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Vagabond...
Hi there,
I fell on your site by hazard, (by the way sorry if I mispelled some words, english is my second language), and as much as I think you're right, there's a little something that bugs me...
Why don't you see the Quebec separation as something for Quebec, instead of something against Canada? I voted yes in October 95, and I passed the last 7 mounts in Vancouver; I don't think anybody wants to kill me over here, and I certainly don't wanna kill anybody.
See it my way, since we agree that the "separation" is gonna happen whatever me and you like it or not, I wanna be a part of it. I wanna write on the first blank page... Is it not legitimate? Every 21 year old dreams of changing the world, go to africa and help, or whatever... Ya well, call me a racist if you want, but I will rather do that on my own land...
N&Way, take care...
(if you wanna reply, please write a/s Dan, as subject... tks.)
Judas dskogsta@direct.ca
In principle, you are right, people who don't want to live together should be able to separate. For me it is a pity that the Quebecers want to dispossess themselves of their ancestral heritage considering that the French were among the Founding Fathers of Canada. On the other hand, we also have to see things from the point of view of non-separatists; they are Francophones who passionately love Canada, like Jean Chretien and Trudeau, (they are perhaps a minority but they exist) they are the First Nations -- Indians and Innuit who want to stay in Canada, they are Anglophones and Allophones who came to Canada and want to stay there. Canada owes them something and can't afford to accept the burden of double nationality for perhaps a majority of Quebecers. It would be a unique case in history; a state with a majority of its population of double nationality, working in Quebec but benefitting from being Canadian. Consequently the partition of Quebec seems the only possible solution, if not the most elegant.
Another problem to be faced: Quebec, with its relatively small population, and simply for economic reasons, could gravitate toward the South and become one more Louisiana north in the space of one generation or two. Then it will be the end of protection for language and culture. If I were a French Quebecer I would think first about other solutions than separation. WM
Dear Sir,
I read your story about "Two Months in Poland" and it validated some of my observations. You may find it interesting to learn there is a large and active Polish community in Seattle. We even have a Seattle-Gdynia Sister City Association that has a webpage at http://www.scn.org/civic/seagdyn and that page is linked to "Explore Poland" which is found at http://www.explore-poland.pl/index.html
I have written two stories that are on their own webpages sponsored by the Warsaw School of Economics. I hope you find them as interesting as I found my adventure in Poland to be. They are at http://explore-poland.pl/trip.htm and at http://www.explore-poland.pl/trip2.htm
>From a fellow traveler,
Paul L. Griffin
Plg77@aol.com
Thanks for calling us tribal peasants! Don't worry about being a foreigner in Geneva, there are more foreigners in this city than geneva natives. But, well, it is true that the Swiss might seem conservative at moments, especially if you come from north america.
So long
Ludwin
ludwin@gkb.com
Thanks!
It is a very Great article! I enjoyed it very much. very insightful.
Dragan Ivetic
ivetil@uiuc.edu
william,
i studied the "mlada bosna" movement in great detail, during my days at the university. and even though your article is correct in other things, this one in particular is not: the movement WAS in it's essence a serbian nationalist movement, and it was not a coincidence a serb gavrilo princip was assassin. serbia was their training ground, and they were financed and armed by the serbian royal army. col. apis, the intelligence officer of great fame in serbia, was actually the force behind the movement, and "mlada bosna's" activists guru. however, other nationalities, mainly muslims, participated in the movement, and found their cause a common one.
otherwise, you're right, as usual.
best regards,
boris.
I like it very much. If you don't mind, I'd like to add it to my list of recommended sites in the Compendium.
Pete
magsig@best.com
-- Sure go ahead -- thanks. WM
Dear William Markiewicz,
Thank you for the nudge to visit your fascinating pages @~vagabond they're now on my favorites list. I especially liked your essay, "When the Remedy Turns into Poison." I can relate to the Vagabond; attaches to nothing, aware of everything. I belong to no societies (not even the National Geographic), except, alas, for my US citizenship. But I am aware of very little, but enough to be sure that it is very little.
I try to figure things out and create what I deem simple models to explain a wide range of phenonema. If you're curious, I refer you to a work interrupted by work @ http://www.cha4mot.com/jc_jp&us.htm
My aphorisms are thinly veiled statement of my beliefs; thank you for visiting them.
Sincerely,
jim cook
"Jim Cook" chainc@cha4mot.com
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