Xref: utzoo can.general:1768 can.politics:2780 Path: utzoo!dciem!schuck From: schuck@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (Mary Margaret Schuck) Newsgroups: can.general,can.politics Subject: Re: postings in the French language Keywords: appropriate, language, subsequent Message-ID: <2540@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca> Date: 26 Sep 89 13:18:28 GMT References: <1989Sep6.222038.2707@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> <1178@mannix.iros1.UUCP> <3837.251eb4d9@uwovax.uwo.ca> Reply-To: schuck@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca (Mary Margaret Schuck) Followup-To: can.general Distribution: can Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada Lines: 30 In article <3837.251eb4d9@uwovax.uwo.ca> J G Millerwrites: >In article <1178@mannix.iros1.UUCP>, leonard@pivele.iro.umontreal.ca (Nicolas Leonard) writes: >> Oh, jusqu'ici ca va... >[and subsequent postings in the French language] > >Is not the group can.francais more appropriate for these postings, >after all this is not can.politique? > This is just one of several such postings today. Have I missed something or is French not still one of our official languages in Canada? (Or have these groups been renamed anglophone.general and anglophone.politics?) I will be the first to admit that I don't find it very easy to follow the French postings, but isn't that half the point of the debate? If we deny francophones the right to post in French on a mostly English net, then defending the rights of the English-speaking minority in Quebec starts to look like just self-serving hypocrisy. (Just type slowly, please...:-)) Mary Margaret. o -- ____________________________________________________________________________ My mailer hates everyone. Try to deceive it if possible. schuck@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca {decvax,attcan,watmath...}!utzoo!dciem!schuck ____________________________________________________________________________