Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 05:50:48 -0500 From: Barry Smylie <barrysmylie-AT-iname.com> Subject: Re: ...says Internet working against separatism (Canada) most miss the fact that the st. lawrence seaway is the sea route for cities like chicago and the midwest they look at a map and do not see it what is the american military contingency for a "separate" quebec? could it represent an invasion of quebec to the south shore of the st. lawrence? what interest is there in the united states in the maintainance of a french language and "separate culuture" in america? hmmm... i wonder... marsha chuk wrote: > 'I believe the Internet will have the opposite effect and that it will > contribute greatly to the (hopefully peaceful) balkanization of Canada. > The reason is simply that separatist movements from Quebec to Scotland to > Hawaii are ubiquitous. However, they have a problem in organizing their > supporters. > ...' > > hallo heiko. > is this you, a quote, a mixed voice? the general gist comes from a > well-known futurist (name slips my mind) whose 1993(?) book addressed a > generalised growth in regionalism - a (simplified) reaction to > globabisation(?) - and he predicted the creation of hundreds, if not more > new states in the coming century. he cited bosnia as the violent example; > quebec as the non-violent. --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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