Word: quebecoise
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Yet Azerbaijan, Moldova and Czechoslovakia were part of the world's last, now deceased empire. Their breakup may turn out to be the old business of history, not the wave of the future. National self-assertiveness in the West can be mighty ugly, especially in its more extreme Irish and...
1) Do whatever is possible through preachment, aid and sanctions to encourage the spread of democracy. The most destructive ethnic explosions usually have occurred under repressive regimes. In contrast, secession movements in Quebec and Scotland have generally concentrated on peaceful persuasion. Democratic Canada and Britain have given Quebecois and Scots...
Politicians ((in English-speaking Canada)) get red in the face and say Parizeau can't do this. But Quebecois own about a quarter of the money supply. If they want to keep the Canadian dollar as legal currency, nothing can prevent them.
A. I think Washington doesn't like the idea very much. But Washington realizes it has to be very, very careful on this continent. If there is one place where democracy must run fully, it is here. Therefore, if Quebecois want to become a sovereign nation, they will. It is...
A. Well, we have been committed since the notorious -- some would say -- bill of 1977 ((declaring French to be Quebec's official language)) to set up a society that functions in French. Does that mean Quebecois should not learn English? By God, I'll boot the rear end of anyone...