Have you ever read the lyrics to the French national anthem?
Legolas Send a noteboard - 18/07/2016 11:27:49 PM
View original postBTW, am I the only one thinking that there is some sort of karmic payback due for a nation that chooses to celebrate itself by commemorating such a revolting event? I mean, we celebrate the legislative adoption of a document explicitly setting forth our grievances and philosophical justification for the establishment of a new state. We don't celebrate the lynching of a bunch of helpless prison guards for the crime of working in a place that had had a bad reputation years before.
It's a fair point, as long as you're not suggesting that what actually happened in Nice was said karmic payback...
But yeah, on the topic of France and its national symbols, there is something pretty hilarious about hearing an entire stadium of soccer fans sing about impure blood soaking their fields, and all that jazz. I never did get just whose blood was supposed to be impure... maybe this is why Voldemort got a French name?
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Have you ever read the lyrics to the French national anthem?
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The French Revolution was one of the greatest catastrophes in history
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Re: You know, I've been reading this book on Talleyrand...
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I found Thomas Carlyle's book on the French Revolution quite interesting
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Yeah, that's definitely on the list of books on the subject to read. *NM*
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Wow. You really do live in an alternate universe - but in this case maybe one many Americans share.
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I'd be interested to hear more about that. What are the bad sides? *NM*
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I'm not defending a depraved mob and conquest-hungry military dictatorship
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And I'm not comparing the French and American Revolutions, as such. Just noting that...
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The American revolution did virtually all of that first and without the Reign of Terror. *NM*
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Yes, because the Americans rebelled against someone four thousand miles away.
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