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From: razzell@dosequis.cs.ubc.ca (Dan Razzell)
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Subject: Re: Nuremberg Laws (Was: Re: STOP Signs)
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Date: 26 Sep 89 00:55:47 GMT
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In article <89Sep25.142059edt.2368@neat.cs.toronto.edu>
derome@cs.toronto.edu (Philippe Derome) writes:
>
>Certaines personnes ayant des magasins affichant en anglais ont ete
>effectivement victimes de tels incidents. Ils avaient defie la loi,
>et le gouvernement n'osait pas l'enforcer. Ce sont la des incidents
>regrettables.
>
>Le gouvernement du Quebec a laisse impunis de nombreux violateurs
>de ses lois (illegalites dans l'ecole et l'affichage).
>Les Nazis auraient ete sans doute plus vigilants, non?
>
> ...
>
>L'attitude des Quebecois envers les Anglais est tres tolerante.

By what you are saying above, it seems rather a situation of
incompetence overshadowing intolerance. :-)

>Il n'y a qu'a voir l'ensemble des services sociaux des services de
>sante et d'education disponibles pour la clientele anglophone, une
>situation fort enviable.

To us liberal types who would like to see more bilingual access to
public services all across Canada, the fact that a degree of access
exists in Quebec today can appear to be quite progressive.  But is this
situation a genuine product of current policy, or merely a concession
not to dismantle established services for such time as they remain
politically convenient?

>Imposer des limites d'expression a des minorites linguistiques par
>lois gouvernementales n'est pas necessairement du racisme quand a moi.

That's a remarkable position to take.  It's true that the Soviets favored
it for awhile, but lately they seem to be finding it unpopular for some
reason. (I'd just quietly drop it before anyone else notices.)

I can understand the preservation of language and culture through
encouragement.  I can understand that Canadians anywhere in the country
might expect to walk into a shop and be able to make sense of their
surroundings in at least one of the official languages, though if
they are also welcome in other languages, that can only be broadening.
I can understand that Quebec is in a situation where it needs to preserve
its primary language more vigorously than other provinces.

But to support a policy of repression seems, well, kind of repressive, if
you know what I mean, and hardly justified by the circumstances.

				-*-

By the way, no doubt I'm ignorant about these things, but shouldn't that
be "quant a moi"?
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