Meanwhile, in Egypt

[james_davis_nicoll]

Thousands Of Egyptian Muslims Show Up As ‘Human Shields’ To Defend Coptic Christians From Terrorism.

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[terheyt.livejournal.com]

I'll do my best to be polite.

People who feel that the francophones in Quebec are a "pure" people (as in Pure Laine), with enough reason to hold a grudge against the rest of Canada in general, anglophones in specific, and immigrants in particular. They use this grudge as an excuse to pass bigoted laws (see the codes of conduct banning "stoning of women" in certain towns), and claim it gives them the right to stop being part of Canada as far as taxes and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms go, but still keep all the benefits such as Canadian passports, trade agreements and equalization payments (where rich provinces like oil-heavy Alberta send money to poorer provinces, like Quebec at the moment).

I live in Montreal, and I'm an anglophone Liberal federalist.

[rfmcdpei.livejournal.com]

Do they actually think they're a pure people?

Me, I've seen enough directed at Canadian Francophones to think it's a lot more of a two-way street than English Canadians would like to think.

[terheyt.livejournal.com]

Try googling either "pure laine" or "money and the ethnic vote" if you don't believe me about the level of racism in the separatist movement.

I have no qualms with French Canadians. I live here, I'm learning the language, (not perfect, but passable), and I don't expect to always get english service. I agree that having french service where people speak primarily french is a good thing, and the francophones have been screwed on that front in a lot of places (the French Canadian in my own ancestry is from the Red River area). I will make the same distinction between francophones and separatists that I will make between republicans and tea party-ers. One has a valid, reasoned point of view that happens to be different than mine. The other...