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| A ray of hope in France |
| 2005-07-26 |
| Yesterday, I tuned the radio and on France Inter (one of the main French radios) they were broadcasting one of those debates where people phone to the radio and are answered by "experts". And when I tuned the radio theere was a guy of the public making a short speech just praising Irakis for their courage in going to vote and telling about his indignation for France not supporting democracy in Irak but instead calling the terrorists "resistants". Of course the expert or so called expert tried to defuse the effect of this guy intervention telling thta the "resistance" was not homogeneous and that some of them ere good guys and so on. And of course they insured the following question by a person in the public would be inocuous (difference between sunnites and shiites). It was still a bit of comfort to notice that there are some people in France who have not lost their sense of decency and that this time we had managed to get some air tilme in the MSM |
| Posted by:JFM |
| #2 Shameless plug : to the possible french speakers here (who knows?), don't listen to Skyrock, France culture, or RFI... listen to the main independent conservative radio, Radio Courtoisie, on the net @ http://www.radiocourtoisie.com/. Classical music, jazz, and great talk shows from 18 to 21 GMT week days. Not loony, wild eyed ranters, but a wide array of the french right, often diverging views, from the free market types to the catholic conservatives or the Algérie française nostalgics, with a high cultural level, and very interesting guests. Favorites : 2 tuesday per month Claude Reichmann (http://www.claudereichman.com/); 2-3 friday per month JG Malliarakis (http://www.europelibre.com/); and every wednesday, Serge de Beketch (http://www.francecourtoise.info/). Radio courtoise, independent since 18 years, no commercials, no sponsors, no agenda, free speech only. The voice of non-idiotarian rightwing France. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2005-07-26 14:36 |
| #1 In france, there is a widening gap between our so much educated "elites and experts" and people gut feelings. It is a very dangerous situation, because our arab-origin french feel vindicated by the french "official" posturing(and thus make no effort at self restraint), while at the same time, the rest of the population keeps them more and more in suspiscion and contempt. Believe me, criticizing the french foreign policy is a BIG taboo and a line no journalist(for lack of term describing french news employees!) will ever cross. |
| Posted by: frenchfregoli 2005-07-26 13:29 |