[lit-ideas] Re: Should Chirac join Bush in oblivion?
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:08:31 +0000
Sunday, October 31, 2004, 1:13:01 AM, Eric Yost wrote:
EY> Judy wrote: "Is France like this?:" [examples of superrich consumption
EY> follow]
EY> How does that relate to the question of corruption?
In the same way as -- and as much as -- your post relates to Didier's.
Not that mine was intended to relate directly to the contents of his
post or your response.
EY> If the oil voucher
EY> corruption tale is indeed true, what does it matter whether the
EY> corporation involves Haliburton or Total Petrofina? What does it matter
EY> whether one corrupt leader's country is blisteringly unfair to its poor
EY> or the other corrupt leader's country attempts more social remediation?
How a leader treats the citizens of his/her country matters
tremendously; if that were not so, no-one could or would say with
sincerity (and some do say it sincerely) that the people of Iraq are
better off without Saddam Hussein.
EY> If they are corrupt leaders, Saint Chirac and Demon Dubya both belong in
EY> the dustbin.
"Saint" Chirac?
EY> How could it be otherwise? To cut Chirac slack would be to
EY> patronize the excellent French people (no irony intended). I'm sure they
EY> wouldn't want that.
Not only would they not want it, it would be untrue to the action of
so many in voting for Chirac, with massive reluctance, to beat Le Pen.
To forget that, is to patronise the French people. To say "Saint
Chirac" is to insult them. (But they are accustomed to that.)
--
Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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