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Hands off our Marseillaise, say French politicians
| An interesting debate over France's national anthem. Money graf: |
A recent poll however found 72 percent of the French liked having 'La Marseillaise' as their national anthem, saying it was patriotic, rousing and pleasant to listen to. Two out of three said they knew the words to the song. And in the national assembly, several deputies described the moment when a band strikes up the song as "spine-chilling" and "always emotional." But fears of the anthem's racist overtones have been raised recently when it was whistled (booed) during a France-Algeria football match in Paris, and according to the pollsters the song finds less resonance among the under-30s with only 56 percent saying they were attached to it.| France having a bit of trouble with the Tranzis and thesurging Moose limb population... |
Posted by: Seafarious 2005-07-07 |
