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Originally Posted by peter12
I would argue that most "proud cultures" are very racist at their heart. I say that and I'm a Dane. Danes are so racist.
There's also a difference between being proud enough of your culture to want to share it freely with others and enacting tyrannical legislation (like the Sign Law) to protect your increasingly isolated culture.
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I agree, but I don't think racism is quite the right term. Intolerance might be better.
As for the sign law, one could argue that the language laws in Canada are by definition tyrannical legislation, to try to forcibly manufacture concensus (and actually, an act intended to assimilate Quebec and Anglo Canada)
Provinces should have had the right to choose. In places like New Brunswick, it makes more sense. In places like BC, Mandarin might make a better candidate as a second language.