Do as we say, not as we do

When I saw the Greenpeace protesters banner on the parliament buildings on the Radio-Canada website, I thought, I'll bet there's a French banner and the s.o.b.s are too hypocrite to show it. I had to wait for the English news at 17H to see that, yes indeed, there was a French version.

This is typical of the language "crisis" in Quebec over the past 30 years. Do as we say, not as we do. They say you should learn French, but they'll only talk to you in broken English. We see Louise Beaudoin applauding new nazi strategies to get rid of the impure laines at the Parti Québécois convention, then she presents her giant head to the English news camera and explains in broken English why immigrants shouldn't be free to speak English.

The PQ's national newspaper, Le Devoir, is always self-righteous about Bill 101 and les maudits Anglais but they couldn't find a French photo either and it made the front page of their website today. Every time they phone me to sell me their redneck nationalist rag, they tell me to "speak white".