Every political leader in the world might be a target for
assassination. The conservative phony Jacques Chirac is over-reacting
to the recent attempt on his life that may not even have been a conspiracy.
Headline : " France to outlaw radical right ". It is one thing
to arrest and punish criminal terrorists. It is quite another thing - a
mockery of the great French Revolution- to outlaw minor, unpopular political
parties - perhaps reflecting the views of a significant number of French
citizens that unchecked immigration is ruining their country.
When I watch " old " French films - from the 50s and 60s-
the Bridget Bardot era - I can empathize with nostalgia for a cleaner,
brighter, saner, safer, happier, more sensuously enjoyable world.
You can't outlaw IDEAS - even nasty, reactionary ones.
Imagine the likes of Chirac deciding even for the eternally
rebellious French Left the boundaries of political correctness.
When Lee Harvey Oswald was assassinated here nobody thought
about outlawing the Fair Play For Cuba Committee.
Let the ghosts of the Convention return to haunt modern
France. " Do not betray us ! " they shout from the grave.
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