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15. Some day I will get back to Quebec City. I was there when I was 11/12

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 07:32 PM

Oct 21

on a school exchange.

There is a National Film Board of Canada film on the separation battles between Quebec and Canada in the 1970s. It was called "Champions". It was about a separatist leader Rene Levesque battleling PM of Canada Pierre Elliot Trudeau. They both wanted the best for their people. Levesque wasn't a demagogue who demonized the other side. He simply wanted what was best for his people and not to manipulate his people. Two men with integrity fighting. It was a documentary that made me cry when I saw it in my early 20s. You could probably get it for free online. I think Donald Britton was the narrator/producer.

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I am laughing but have sad tears in my eyes. Irish_Dem Oct 20 #1

I was too old for Sesame Street but I did catch the odd muppet show. Not often applegrove Oct 21 #2

Same here, but the Rainbow Connection song became a pop culture icon. Irish_Dem Oct 21 #3

So many things from Sesame Street became popular culture icons. applegrove Oct 21 #4

yes I am surprised Trump hasn't trashed and denigrated it. Irish_Dem Oct 21 #5

I really love the Kermit Frog Resistance video. I play it again and again. applegrove Oct 21 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Irish_Dem Oct 21 #7

It makes me cry. Irish_Dem Oct 21 #8

If my country was going through what yours is, the Frog Resistance applegrove Oct 21 #11

Yes the beautiful song transposed over brutal Nazi terror here in the US. Irish_Dem Oct 21 #12

Yes. I lived in Montreal twice. We had a cottage in Quebec growing applegrove Oct 21 #13

I love Montreal but my heart is in Quebec City. Irish_Dem Oct 21 #14

Some day I will get back to Quebec City. I was there when I was 11/12 applegrove Oct 21 #15

Oh yes, do take a trip to QC. Irish_Dem Oct 21 #16

The women were called "Filles Du Roi". I would not go there in applegrove Oct 21 #17

Yes that is correct. Filles du roi. King's daughters. Irish_Dem Oct 21 #18

The french immersion programs were for english applegrove Oct 21 #19

Miller and co haven't told him about it yet. ananda Oct 21 #9

Good. Irish_Dem Oct 21 #10