This is beyond infuriating. It's an outrage.
Came across the bunch of newspapers and magazines I had saved in the wake of 9/11 during my packing frenzy this weekend. It was odd. Time-travelers. And in one of the magazines there were statements of support, listed, from every leader of the world. Circa late September, 2001.
How soon they forget.
"We stand in solidarity with the people of the US" says Chirac. Says Schroeder.
No no NO YOU DO NOT STAND WITH US. YOU DO NOT. You just stood by us when we were DOWN. The second we got up again, angry, and roaring, the awakened giant, you condemned us. You turned on us. You are not with us. You are not.
But this ... this is despicable.
Moral ROT.
And not only that, but the writing sucks.
I'm too upset to be more articulate.
Posted by sheilaIt's about time everyone realized how deeply the French hate us. I don't know exactly why they despise us, but they fight our culture and language with more determination than they ever showed against a foreign invader.
I've simply realized it's time to hate them back.
Posted by: Bill McCabe at August 4, 2003 3:55 PMThis is indeed despicable. It's interesting to wonder: who are the people who would read and applaud such a thing?...who would think it's in some way profound? I suspect that it's *not* farmers in Provence--just as it won't be factory workers in Detroit, in the event that this book is translated into English. The people who like this book in France are probably mainly--as they would be in the U.S.--the college-educated. And the more educated, the more likely that they will like it.
Posted by: David Foster at August 5, 2003 7:08 PM