Tuesday
(0)Style is usually all that matters, when you have no control over the substance.
- Adriana Cronin, in conversation about French culture
""Everyone wonders now what we have to do. I haven’t really got an answer to that - stand together and demonstrate maybe.
"I think the government has to do something.""
Lovely quote from the BBC from someone dutch about what they need to next. Pretty well sums up la probleme european.
Posted by Giles at November 9, 2004 08:10 PM
I didn't know where to notify you about this, but I'm SURE that any readers will love it.
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/11.04/05-terror.html
Posted by Simon Lawrence at November 9, 2004 10:57 PM
One has to recognise first, however, the very close correlation between levels of political freedom and actual freedom.
Posted by Simon Lawrence at November 9, 2004 11:25 PM
So Gilles, since you're so superior to the person who was talking, who was at least honest about not knowing what to do, what would you propose?
The US approach was also something along the lines of "I think the government has to do something.", the 'something' being military action, which in the case of Afganistan at least, made definite sense.
In this case, what would you propose that either individuals or governments do? I don't have an answer, do you, or are you just gloating at other people's misfortune & resulting confusion?
Posted by A_t at November 10, 2004 03:39 PM
err how about for starts 1) stop asylum 2) deport anyasylum seeker associated with extremists
Posted by Giles at November 10, 2004 11:09 PM
Are you sure Adriana was talking about French culture? It seems that Britain has less control over "substance" (whatever that might be defined to be) than France.
France, for all its faults and strangenesses, at least has many uniquely French ones....
...More so than Airstrip One, anyway.....
Posted by John Ellis at November 11, 2004 09:43 AM
