At the beginning, I wanted to put as title "noises of corridor"
But now, this hallway noise materializes:
The story:
A month ago, I spoke with a person who had problems with his taxes, he went to the tax department to get information.
The conversation was relaxed, and the official dropped "you know, our services are preparing for the attachment of Belgium to France
" this is called hallway noise.
And then this morning, I came across a site called "Lapetition.be"
Here is one of his articles:
For the attention of / Ter attentie van: Belgians
Category: Politics
While the country is in crisis following what could be called "sandbox quarrels" largely caused by a Flanders which is inexorably sinking towards an increasingly extreme "linguistic" nationalism dating back to Another century, certain Belgians (more than 40% according to a survey !!) seem more and more in favor of a "connection with France".
Do the Belgians no longer have any self-esteem? The French media are more and more present in Belgium, the Belgians even seem to prefer to watch the same program on French channels rather than on our national channels, which are broadcast first here. Our culture is being absorbed, or should we say "crushed" by French culture. What do they have more than us? Don't we have our culture, our identity, a minimum of pride?
Our ancestors fought to gain independence for Belgium! We have our own language, our own culture, why sell it off like that? We use richer and more logical words such as "septante", "supper". Is it still useful to recall the etymology of the word "lunch"? Why have lunch twice in the same day? And why not 2 times? (So let's set up the "Big Breakfast" for the evening meal, in this case, that would make more sense!) And what about the "ninety" and so on which are linguistic aberrations? The evolution of the language is one thing, but why evolve downwards?
Does the French-speaking Belgian suffer from such an inferiority complex that he needs so much to be held by his hand? We have nothing to envy in France, both in the social and health sector and in terms of language! There would be dozens of reasons to refuse this "connection", but only one is enough, that of keeping our honor and our heads held high!
The only purpose of this petition is to get people to react! It is not only against this movement of attachment to France but also FOR the preservation of our heritage, our identity, our culture, our language!
We are Belgian, citizens of Europe and the World, but we are certainly not French, or anything else! We want to keep our identity! And do not get me wrong on this petition, it is not against France and the French, it is FOR Belgium and nothing else!
If you agree with the content of this petition, please spread the word to as many people as possible!
Is it still a hallway noise?
Personally, I don't care, as long as I'm allowed to drink beer and not wine
Still read too fast!