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So sad, Mieke. On Mon, 23 Oct 1995, Mieke Koppen Tucker wrote: > Thanks Doug, for the first time in almost forty years (!) of living > in Quebec do I feel genuinely depressed by the situation. Like many > others, I have always felt much sympathy for the aspirations of > French Canadians, but once I hear talk from the leader, St. Lucien, > and not from some sidekick, about we are a people (no room for me > and mine here) and the need to produce white babies (failed there > too), I feel truly marginalized. At first it was a really strange > sensation to know that your government views you with suspicion. > What is so frightening is the power of nationalist language. > Patriotism, yes, because it is inclusive: we all love Quebec; but > nationalism fosters the hatred of the other, les autres. This century > is ending on a dreadful note. > > Mieke >