[solitus]

The amount of Quebec bashing on this thread (and hacker news in general) ironically highlights the reason why Quebec has been so protective and defensive of its culture; get bashed and put down enough and obviously you'll turn a little bitter towards your bullies.

[jhbadger]

And also turn into a bully themselves. Quebec isn't very nice to its First Nation minorities (who often have their own non-French languages), nor are they very nice to their native English speakers in the Eastern Townships.