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Ukrainian Riots Participant Answers Questions on Reddit

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-going-to-make-light-of-this dept.

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.]

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by tftp on Thursday February 20 2014, @09:02AM

    by tftp (806) on Thursday February 20 2014, @09:02AM (#3273) Homepage

    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:

    On October 30, 1995, with the Parti Québécois back in power since 1994, a second referendum on sovereignty took place. This time, it was rejected by a slim majority (50.6 percent NO to 49.4 percent YES).

    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.

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