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montagnarde1793) wrote2007-01-09 07:49 pm
Brought to you by my lack of sleep and Google Maps
There's apparently a town a bit to the South-East of Paris called "Saint-Just-Sauvage" that has a Rue Robespierre. Actually, there are a lot of towns around Paris with one. So why not Paris, eh? EH? None of the others have such interesting names though. I fail to understand why they would name their town Saint-Just-Sauvage," though... O.o Maybe there is a Saint-Just-Apprivoisé someplace.It would seem for the most part, to continue on the theme, that there are several towns with Rues Robespierre in Nord-Pas-de-Calais (unsurprisingly), several towns around Paris also do, and then randomly one near Brest and another few near Lyon. But that's it.
And meanwhile, they still refuse to name any street in Paris after him. Most likely on the grounds that he was OMGTEHBLOODTHIRSTYDICTATOR!!!111!!1! Which I find truly ironic, since there is a Rue Bonaparte in Paris and Bonaparte actually *was* a bloodthirsty dictator. (Or if he didn't have a direct thirst for blood his thirst for personal glory definitely spilled a lot of it.) What's up with that? I don't understand why they don't just give him one of Haussman's; after all he doesn't deserve isn't using it.
And WTF, there's a Rue de Médecis?! And damn, La Fayette's got a huge boulevard! Are the people who decide the street names in Paris completely unaware that he tried to set himself up as military dictator twice and massacred innocent Parisian citizens?! Then again, since there's a Rue Bonaparte, I suppose they don't care.
....I give up. ;______;
Actually, I spoke too soon: there's an Avenue Robespierre in a town near Toulon called La Garde.
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....Am I mad to have a cute image of that? O.oPrecisely! ...What was wrong with the centralization?....it certainly served its purpose. It was entirely necessary...and may prove so again.
Yay, REVOLUTION!
Then again, if it's for a good cause...
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It depends. If it's a cute image of me being stabbed, you're mad, yes. But if it's a cute image of a Saint-Just-Sauvage scratching and hitting, it's okay; that's the iamge I have in my mind for... quite a while now.It was entirely useful to fight the Coalition and the Republic did win because of this. However, I don't entirely know why, but many persons have problems with it. I think it's because the specificities of the regions were ignored. Something like that. *shrugs*
*gets tricolour sash and cocarde; parties* Let's bring back the Motherland the way it was meant to be! ^.^
What, the weeping? Weeping is always for a good cause. Ask Rousseau.
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*facepalm* The latter, obviously. But that doesn't stop us both from being mad, does it?*rolls eyes* Is that so important, all things considered? Wouldn't anyone in his right mind rather be free than a slave with a unique culture?
^____^ Which reminds me--did I tell you?--I may be part French...
If you agree with Rousseau, why resist?
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No. It doesn't. >.>In fact, it isn't important, no. Therefore, let's not mind. It's just a detail anyway.
No, REALLY? Awww, that's so sweet. That's almost like we super-stretched-in-generations-and-bloodlines-and-pretty-much-everything cousins. ^__^
*sighs*
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>___<*sighs* A detail that would seem to make some difference...
*nods* Before my great-grandfather changed his name it was Richet, apparently. Granted, this could mean his ancestors were from Belgium or something like that, but still... ^___^no subject
Sorry to learn you this. It's better I tell it to you right now. Like this, it'll be less painful and surprising when the Revisionists will attack us in 10-20 years and call us "les nouvelles dévotes de Robespierre". You know they will. I can already hear them....apparently.
Oooh. ^___^ Well, whatever. We're sort of cousins. ^______^Okay, I stop before it gets ridiculous.
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I'm prepared. Those bastards. >:(Eh, close enough. :DGood idea. XD