for the love of the penguin

Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:

> On Thursday 14 December 2006 15:09, my mailbox was
graced by a missive
>  from Derek Broughton <newspointerstop.ca> who
wrote:
> 
>> Do you think a single member of the American
public, or more than
>> half-a-dozen members of the American administration
even noticed?
> 
> IMOHO it was a low kick at the US, straight in the
Monroe Doctrine.

Sorry, but you're not here.  Americans couldn't care less
about Quebec
separatism.  When they think about it at all, it's
"Divide & conquer" -
they can only imagine a divided Canada benefits them.  It
was a low kick at
Canadian federalists.
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On 14/12/06, Derek Broughton <newspointerstop.ca> wrote:
> Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:
>
> > On Thursday 14 December 2006 15:09, my mailbox was
graced by a missive
> >  from Derek Broughton <newspointerstop.ca> who wrote:
> >
> >> Do you think a single member of the American
public, or more than
> >> half-a-dozen members of the American
administration even noticed?
> >
> > IMOHO it was a low kick at the US, straight in the
Monroe Doctrine.
>
> Sorry, but you're not here.  Americans couldn't care
less about Quebec
> separatism.  When they think about it at all, it's
"Divide & conquer" -
> they can only imagine a divided Canada benefits them. 
It was a low kick at
> Canadian federalists.

At the risk of wading into yet another complete OT thread...

When de Gaulle made his statement international relations
were very
different. This was before the US had made real strides
towards
becoming a theocracy and before either country had started
paying
greater attention to the rest of the world.

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On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 10:10:24PM -0500, Eric Dunbar said:
> 
> different. This was before the US had made real strides
towards
> becoming a theocracy and before either country had
started paying
> greater attention to the rest of the world.

I seem to recall a previous conversation in which you and I
agreed not
to go down this road in this mailing list again.  Have the
underlying
reasons changed?


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