Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost.nifl.gov [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA21965; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 23:59:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 23:59:53 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v01510101b0919a87510d@[204.174.243.143]> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: gillespm@direct.ca (mary gillespie) To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:1504] re: comparisons X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Status: RO Content-Length: 1239 Lines: 32 Hi- I've found this whole discussion interesting and important. I must take exception to the mention of Quebec, however, as being a situation somehow analogous to that of the former Yugoslavia. <Anna Silliman wrote> >that trouble spots >such as Quebec and the former Jugoslavia are places where the >experiment of imposing a language has been tried. Do we want that? I think it is exactly these kind of comparisons that have clouded the issue around what is happening in Quebec. As a bilingual Anglophone from "English" Canada who lived and learned in La Belle Province, I am curious to hear upon exactly what information you are basing this analogy. While I may not agree with Bill 101, and can see the problems it presents and understand the depth of feeling it generates, I feel it does little good to the complexity of politics in this country for the situation to be deemed a "trouble spot" like that of the former Jugoslavia. There are politicians who get a lot of mileage in this country out of such inflammatory rhetoric, and it does little to address the real issues that are long-standing. While the press does little to acknowledge, there is real dialogue around this issue. Thanks! mary gillespie <gillespm@direct.ca>
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