February 14, 2004

Get a Life, eh?

By Thomas Lifson
Canada would seem to be a country with a very fragile ego. It is currently convulsed with outrage over disparaging comments about Quebec and Quebeckers (aka, les Quebecois), made by a television sock puppet character known as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. The outrages occurred on the NBC series Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which has been broadcasting from Toronto the past week, with a million—dollar (C$) subsidy partially—funded by government monies.   Perhaps the word 'insult' in the character's name might be the first clue that anyone or anything falling within his purview is subject to ridicule, with no necessary basis in fact. But this doesn't seem to matter to the Canadians, pre—occupied as they are with proving themselves 'nicer' than those mean old Yankees.   Among Triumph's sins: putting up phony street signs with the names 'Quebecqueer Street,' and 'Rue des Pussies,' Also, telling one passer—by in Quebec City, "You're French, you're...(Read Full Article)