Please point to me where I said in that last post that separatism is no longer a threat
Isn't that implicit in what you said? Surely you wouldn't vote for the Bloc if you expect separatism to flare up shortly thereafter.
The part about the Bloc not affecting gov't and thus being a wasted vote is not something you said, but rather the common refrain that the other parties have been using to dissuade Quebeckers from voting Bloc. The BQ can never form a government, so what's the point? And with this coalition, that argument will be severely undermined.
Separatism is low-priority and unpopular in Quebec just at the moment. I see no indication that the Bloc are going anywhere, despite their separatist leanings. If that flares up again I might reconsider my decision.
Note the last sentence.
So no, I wouldn't vote for the Bloc if I expected separatism to flare up shortly thereafter. As I've said before, separatism is not popular right now. That could change, at which point my opinions on the party would change.
'No longer a threat' implies to me that I think separatism is completely dead, which I don't. Nor did I say that. Nor am I likely to.
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Date: 2008-12-03 04:45 pm (UTC)Isn't that implicit in what you said? Surely you wouldn't vote for the Bloc if you expect separatism to flare up shortly thereafter.
The part about the Bloc not affecting gov't and thus being a wasted vote is not something you said, but rather the common refrain that the other parties have been using to dissuade Quebeckers from voting Bloc. The BQ can never form a government, so what's the point? And with this coalition, that argument will be severely undermined.
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Date: 2008-12-03 05:10 pm (UTC)Separatism is low-priority and unpopular in Quebec just at the moment. I see no indication that the Bloc are going anywhere, despite their separatist leanings. If that flares up again I might reconsider my decision.
Note the last sentence.
So no, I wouldn't vote for the Bloc if I expected separatism to flare up shortly thereafter. As I've said before, separatism is not popular right now. That could change, at which point my opinions on the party would change.
'No longer a threat' implies to me that I think separatism is completely dead, which I don't. Nor did I say that. Nor am I likely to.