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- From: beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Denis Beauregard)
- Subject: Re: Plan S -- Quebec separation
- Message-ID: <BxtCu9.E88@ireq.hydro.qc.ca>
- Sender: news@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Netnews Admin)
- Organization: Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec, Varennes, Canada
- References: <schuck.721174910@sfu.ca> <1992Nov13.164240.25217@cerberus.ulaval.ca> <schuck.721723283@sfu.ca>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 14:42:09 GMT
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- In article <schuck.721723283@sfu.ca> Bruce_Schuck@sfu.ca writes:
- >
- >Whats friendly about secession? It usually turns into civil war.
-
- So, was there a civil war during or after secession of
- - Singapour?
- - Czequy (sp?)/Slovaquia (soon to be former Czecoslovaquia)?
- - Australia/New Zealand/Canada most other former British colonies?
- - Baltic countries?
-
- Civil war depends on a lot of factors. Level of "modernhood" is one,
- politicians is another.
-
- >You haven't been listening. :)
- Did you?
-
- >They weren't elected with a mandate to secede. They promised to hold a
- >referendum, did so, and lost.
-
- Thanks to billions of $ (in 1992$) in advertising and propaganda.
- Actually, in the recent referendum campaign, the only time I heard
- about economics was by the Quebec NON camp. Fed is spending a lot
- of money because of hijacking provinces powers.
-
- >Please do. Make my day. Then Canada can get with the job of saving itself.
- >We can't if you stay. It's too expensive economically and politically.
-
- Felix Leclerc wrote something like that:
- The day Quebec will go on her own, the first one that will come to
- felicitate and begin negotiations for trade exchange will be our
- Canadian (future) neighbors.
-
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