Originally posted by blueorder
I live in NI, let me clarify some points for you

"PROTESTANT ENGLISH DERIVED MINORITY"- not sure where to start with that, NI has a majority British population, not "minority", also, they are not "ENGLISH" they are NORTHERN IRISH, with most having acnestry from Scotland SEVERAL CENTURIES earlier.

The IRA hijacked a debatable civil rights movement to conduct a poorly supported sectarian war on the border issue

I was getting deep historical roots. A topic for elsewhere.

Some parallels here in Canada where there is a sizable French minority who talk about separating from the more dominating English majority. It usually comes down to wealth, control and power not religion or ancestry.

I think Ireland is a great place btw.


M

Originally posted by mmiichael

Originally posted by blueorder
I live in NI, let me clarify some points for you

"PROTESTANT ENGLISH DERIVED MINORITY"- not sure where to start with that, NI has a majority British population, not "minority", also, they are not "ENGLISH" they are NORTHERN IRISH, with most having acnestry from Scotland SEVERAL CENTURIES earlier.

The IRA hijacked a debatable civil rights movement to conduct a poorly supported sectarian war on the border issue

I was getting deep historical roots. A topic for elsewhere.

Some parallels here in Canada where there is a sizable French minority who talk about separating from the more dominating English majority. It usually comes down to wealth, control and power not religion or ancestry.

I think Ireland is a great place btw.


M

Only, in Canada the French are the power and a sizeable majority. Almost every PM is French. Most of the cabinet ministers are French. Top Bureaucrats are French.

Yet, they somehow paint themselves as a vicimtized lot.

I'd have to say that comparing them with groups suffering from oppression is a very bad comparison.

Originally posted by Aeons
Only, in Canada the French are the power and a sizeable majority. Almost every PM is French. Most of the cabinet ministers are French. Top Bureaucrats are French.

Yet, they somehow paint themselves as a vicimtized lot.

I'd have to say that comparing them with groups suffering from oppression is a very bad comparison.

Hey lighten up. I'm not French Canada but my late wife was.

Just banter here. The French are a decreasing population majority. Political leaders do not make up a culture and economy.

Canada when you get down to it operates as a resource supplier to the US with it's autonomous government to handle domestic stuff. We're sort of an independently owned retail star that's part of a chain of 50 stores. The unofficial 51st state with historical ties to England and France.

The French suffer from low self esteem here so we have to humour them once in a while and get a piece of the pie that goes with the politics racket.


M