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In reply to the discussion: Most of us here were against the invasion of Iraq, correct? [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)The consequences for the entire country is extreme. And who gets to decide what is legal - Quebec or Canada? You are saying Quebec can unilaterally separate without having to deal with Canada at all. Even though there are consequences for minorities in both provinces...nearly all my mother's side of my family is French speaking (me and my kids included) and don't live in Quebec, and I have close relatives on the other side of the family that are English speaking and live in Quebec. Breaking up an entire country is a big deal, not a 'well, if they want to go fucking let Quebec leave' kind of belief. That's how my right wing conservative Harperite acquaintances talk.
It doesn't matter that France doesn't currently have troops in Quebec. The premise is the same. That's what you aren't getting. The comparison is valid. Russian troops were supposed to stay on their bases. They didn't. As for 'scared of a new right wing fascist government' that's ridiculous when Putin is the same. I'm not dismissing - unbelievable you would say that sentence - like you know everything about them, LOL and I don't. Of course they have fears, but it was by design. And it's not a reason to annex parts of a country. Putin is no friend of these people.