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   Message 137,076 of 137,311   
   Evelyn C. Leeper to Evelyn C. Leeper   
   Re: Montreal Worldcon code of conduct   
   13 Nov 25 12:18:56   
   
   From: evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/13/25 12:09 PM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:   
   > On 11/13/25 11:02 AM, James Nicoll wrote:   
   >> In article <10f4sia$26gpu$1@dont-email.me>,   
   >> Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Do not forget that Montreal is in Canada, and their free speech laws   
   >>> differ from those of the US. In specific, Canada has laws restricting   
   >>> hate speech, obscenity, and defamation. Montreal is, so far as I can   
   >>> tell, merely trying to incorporate this information in their Code of   
   >>> Conduct.   
   >>   
   >> Montreal is also in Quebec so it may be an idea to learn one or   
   >> two phrases in French, such as Bonjour (Hello), Merci (thank you),   
   >> and Je suis maudit Anglais (I am not from Quebec).   
   >   
   > Vraiment amusant.   
   >   
      
   Actually, the important phrase is "J'ai vote pour Kamala." :-)   
      
   (And many of us are neither Québécois nor Anglais.)   
      
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   Evelyn C. Leeper, http://leepers.us/evelyn   
   In the words of Cato, "Fasciculi de Epstein emitti debent." pour Harris.   
   In my words, "Invoke the 25th in 25."   
      
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