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2005-11-03 Europe

Theodore Dalrymple: Barbarians at the Gates of Paris

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Posted by Mike 2005-11-03 12:28|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ....The left-leaning LibÃ©ration, one of the two daily newspapers the French intelligentsia reads,

For the sake of the readership, can someone please define the term "French intelligentsia."

Posted by Besoeker 2005-11-03 13:13|| 2005-11-03 13:13|| Front Page Top

#2 For a moment, I thought the author was talking about New Orleans.

Posted by PsychoHillbilly 2005-11-03 13:20|| 2005-11-03 13:20|| Front Page Top

#3 French intellectuals, I think they're the ones who had the inspired idea to form a counterweight to American and Russian power by teaming up with all the countries that were defeated by Israel in the 1967 war. It's no coincidence that Surrealism originated in France.

Posted by Militant Snail 2005-11-03 13:30|| 2005-11-03 13:30|| Front Page Top

#4 âThe despot is not a man. It is the . . . correct, realistic, exact plan . . . that will provide your solution once the problem has been posed clearly. . . . This plan has been drawn up well away from . . . the cries of the electorate or the laments of societyâs victims. It has been drawn up by serene and lucid minds...."

F**cking yikes! Both Hitler and Stalin would give a polite golf clap to that sentiment.

Posted by Secret Master 2005-11-03 15:21|| 2005-11-03 15:21|| Front Page Top

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