Sunday, August 28, 2011

Fantasies in Quebec

Is there something about French culture that detaches it from reality? The continuing separatist activities in Quebec tend to lend support to that harsh allegation.

If you want to wade into the fever swamps of imagination, read this article about the current machinations of various Quebec separatist groups on the website of The Globe and Mail. A movement this divided will never accomplish anything.

You have to wonder if that isn't the point of these frenetic activities - the accomplishment of exactly nothing. An alternate explanation is that, having lost repeatedly, they've turned into a circular firing squad trying to end the political careers of those who failed in the past.