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<blockquote data-quote="Big Ewis" data-source="post: 668515" data-attributes="member: 57076"><p>yeah I usually agree with the rest of Canada on this issue, but I mean, everybody sort of knows the facts: Québec is considerably different from the rest of Canada and does have its own exclusive culture that is clear-cut and distinct, but at the same time it doesn't seem feasible to separate from an economic standpoint, or at least certainly not anymore these days, and if ever, it should've happened long ago. So should they separate: no. Simple as that...</p><p></p><p>But the separatist thing, it's everywhere...you hear the Britons here who want their own country (Bretagne/Britanny, the West Atlantic coast of France) and you can understand them as they do have their own culture, temperament, customs...etc...even their own climate/specific outdoors (looks like Ireland). They're even ethnically different as they are for the most part still very much Celtic. I have a friend who looks E-X-A-C-T-L-Y like Jamie Roberts lol. And they used to be their own country but then France centralized as they always do for more influence and beat them into submission, nothing too violent but still you get the picture, and forced the disappearance of their language to establish French (because language is of course the great unifying conciliator overtime). Plus, they're our most productive region in terms of agriculture/farmwork and produce tons, are very hard-working ppl...</p><p>but it does still break my balls every once in a while when you see the virulence they adopt as they go on public demonstrations or their singers are constantly yappin' about how their culture was raped and how they're oh so Breton at heart and yadi yada...it's a broken record, we've heard it so many millions of times, we get it...but just accept the facts at some point, like, move on. You're French now, ya know, that's just how it is...</p><p></p><p>There's far worse though here. Of course this being a Rugby forum ppl will at least have an idea about the region: the Basque country. It spreads over Spain and France alike, and yes it's that same Pays Basque that contains Biarritz and Bayonne. Where the Bretons are a little annoying but peaceful, those guys are hot-blooded and aggressive as fk. It's downright hostility from these guys. Then there's Corsica, the island, and they're just simply terrorists so...</p><p></p><p>About Scotland, I don't know. I've spoken to Scots who of course thought it as best to separate, and others who say they really feel "British" and call it folly to even think of doing it and call it unrealistic. They are clearly different culturally, and as long as they keep that difference they exist as Scotland. They get to be represented on the biggest stage as their own entity, one easy example being Scottish Rugby. And they benefit from being inside the UK economic zone. Politically, I'm sure they've got lots of restrictions and relatively little freedom to operate as they deem right...yeah I guess they should stay.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Ewis, post: 668515, member: 57076"] yeah I usually agree with the rest of Canada on this issue, but I mean, everybody sort of knows the facts: Québec is considerably different from the rest of Canada and does have its own exclusive culture that is clear-cut and distinct, but at the same time it doesn't seem feasible to separate from an economic standpoint, or at least certainly not anymore these days, and if ever, it should've happened long ago. So should they separate: no. Simple as that... But the separatist thing, it's everywhere...you hear the Britons here who want their own country (Bretagne/Britanny, the West Atlantic coast of France) and you can understand them as they do have their own culture, temperament, customs...etc...even their own climate/specific outdoors (looks like Ireland). They're even ethnically different as they are for the most part still very much Celtic. I have a friend who looks E-X-A-C-T-L-Y like Jamie Roberts lol. And they used to be their own country but then France centralized as they always do for more influence and beat them into submission, nothing too violent but still you get the picture, and forced the disappearance of their language to establish French (because language is of course the great unifying conciliator overtime). Plus, they're our most productive region in terms of agriculture/farmwork and produce tons, are very hard-working ppl... but it does still break my balls every once in a while when you see the virulence they adopt as they go on public demonstrations or their singers are constantly yappin' about how their culture was raped and how they're oh so Breton at heart and yadi yada...it's a broken record, we've heard it so many millions of times, we get it...but just accept the facts at some point, like, move on. You're French now, ya know, that's just how it is... There's far worse though here. Of course this being a Rugby forum ppl will at least have an idea about the region: the Basque country. It spreads over Spain and France alike, and yes it's that same Pays Basque that contains Biarritz and Bayonne. Where the Bretons are a little annoying but peaceful, those guys are hot-blooded and aggressive as fk. It's downright hostility from these guys. Then there's Corsica, the island, and they're just simply terrorists so... About Scotland, I don't know. I've spoken to Scots who of course thought it as best to separate, and others who say they really feel "British" and call it folly to even think of doing it and call it unrealistic. They are clearly different culturally, and as long as they keep that difference they exist as Scotland. They get to be represented on the biggest stage as their own entity, one easy example being Scottish Rugby. And they benefit from being inside the UK economic zone. Politically, I'm sure they've got lots of restrictions and relatively little freedom to operate as they deem right...yeah I guess they should stay. [/QUOTE]
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