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From: Jack Hollis on 28 Sep 2008 19:44 On 28 Sep 2008 02:52:00 GMT, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote: >> Don't tell me that all my efforts in 1971 were in vain. > >Yeah Jack, it's pretty much dead. Quebecois of your generation are pretty >set in their ways but people my age and younger don't have the same kind >of bitterness. The window has passed. Hate to break it to you. Didn't the Canadian legislature recently pass a resolution defining Quebec as an independent nation within Canada, or something to that effect. That doesn't sound like it's quite over to me. >Having said that, Montreal is one of my favorite places on the planet. I also like Quebec. It's close by and, unlike the rest of Canada. it's like being in a foreign country.
From: Jack Hollis on 28 Sep 2008 19:46 On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:22:48 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote: >> President Monroe delivered a speech to both houses of Congress >> specifically defining what later became known as the Monroe Doctrine. > >So it wasn't actually in a document called a "doctrine", right? I have no idea when it was first called the MD. It could have been year later for all I know.
From: Alan Baker on 29 Sep 2008 01:13 In article <hh50e4tcrjug213a6h5kun4v880v1sccv4(a)4ax.com>, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: > On 28 Sep 2008 02:52:00 GMT, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> > wrote: > > >> Don't tell me that all my efforts in 1971 were in vain. > > > >Yeah Jack, it's pretty much dead. Quebecois of your generation are pretty > >set in their ways but people my age and younger don't have the same kind > >of bitterness. The window has passed. Hate to break it to you. > > Didn't the Canadian legislature recently pass a resolution defining > Quebec as an independent nation within Canada, or something to that > effect. That doesn't sound like it's quite over to me. Actually, that's pretty much what ended it. > > >Having said that, Montreal is one of my favorite places on the planet. > > I also like Quebec. It's close by and, unlike the rest of Canada. > it's like being in a foreign country. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Alan Baker on 29 Sep 2008 01:14 In article <1o50e49qh6bqe6h200k3put1av1o672cnt(a)4ax.com>, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com> wrote: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:22:48 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> > wrote: > > >> President Monroe delivered a speech to both houses of Congress > >> specifically defining what later became known as the Monroe Doctrine. > > > >So it wasn't actually in a document called a "doctrine", right? > > I have no idea when it was first called the MD. It could have been > year later for all I know. So you agree that there can be a presidential doctrine without there having been an actual official document, good. This is progress. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Carbon on 29 Sep 2008 01:27
On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:44:30 -0400, Jack Hollis wrote: > I also like Quebec. It's close by and, unlike the rest of Canada. it's > like being in a foreign country. It is a foreign country. English as well as French. Differences exist, even if you can't see them. |