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Article #236Re: The Quebec Letter: Galganov
From: Jim Robinson
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 00:00
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In article <derepeny.844103386@alize.ERE.UMontreal.CA>, De Repentigny Yves wrote: >software_answers@cyberspc.mb.ca (S.Pickell) writes: > >>>Yes, Newfoundland is a distinct society from BC. As Texas is a distinct >>>society from California. But you canot compare Quebec at the same level >>>with other provinces, >>I think your statement above is very arrogant, I live in Western >>Canada, and really don't consider any other Canadian to be superior >>from the rest of us, that is what you meant by the " you canot compare >>Quebec at the same level with other provinces" statement ...didn't >>you? > >Where in the heck did he say that Quebec was superior or whatever? Stop >trying to read between the lines! You obviously aren't very good at it. >The guy just said that the differnce between people from Quebec and, say, >Ontario, was bigger than that between people from Texas and California. >That's what he meant when he said that the level of difference wasn't >the same. I have always wondered why people always equate distinct with >superior, while, actually, it means different. I agree that he did not say anything about Quebec being superior. However, I am not so sure I agree with the rest. As far as I can tell, Montreal and Toronto have far more in common with each other than, say, L.A. and Dallas. -- Jim Robinson robinson@mdd.comm.mot.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f504b,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gidf504b,public X-Google-Thread: 100c8e,bb5e338e8a6a4c70 X-Google-Attributes: gid100c8e,public X-Google-Thread: 1031e2,e2ccf550990c77fd X-Google-Attributes: gid1031e2,public X-Google-Thread: fb374,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gidfb374,public X-Google-Thread: ff20b,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gidff20b,public X-Google-Thread: fe894,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gidfe894,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,2c314f884e9baac7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public X-Google-Thread: 114af9,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gid114af9,public From: robinson@mdd.comm.mot.com (Jim Robinson) Subject: Re: The Quebec Letter: Galganov Date: 1996/10/01 Message-ID: <52rec1$o8c@lyorn.mdd.comm.mot.com> X-Deja-AN: 186485079 distribution: na references: <322C2046.6072@odyssee.net> <50i67g$qkr@nntp.igs.net> <50n2t8$pdr@wpg-01.escape.ca> <511beg$8cg@ns.RezoNet.NET> <512hcm$8om@myth.vianet.on.ca> <32374FE1.734E@mlink.net><322C2046.6072@odyssee.net> <50i67g$qkr@nntp.igs.net> <50n2t8$pdr@wpg-01.es <derepeny.844103386@alize.ERE.UMontreal.CA> organization: Motorola Wireless Data Systems Group reply-to: robinson@mdd.comm.mot.com (Jim Robinson) newsgroups: qc.general,mtl.general,can.general,can.english,can.francais,can.politics,niagara.general,tor.general,wpg.general,can.atlantic.general,ott.general,bc.general,soc.culture.quebec