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Detritus? Are we talking people here?

I'm sure we can find a few like that in NYC. ;D

The last problem of the quebec education system is the books. They should start by tearing it down, stop putting all the exams into "check the box for the right answer" format, put in a little bit more supervision and stop letting people get in highly specialized programs at age 17. With this...

Yup, I go to a private school that uses the french system and that is frequented by French expatriates. I witness daily the kind of scorn they have for Quebecers. The leading stereotype is of Quebecers as being like Peasants due to their accent being just like 17th century "Bas-Français". In a...

Even seeing these subdivisons as unified is wrong since they don't have a leader or an administration structure like with the pope and catholics.

I concur, being of both cultures, the things they have in common apart from the language are few and far between. Go ask the average Quebecer about what he knows of french culture and see if he doesn't use cheap sterotypes like the Monalisa or the Eiffel tower. Go ask a frenchman what he knows...

Journeyman, In my reference to stoicism, I was talking about the tenet of the philosophy that promotes the purgation of emotions from everyday judgement. I did take things to the first degree here, sorry for that. Just making a clarification. Cheers!

I'm not sure I agree. Sometimes, we screw up and have to learn things the hard way. I don't think the people on th ice slab were that stoïc and neither should they be.

How do you mean?

Well it came from my own propensity to feel very uncomfortable with disrespect towards policemen (or anyone in uniform for that matter) On going back, I realize that it is a bit extreme. But hey, I heard that one can go to jail for up to 4 years for spitting on a cop in the US.

Why not? It is verbal assaultwe are talking about. I think a fine would be the proverbial soap on some people's tongues.

I beg to differ, the revolution happened in 1789, you're off the mark by thirty years. France was still in tatters though but that was because of the 7 years' war, not the revolution.

1) Terrorists ate the rats. 2) fleas found convenient new homes in their beards.

I do care about the standings of our Athletes. Not simply because of national pride but because there is a point to the Olympics in terms ou our international rep.                Do you think that the government pours money into training just so athletes can realize their dreams? It's because...

How do you mean? regardless of whether the olympics are a good thing, athletes like Michael Phelps or Hussein Bolt are anything but mediocre. Furthermore, the performances on most sports have always been getting better for the entire century, I don't see how they could be seen as mediocre.

Wow, the one on top looks like it's on steroïds, is this all add-on armour MCG?

Oh man.... Rudolf Hess was certainly not a love child. Whatever that documentary was, either it was misleading or you didn't interpret things right. Hess was Hitler's deputy, on of his lieutenants, therefore a close adherent to Nazi ideology. That should already make some alarm bells sound off...

/slight highjack/ The reserves and conscripts are a different thing in the IDF right?

Building them here?! With what? Any expertise in fighter planes that might have been in Canada (avro Arrow I'm looking you're way) is long gone. What company would build such a plane? Bombardier? Do not be mislead by their name they don't produce any kind of military hardware. I don't see any...

By god the lack of info is frustrating! CBC has failed to even provide us with any details of how or what happened except for the fact that an insurgent was killed in the "wrong" manner. How is that even possible?