romanr writes:
"The situation in Ukraine was pretty wild yesterday. Over twenty dead protesters have been reported, and many more have been injured. One student, a supporter of peaceful demonstrations and a participant in the riots, answers questions about the current situation in Ukraine."
[ED Note: Background on the Ukraine situation from the BBC.]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by affenkopf on Thursday February 20 2014, @08:50AM
Well informed?
"Bilingual nations are inherently unstable."
That certainly explains the daily riots in Singapore, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Canada, Botswana.....
(Score: 4, Insightful) by tftp on Thursday February 20 2014, @09:02AM
You are not entirely correct about Canada - it does have issues with Quebec, and French separatists [wikipedia.org] are actively using the language to drive the wedge between QC and the rest of the country:
I was in Toronto at that time and watched the referendum on TV.
Bilingualism indicates that the society is not monolithic. How dangerous are the differences? In Switzerland they are not significant. In Ukraine they are. In Canada they are made to be important.