Dear Blogger,
We request you change your name from 'The Commentator' to 'Le Commentator' to comply with the language laws. Please be advised we've yet to come up with a totalitarian law to further erode civil liberties of all Quebecers but rest assured we're on the case.
We are confident you will come your senses and submit to our demands or face a fine of, I don't know, $5000.
We need not remind you that Quebec is French, and while we can't force you to think in French, you do understand it's a matter of respect.
Merci.
Yours forever,
Ma Tante Marois
Response:
Hey, auntie. Go play in the traffic. I hope the honks are in French for you sake.
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In other news, the OLF demands Montreal Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillo throws the football more to French-Canadian players.
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More embarrassing behavior from our parochial masters.
They have no idea how much incalculable damage they cause to the spirit of a place.
"Quebec's language watchdog, The Office Quebecois de la Langue Francaise, wants the retailers to change their signs to either give themselves a generic French name or add a slogan or explanation that reflects what it is they're selling."
Because clearly you don't know what they're selling at Wal-Mart or Gap.
"The legal battle comes as the minority Parti Quebecois government does hope to tighten the province's language law and expand the use of French at work.
The government is expected to seek new restrictions on who can attend English-language junior colleges, and also extend the language law to smaller businesses."
Sure. Nationalists aren't totalitarians who trample on civil liberties. Sure.
The only way they can enforce if people speak more French is if citizens snitch on each other. Which is the case currently as the OLF acts on complaints by people upset at hearing English somewhere.
Nice society you're building.
I'm a small business. Nine workers. We're all English speaking. What are they going to do? Force and coerce us into speaking French?
Yes. I'm going to speak to my mother in French. Hey, why stop at small businesses?Just enter our homes.
We've already handed over so many of our rights and liberties to the state why not at this point, eh?
/big Krusty groan.
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