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From: Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: vive la whatever, The joy of Democracy
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 11:14:34 -0700
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rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 01:17:19 -0000 (UTC), John Levine wrote:
> 
>> According to rbowman  <bowman@montana.com>:
>>> On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:14:14 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The French invented the system.
>>> 
>>> Yeah, at the same time they were chopping heads off and trying to create
>>> a brand new culture. How did that work out for them?
>> 
>> Have you been to France?  Pretty well if you ask me.
> 
> No. After a couple of more empires, Napoleon, the Return of the Bourbons, 
> another revolution and taking a beating in the Franco-Prussian War, WWI, 
> WWII, and losing all its colonies the country survived. It even has 
> survived Macron.
> 
> 

Just watched a movie, maybe “Lost Command”, about the dirty war in Algeria.
It really was a mess. I worked with a guy who was a para in Algeria, and
now I see why he never spoke about it.

-- 
Pete