Wednesday, March 12, 2008

St. Patrick's Day parade too English

I know this comes for "a new hardline sovereignist group" in Quebec so thinking and logical thought are not options, still...

Complaining Montreal's St. Patrick's Day parade is too English, a new hardline sovereignist group says its members will march during Sunday's event, distributing leaflets and waving Quebec, Patriote and Irish flags.

But parade organizers say the Réseau de Résistance du Québécois is not authorized to take part and they will ask police to remove RRQ members if they attempt to take part in the official parade on Ste. Catherine St.

On its website, the RRQ asks supporters to meet at the beginning of the parade route on Sunday, 30 minutes before the event starts.

The St. Patrick's Day parade has traditionally "taken place entirely in English," RRQ co-founder Patrick Bourgeois told The Gazette. "We want to throw a soupçon of French in there."


Now one sees how stupidity is passed on to a new generation...

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