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About me

Welcome to my "about me" page!

I'm usually not very good at describing myself but I will try! I'm 24 years old, male, and I hold a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from Université Laval, in Quebec City. However, I'm not done with my studies. I'm currently completing a Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in translation and terminology at my ol' alma mater. I am a French Quebecer, speaking Quebec French natively. You will probably see me editing the pages on Quebec French and Quebec French phonology, especially doing recordings. My accent is that of the capital, but I speak a working class sub-variety, coming myself from a working class family. This slight rustic twang is quite important to me, and even attending university didn't manage to stamp it out. It's my way of remembering where I am from and how far I've come, as I am the first person in my family with an university degree.

I am very interested in linguistics, but only as an amateur as I have done no formal studies and have no degree in the subject. However, I own many books about linguistics, particularly phonology and syntax, and I just love reading about it. Noam Chomsky is a personal hero of mine because he is a very multi-pronged person with a lot of different interests and manages to juggle between them and acquire incredible expertise in each one. However, my professional interest is law. I am beginning to draft a plan for articles about Quebec law on Wikipedia, as complete as they can be. That citizens know their rights and obligations is very important to me and I view our current system as quite deficient in that regard. What good does passing a consumer protection law do, for example, if consumers don't know its contents, or even worse, can't know its contents because it is written so badly? Simple legislative writing is the cause I have set as my own, and I wish to contribute to Wikipedia in that regard. Things like CanLII are a very good step, but it's possible to go further.

Aside from professional interests, I am interested in Stoic and Cynic philosophy (Diogenes of Sinope is another personal hero), politics and martial arts. I am an ikkyu in Judo, long overdue for my Shodan but I've had to quit because law school took too much of my time. I want to return eventually, when time permits. I'm also very interested in asceticism and other ways of simple living. I've been studying Esperanto for several months - I really like it. As an auxlang, it's not too good, but I really enjoy how precise it is while being easy to learn.

After being estranged from my faith for many, many years, I'm starting to see the Divine all around me and it gets progressively easier to believe.

And well, that's about it for me. Hopefully we get to know each other through this wonderful project!

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The List Religion Dei Gratia Catholica Romana This user is a Christian humanist Education & Hobbies This user is a judoka. LavalThis user attends or attended Université Laval. This user is a graduate student in Translation. LL.B.This user has a Bachelor of Laws degree. This user is not a lawyer. They are not admitted to practice in any jurisdiction, and nothing that they write is legal advice. Ancestry & Citizenship This user is proud to come from Quebec. This user comes from Quebec City. This user is of Acadian ancestry. National Politics This user supports the independence of Quebec to be a francophone republic This user supports the Parti Québécois. This user might support the Conservative Party of Canada if they were still progressive. This user is against the Canadian Crown This user supports Citizens for a Canadian Republic. This user opposes the policies and views of Stephen Harper. Worldview I would say I'm a cynic but I bet you just wouldn't believe me. This user is interested in Stoicism. This user advocates pacifism. This user believes Groupthink is the most dangerous aspect of the human psyche. Who's with me? This user wants a philosopher king. This user opposes copyright, and encourages the free exchange of culture. patentThis user is against patents. This user believes in a non-partisan, direct democracy. This user believes that the United States is a corporatocracy.