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Article #248Re: The Quebec Letter: Galganov
From: Daniel l Aldham
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 00:00
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Gilles Blanchette (gblanche@axess.com) wrote: : I think that you focus to much on the bloodyest civil wars and not : enough on the democratic separation. The closest , the : Tchecoslovaquia, may be you will say than this one was not done by : referendum, but it was done peacefuly because the logic of : incompatibility between the two peoples was understand by both of : them. Before, it was the the Island with the Danemark and Sweden with : another one, I thing it was with Norway but I am not sure. I do not : want to make a contest on history with you it is not the point but : just remember to you that some others ways are avalable. Do not forget : the old tag: Never cry wolfs... Agreed. Others that peacefully separated include most of the former Soviet Union , and even much of the British Empire, Canada included. So what were the diffences, what lead some to war, and others to peaceful separation? I am not a political scientist, and only an historical hobbiest. What did Czechoslovakia do right, that Yugoslavia did wrong? Maybe we can learn from their examples how to avoid bloody conflict. Danny Aldham
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f504b,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gidf504b,public X-Google-Thread: ff20b,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gidff20b,public X-Google-Thread: fb374,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gidfb374,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,2c314f884e9baac7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public X-Google-Thread: 1031e2,e2ccf550990c77fd X-Google-Attributes: gid1031e2,public X-Google-Thread: 114af9,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gid114af9,public X-Google-Thread: 100c8e,bb5e338e8a6a4c70 X-Google-Attributes: gid100c8e,public X-Google-Thread: fe894,e5bd2480bb1f8b X-Google-Attributes: gidfe894,public From: aldham@unixg.ubc.ca (Daniel l Aldham) Subject: Re: The Quebec Letter: Galganov Date: 1996/09/21 Message-ID: <521hak$ahk@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> X-Deja-AN: 184420264 references: <322C2046.6072@odyssee.net> <50i67g$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 followup-to: 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 organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada 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