If the audience is indifferent, never mind furiously opposed, what has the acknowledgment really accomplished?
The Habs are a leading symbol, if not the leading symbol, of the Quebec nation . Named as the team is for the original peasant-farmer, whose status was intrinsically linked to their stewardship over the land, you can understand why the acknowledgment would cause some angst — rightly or wrongly.
That being the case, the reaction from marquee nationalist commentators blew past angst and at last report was approaching apoplexy.
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