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2005-11-06 Europe

She has a dream: the Marseillaise in Arabic

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Posted by Steve White 2005-11-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Next up: adding a green crescent to the tricolour...

Posted by PBMcL 2005-11-06 00:36|| 2005-11-06 00:36|| Front Page Top

Would you sing âGod Save the Queenâ in French?

Hell, I wouldn't sing it in English.

But that's just me.... :-D

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-11-06 01:13|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2005-11-06 01:13|| Front Page Top

#3 The Marseillaise verses is about taking in arms in the defence of freedom. I can't see how this could be translated in islamic: the religion of total submission.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-11-06 03:05|| 2005-11-06 03:05|| Front Page Top

#4 In this version, it's about jihad.

Posted by JSU 2005-11-06 07:53|| 2005-11-06 07:53|| Front Page Top

#5 At the film's beginning, the credits are displayed over a political map of Africa. In the first five minutes of footage, the introductory details are succinctly communicated. Over a crude, slowly-spinning globe and a zoom-in shot toward Western Europe, a doom-laden, ominous voice-over, similar to the March of Time newsreel narrations [by Westbrook Van Voorhis], explains the turbulent ~~Nazi~~ takeover of Europe, the coming of World War II, III and the frenetic stream of political refugees (superimposed over the globe) from persecution out of ~~Hitler's~~ besieged Europe to Vichy France and North Africa: With the coming of the ~~Second~~ Third World War, many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully or desperately toward the freedom of the Americas. Lisbon became the great embarkation point. But not everybody could get to Lisbon directly...
A three-toned relief map of the land mass of ~~Axis-occupied~~ Muslim occupied Europe spins into the frame, showing the opposing sides in the conflict:

Excuse me please, I'm going down to Rick's for a drink.

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-06 11:56|| 2005-11-06 11:56|| Front Page Top

#6 and when she completes her jihad version of Marseillaise, she is going to begin work on adapting the Guillotine for public beheadings. She feels that rioting and public beheadings of anyone who dares to speak against democracy and justice, will give the poor lads a better sense of what it means to be French.

Posted by 2b 2005-11-06 17:25|| 2005-11-06 17:25|| Front Page Top

#7 While, yes, it is a horrible idea, and she seems to be a crackpot, I must say it is rather refreshing to see her say:

âI was ashamed to see the lack of respect the kids showed France,...The failure is at school, and especially at home.â

Especially at home. How nice to see someone else saying that. Pity you have to ignore everything else she says...

Posted by SJB 2005-11-06 18:06|| 2005-11-06 18:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Just when you think it's safe to unconditionally condemn acid being thrown in a woman's face.

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-06 21:22|| 2005-11-06 21:22|| Front Page Top

#9 That's uncalled for, Zenster.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-11-06 22:35|| 2005-11-06 22:35|| Front Page Top

#10 SW - before I condemn Zen, I'd look to see if she has had anything to say aboiut that - even absence of outrage speaks volumes.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-11-06 22:58|| 2005-11-06 22:58|| Front Page Top

#11 Thank you, Steve White. I'll cheerfully take my lumps for posting that. It was a (however crude) attempt at turnabout on what is so common in the Arab world already. The irony of this moron recasting an anthem of liberty in the language of repression and autocracy was a little much for me.

I will duly note how my statement originated from a position that sought to "unconditionally condemn acid being thrown in a woman's face." A stance which I have always and still continue to maintain.

Posted by Zenster 2005-11-06 23:30|| 2005-11-06 23:30|| Front Page Top

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