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Something happened on this day in history...
Friday, 19 August 2005 12:14...I just don't know what it is. In other news, whatever you think of the man, you'd have to be ignorant of French culture to blame Maxime for being paranoid. Observe the following:
They see plots everywhere : The French see a plot in everything and never believe what they are told ; for example, the ridiculous theory that no plane crashed on the Pentagon on 9-11 was successful in France and the book about it sold more than 100,000 copies. In front of a situation, they will always trys to find the most complicated and ambiguous explanation and, if possible, a plot. Conversely, Americans see everything black or white and trust what they are told : for example most people in America believed the " a sole killer and a magic ball " theory in Kennedy assassination or the story of massive destruction weapons in Iraq. The French think the Americans are very naive.
See! It's not just him, it's the entire French people!
Oh, and I found a quote that deserves to be repeated over and over again: "I threw a tomato at Ronald Reagan once. I threw a tomato at Reagan under the influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau." Don't mess with the Rousseau! (BTW: the quotes from Great Books by David Denby.)
In other news, my cat caught a mouse, ate its leg and left the rest in the living room for Beverly to find. Lovely, n'est-ce pas?
And a found a translator that will translate this lovely Russian website that I had been dying to know the content of directly (ie: not having to copy and paste text). It is still a very crappy translation. But I guess you get what you pay for--in this case, nothing.
--Suzanne
They see plots everywhere : The French see a plot in everything and never believe what they are told ; for example, the ridiculous theory that no plane crashed on the Pentagon on 9-11 was successful in France and the book about it sold more than 100,000 copies. In front of a situation, they will always trys to find the most complicated and ambiguous explanation and, if possible, a plot. Conversely, Americans see everything black or white and trust what they are told : for example most people in America believed the " a sole killer and a magic ball " theory in Kennedy assassination or the story of massive destruction weapons in Iraq. The French think the Americans are very naive.
See! It's not just him, it's the entire French people!
Oh, and I found a quote that deserves to be repeated over and over again: "I threw a tomato at Ronald Reagan once. I threw a tomato at Reagan under the influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau." Don't mess with the Rousseau! (BTW: the quotes from Great Books by David Denby.)
In other news, my cat caught a mouse, ate its leg and left the rest in the living room for Beverly to find. Lovely, n'est-ce pas?
And a found a translator that will translate this lovely Russian website that I had been dying to know the content of directly (ie: not having to copy and paste text). It is still a very crappy translation. But I guess you get what you pay for--in this case, nothing.
--Suzanne
