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To: Blake#1
Your head is full of "smoke". LePen reminds me of another patriot that was an American Hero. In the War of 1812, which we won, by the way, (does that bother yoy?)Capitan Stephen Decatur is quoted as saying "When in the course of human events may my country always be in the right, however, MY COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG" This is all that LePen is saying about his country. I take it you do not share this "feeling".
That's by no means all he's saying. He's promoting a certain portion of the population (white Christians of French descent) and cloaking it in a form of neo-patriotism. If we wish to look for a match in American history, Decatur (who was speaking of foreign affairs) isn't it. The 19th century "Know Nothings" or the early 20th century Klan come much closer. Both claimed to be all about "Americanism", while hating many of the people who made up America. There's a more recent example in Germany as well.

Patriotism is a critical trait in a national leader, but it must be backed up with solid principles to be meaningful. As Samuel Johnson said: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel".

-Eric

171 posted on 04/25/2002 5:04:24 AM PDT by E Rocc
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To: E Rocc
You are a pathetic citizen. You are a man without a country. Just like Philip Nolan in the Hale story. "Breaths there a man with soul so dead to himself has never said, this is my own my native land" (close) My answer is yes, E Rocc. May God have mercy on him, he and his kind will get none from me!
172 posted on 04/25/2002 5:49:32 PM PDT by Blake#1
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To: E Rocc
If you think Le Pen is radical, a Nazi, etc, not to fear. He'll lose on May 5, probably by a 70-30 landslide, or possibly by even more.

Fast forward to some time in the future. France will be even more "diverse" than it is now, and we will see exactly what kind of a wonderland it becomes. I can't wait. Le Pen will look like a moderate in retrospect, and the Muslims, now 25% of the population (and breeding like rats) will be plotting to convert Notre Dame into a mosque.

173 posted on 04/25/2002 8:42:41 PM PDT by Phillip Augustus
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