All surmises to the contrary, I have not died...

[estellacat]

...I've merely been away visiting some relatives and have been fairly tired since my return. Some quick points of interest in my life of the past several days:

- I finished Sophie Wahnich's La liberté ou la mort : essai sur la Terreur et le terrorisme - admittedly, not a very impressive feat, since it's scarcely more than a hundred pages, though

Comments

[trf_chan]

I freaking HATE anti-France/French books. I mean. Dear lord. Do you think that would be acceptable if it was almost any other country? If someone was, say, publishing '50 Reasons to Hate the Polish,' I don't think they'd exactly be getting lauded for that. -_- And yet, it's all right to publish that stuff about the French. I'm sure that, few and far between, there are the sorts of ebil, annoying French people that everyone whines about, but that's hardly reason to stereotype everyone. I could say a lot about the English based on, say, SOME OF THEIR ACADEMICS...but I don't. I realize that the people in England are, by and large, much like the people anywhere else in the world. People are people. Cultural factors have some effect, but at the most basic level, it's perfectly possible for a man born and raised in Paris to be much the same as a man born and raised in London.

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And speaking of some of their academics in Angle-land, AAAAAAAAAAAGH. And that man is a professor at Cambridge. ;_; Based on those excerpts, I would definitely have some words with that fellow if I went there. -______- To say the least.

That last book you talked about...uh. Just. Uh. O_O Maybe it's one of those things that seemed like a great idea at the time, when the author was heavily into crack cocaine and hard liquor, but which he now regrets immensely...?

Well. Probably not. But that would make me feel better. :D?

[estellacat]

I'm sure you don't need me to tell you your rant is spot-on. Don't people realize that "France-bashing" is just another form of bigotry? >___<

Oh, that's right, you're thinking of applying to Cambridge, aren't you? Well, I hope for your sake not all the profs there are like that. -__-; Do have words with him though if you go.

Believe it or not, this guy wins literary prizes. Apparently that's the appropriate recompense for writing about a dog's take on Bonaparte's sex life. >.>;