While We Wait: Writer's Block & Other Lame Excuses

[thomas.berubeg]

I was charged by riot police tonight. That was a scary first. And not one I want to make a second!

 

[Gem Hound]

and why did you get charged by riot police?

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Probably said something choice about Jacques Villeneuve.

But seriously, stuff's going down in Québec.

 

[Gem Hound]

all over having the cheapest tuition fees in Canada.

 

[North King]

Not really.

 

[Gem Hound]

Ya. They wanted to raise the cheapest tuition fees in Canada by around 325 dollars a year. Which would still make it the cheapest fees in Canada.

 

[nutranurse]

It's pretty facile to boil it down to "cheapest tuition ever." There are a lot of external issues surrounding it (Quebec paying fairly high income tax, efforts of the administration to effectively marginalize the younger generations/everyone, etc.) and to be honest I wish more regions were filled with young people/people in general willing to mobilize to fight for their views/future/well-being rather than lie(lay?) down and take it all the while grumbling.

 

[North King]

It's pretty facile to boil it down to "cheapest tuition ever." There are a lot of external issues surrounding it (Quebec paying fairly high income tax, efforts of the administration to effectively marginalize the younger generations/everyone, etc.) and to be honest I wish more regions were filled with young people/people in general willing to mobilize to fight for their views/future/well-being rather than lie(lay?) down and take it all the while grumbling.

This.

 

[Thlayli]

Quebec isn't increasing the student tuition because they want to be evil, they're increasing it because there is no money left.

If the students won their fight and kept their tuition low, something else would have to be cut. Like healthcare. And old people vote more often than students, demographically speaking.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

Yeah let's not get into this discussion guys.

 

[nutranurse]

Hey, you sparked the powder keg.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

I made a reference that, without research, only thomas might get, then I linked an article without making any comment on it. I'd really rather we did not go into this discussion.

 

[Angst]

OT thread! OT thread!

 

[Eltain]

Fight da Power. I mean, er, move along, people.

 

[Kraznaya]

Quebec isn't increasing the student tuition because they want to be evil, they're increasing it because there is no money left.

If the students won their fight and kept their tuition low, something else would have to be cut. Like healthcare. And old people vote more often than students, demographically speaking.

This is why voting should be abolished.

 

[thomas.berubeg]

Quebec isn't increasing the student tuition because they want to be evil, they're increasing it because there is no money left.

If the students won their fight and kept their tuition low, something else would have to be cut. Like healthcare. And old people vote more often than students, demographically speaking.

This.

And, also, what annoys me about this movement is that it is being run by the Quebecois students as a solely Quebecois problem, and that people from the rest of Canada and Internationally have no issue being involved, except as silent support. This naturally alienates a HELL of alot of support.

 

[nutranurse]

This.

And, also, what annoys me about this movement is that it is being run by the Quebecois students as a solely Quebecois problem, and that people from the rest of Canada and Internationally have no issue being involved, except as silent support. This naturally alienates a HELL of alot of support.

From what I understand a few of the student organizations in other Canadian provinces are also showing their support and that in general the student unions of Quebec take support from whoever (although Quebec-based support is the most helpful as the demonstrations are currently going on in Quebec). If you think that it is a solely Quebecois problem/that the Quebecois are making it a problem exclusive to them then you are kind of being a bit silly; again, I point to what I said above about the Quebec situation being great because if other peoples were to mobilize in similar fashions then we may not be in dire social straits/approaching these dire social straits. If you feel like you are being alienated by the Quebecois then sit down and ask yourself this: what are you doing to help the problem in your region? (And it's a problem all across North America).

 

[Terrance888]

I am debating the issue of sky high tuition rates affecting the worthiness of college in the NFL?

 

[thomas.berubeg]

From what I understand a few of the student organizations in other Canadian provinces are also showing their support and that in general the student unions of Quebec take support from whoever (although Quebec-based support is the most helpful as the demonstrations are currently going on in Quebec). If you think that it is a solely Quebecois problem/that the Quebecois are making it a problem exclusive to them then you are kind of being a bit silly; again, I point to what I said above about the Quebec situation being great because if other peoples were to mobilize in similar fashions then we may not be in dire social straits/approaching these dire social straits. If you feel like you are being alienated by the Quebecois then sit down and ask yourself this: what are you doing to help the problem in your region? (And it's a problem all across North America).

What I mean is that I have heard from a fair number of people (Admittedly these were Mcgill Quebecois Students, and slightly resentful that the student strike didn't pass) is that this issue is that this tuition hike will cause problems only for the Quebecois, and that, because of this, people from outside Quebec have no business getting involved. That being said, yes, they'de be happy for support. I just have issue with the statement that this is a solely Quebecois problem.

Like I said, I am not against the movement at all. I am against the way the movement is being portrayed by both the media and themselves. (Both sides are clearly in the wrong.)

 

[ZeletDude]

You all should go out and see Prometheus. Preferably in IMAX.

I'm going to change the subject, sorry.

I really wanted to see Prometheus yesterday but the girl I went to the movies with said it was too scary so we went to the Snow White one.. It wasn't bad, just not the awesomeness of Prometheus.