tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post5939619589976360803..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Jan Wong's Twisted View of QuebecSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-27786825849782365492008-09-18T20:38:00.000-04:002008-09-18T20:38:00.000-04:00Hi Anna...look I was angry when i wrote that post ...Hi Anna...look I was angry when i wrote that post because I felt she was being so wrong and unfair. But looking at the post maybe I was a bit harsh on Jan. I would change the end and not refer again to that incident. I really don't want to blow that incident out of proportion. If I didn't forgive youthful folly how could I live with myself. I quite enjoy her writing and as long as I don't have to buy it I look forward to reading her new book. ;) I just strongly disagree with her views on Quebec, because I think they feed into some ugly myths about Quebec held by less intelligent people than Jan, and I think they're bad for national unity.<BR/>I'm not saying she's a bad person. Just that those views are bad...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-60316499191312863312008-09-18T19:45:00.000-04:002008-09-18T19:45:00.000-04:00I believe your dislike for Jan Wong's opinion on Q...I believe your dislike for Jan Wong's opinion on Quebec society has lead you to misrepresent her time in Maoist China and the incident in which she turns in her fellow student.<BR/><BR/>The reason why you even know of this past is because she has written and spoken on the subject. If you had read her books and heard her interviews firsthand, you would know more than what her naysayers have had to contribute about her young adult years.<BR/><BR/>In your blog, you don't take into account the political and societal climate both here in North America and in China in the 1970's that idealized collectivism. You don't consider the machinations that were in place in China to keep their foreign students naive. You also don't allow that Jan Wong is the one to reveal her wrongdoings and is the first to acknowledge her own follies. Finally, that she reinitiated contact with the wronged student to do what she could to make amends and was forgiven by her.<BR/><BR/>You do a disservice to your main argument when you play loosely with the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-64588679957841638442006-10-05T02:28:00.000-04:002006-10-05T02:28:00.000-04:00Hi Al thanks for stopping by...I'm glad you share ...Hi Al thanks for stopping by...I'm glad you share my opinion of the Little Red Guard. She really is a nuisance. She should either move back and re-educate herself. Or just shut up...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-53270578287062544992006-10-04T11:33:00.000-04:002006-10-04T11:33:00.000-04:00I just wanted to say that I had much the same reac...I just wanted to say that I had much the same reaction to Jan Wong (or Ms. <i>WRONG</i> as I've taken to calling her). I was SO overcome by disgust that I didn't do an entry in my own blog for several days. Instead, I went around to other blogs denouncing her claims as the idiocy it so plainly is.<br /><br />On a sidenote, I would also like to congratulate you on your nomination for the Canadian Blog Awards. Well done!Al B Herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10693007977951992225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-56925102453280355932006-09-23T02:28:00.000-04:002006-09-23T02:28:00.000-04:00Hey Bruce cool comment...I know what you mean abou...Hey Bruce cool comment...I know what you mean about that Montreal feeling...it's a very easy city to live in. On the other hand it is a lot colder than Toronto or Vancouver! Although to tell you the truth I love all that snow, and those bright blue winter days. And I luvved those 5 1/2 apartments with the high ceilings !!!! Although a few years ago they also used to be cheap. And now they're not...<br />Finally you're right about Wong.I simply should ignore her. By now she's probably incorrigible. She's now accusing those who criticize her of being racists. Of treating her like....are you ready? An Asian. Isn't that a laugh? Besides as daddy Sebastien said the other day. Why bother to take anger management if you're going to read her merde or shite? From now on I'm going to carry a zippo and a pair of scissors with me. So I can cut her column out and burn it, before I read the Globe....Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-3420522022931866962006-09-22T19:44:00.000-04:002006-09-22T19:44:00.000-04:00de rien Vincent et merci...c'est un vrai plaisir p...de rien Vincent et merci...c'est un vrai plaisir pouvoir dire merci Quebec...et battre la con Wong au meme temps!Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-9402017437222064992006-09-22T14:54:00.000-04:002006-09-22T14:54:00.000-04:00Merci pour le lien vers mon article sur Jan Wong.
...Merci pour le lien vers mon article sur Jan Wong.<br /><br />Au plaisir de vous lire!Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609919844523304207noreply@blogger.com