Digital BW, The Print

Dear Clayton,

I'm writing you off list and I hope you do not mind. 

Clayton, if you would like to find out more about Québec, I would
invite you to consider spending your next vacation here. Montreal host
the largest and biggest jazz festival in the world. And just after
that, Montréal is host to the "Just for Laugh Festival" where you can
get tickets to see the finest comedians the US has to offer. Yes, in
July of every year, the biggest names in american comedy (stage,
screen and cinema) are in Montréal.

http://www.montrealjazzfest.com/
http://www.hahaha.com/festival/index.aspx?l=en-ca&pnid=fjfl

Of course, you'll find photo-ops most everywhere. Montréal, the lovely
Québec city, the Kamouraska and the Charlevoix region on opposite
sides of the St-Lawrence river offer unique photographic
opportunities. And speaking of photography, Montreal is host each
year, in September, to the month long photographic event "Mois de la
photo"

http://www.moisdelaphoto.com/index.html

Some half million Americans come to visit every year (at least they
did before 9/11)  and some 1,5 to 2 millions Quebeckers visit the US
every year.

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Getting back to the debate at hand, I know very well what Paul is
talking about. We've had this debate in Québec since the past 30 years
and it's not going to end. It's pitting French against English and
English against French. I'm sick of it, I've heard it all before and
if I can, I'm not going to let it happen in this forum. Here's is what
he said:

"We are not allowed here in Quebec . . . actually we are, but if the
xenophobic nationalists had their way it would be outlawed. 

We are however, not allowed to operate a business in English, nor a
web site, nor have any printed business media in English, unless you
have it in french first . . . even if you don't do any business here!

Anyway, my point was that life would be a lot easier if everybody was
singing the same tune . . . not to mention the incredible amounts of
stress and money it would save."

There is nothing in this statement about what the forum is about. It's
all politics. You may find it interesting, I do not. But the last
phrase is heavy with consequence. Six millions French speaking people
in Québec are not going to disappear to make Paul happy. As I said,
every side of this debate have been explored over the past 30 years,
and this one argument comes up every so often.

Clayton, you know enough about American politics to start any furious
debate. Just pits Kerry against Bush, the liberals against the radcons
and things on the DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint forum would get out of
hand very fast. 

I rather not see Québec politics being discussed on this forum. Like I
said in my first reply to Paul, there are more appropriate forums
where these things are discussed. Yes, this thing is furiously being
debated on Usenet. 

I rather talk about photography than politics. I hope you understand.
Anyway, we'll see how the debate on who invented television goes. It
should make for interested reading, even though it has nothing to do
with b&w digital printing.

Kind regards,

André Moreau
Rock Forest, Québec