affected Canadian language regulations? All I see written in this thread is some Americans were rude, some Americans don't like the French. I don't think Canadians are so over-sensitive and weak-minded that they let rude tourists or negative foreign opinions guide Canadian language laws, which is what the implications have been.
...my message on this board is just sayin that there is the same amount of asshole everywhere,...
True, but then saying
"I never seen or heard about any englishspeakers insulted in Montréal", implies 100% innocence and contradicts your admission that all peoples have some who are jerks.
Do you personnaly have experienced any insults or harassment due to your language in Montréal ?
I have answered this already. The words were "rudeness" and "bigotry", not "insults" or "harassment". The first definite, the second very probable. Sometimes when I'm shopping I use simple French phrases I've been told by nicer locals are good and clear asking employees for help face to face and some will fail to acknowledge me, walk away, or just refuse to answer. Other times it happens when I ask someone I've heard speaking English.
BTW: Regarding the fake excuses, I was attacked by a Frenchman on this board who favors the English view on language issues. He said I was "brainwashed" by my Separatist friends (plural), and went on excessivley with several over-the-top insults to denigrate my opinions because they weren't on his side. When I was in Montreal in April I mentioned this to my French friend. At first he was perplexed, then had a very good laugh. In his slightly imperfect English he said: "we don't talk about this since years, only so short". Yes, we spent maybe 10 minutes on the subject then never brought it up again. It was only one guy, not many as the accuser deliberately fabricated, and as it turned out I had misunderstood my friends view. I thought he had some Separatist leanings, but he explained that when he was much younger he had some sympathies, until not long after he believed an independent Quebec was a bad idea.
So in fact, I have no Separatist friends at all...and what was said was barely said at all...ever.
The attack illustrates what I've been saying. Some on both sides just make up garbage to create justification excuses to lay blame where it's nonsense.
Trust what you see and live here, not what you hear from politicians nor read on committed newspapers nor see on inernet..
No one has to live in Canada/Quebec to read this thread and understand the failure of some members here to take self-responsibility for their own problems.
Cheers,
Merlot
