tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17300290.post115367605914195436..comments2024-03-28T05:14:02.776-04:00Comments on Sketchy Thoughts: Thoughts on Yesterday's Montreal Demonstration Against Israeli Aggressionkersplebedebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08148717542412439319noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17300290.post-1155678502729686412006-08-15T17:48:00.000-04:002006-08-15T17:48:00.000-04:00I too was disturbed by the Québec and Canadian nat...I too was disturbed by the Québec and Canadian nationalism, and also by the demo spokespeople repeatedly leading the crowd in cheers of "Merci Québec". I also found the politicians speeches opportunistic and for this reason offensive, and the affected communities in struggle under-represented on the demo stage at the Place Guy-Favreaux. I heard the number reported by the CBC was 10,000, while the organizers' estimate announced was 100,000 (unlikely). I would say it was -- at its high point -- closer to 20,000 people. A final observation on the nationalism of Lebanese-Canadians. I struggle with the question of whether all nationalisms are created equal -- and whether they are equally destructive (or similarly constituted through racist processes of "Othering"). But as the demo ended and some young demonstrators got into their cars -- sporting Lebanese flags -- to cruise boulevard St-Laurent, the whole thing reminded me more of the recent World Cup fever than a protest of a genocide in progress.a.c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08706135071376530616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17300290.post-1153973453754301232006-07-27T00:10:00.000-04:002006-07-27T00:10:00.000-04:00Very well said, K, and you gave me something to th...Very well said, <B>K</B>, and you gave me something to think about... Indeed, it is <B>colonialism</B> that is the problem, and that makes Canada not that much different, even if the violence is not on the same scale <B>now</B>...Annamariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669854385078057495noreply@blogger.com