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applegrove

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15. Some day I will get back to Quebec City. I was there when I was 11/12
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 08:32 PM
Oct 2025

on a school exchange.

There is a National Film Board of Canada film on the separation battles between Quebec and Canada in the 1970s. It was called "Champions". It was about a separatist leader Rene Levesque battleling PM of Canada Pierre Elliot Trudeau. They both wanted the best for their people. Levesque wasn't a demagogue who demonized the other side. He simply wanted what was best for his people and not to manipulate his people. Two men with integrity fighting. It was a documentary that made me cry when I saw it in my early 20s. You could probably get it for free online. I think Donald Britton was the narrator/producer.

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I can't post this enough: [View all] applegrove Oct 2025 OP
I am laughing but have sad tears in my eyes. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #1
I was too old for Sesame Street but I did catch the odd muppet show. Not often applegrove Oct 2025 #2
Same here, but the Rainbow Connection song became a pop culture icon. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #3
So many things from Sesame Street became popular culture icons. applegrove Oct 2025 #4
yes I am surprised Trump hasn't trashed and denigrated it. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #5
I really love the Kermit Frog Resistance video. I play it again and again. applegrove Oct 2025 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #7
It makes me cry. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #8
If my country was going through what yours is, the Frog Resistance applegrove Oct 2025 #11
Yes the beautiful song transposed over brutal Nazi terror here in the US. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #12
Yes. I lived in Montreal twice. We had a cottage in Quebec growing applegrove Oct 2025 #13
I love Montreal but my heart is in Quebec City. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #14
Some day I will get back to Quebec City. I was there when I was 11/12 applegrove Oct 2025 #15
Oh yes, do take a trip to QC. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #16
The women were called "Filles Du Roi". I would not go there in applegrove Oct 2025 #17
Yes that is correct. Filles du roi. King's daughters. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #18
The french immersion programs were for english applegrove Oct 2025 #19
Miller and co haven't told him about it yet. ananda Oct 2025 #9
Good. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #10
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