I wrote this in an openDemocracy.com forum back in 2003, and I thought it was funny, so... here it is:
I have re-written the last paragraph of the US Declaration of Independence, replacing every word that was borrowed from the French language by "freedom", so as to help the American people who eat freedom fries further deny their cultural ties with France:
"We, therefore, the freedoms of the united States of America, in Freedom Congress, Freedomed, freedoming to the Supreme Freedom of the world for the freedom of our freedoms, do, in the Name, and by the Freedom of the good Freedom of these Colonies, freedomly freedom and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Freedom States; that they are Absolved from all Freedom to the British Freedom, and that all freedom connection between them and the State of Great Freedom, is and ought to be freedomly dissolved; and that as Free and Freedom States, they have full Freedom to freedom freedom, conclude Freedom, freedom Freedoms, freedom Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Freedom States may of right do. And for the freedom of this Declaration, with a freedom freedom on the freedom of freedom Freedom, we freedomly freedom to each other our Lives, our Freedoms and our freedomed Freedom."
I know it's a ridiculous argument against French-bashing, but I couldn't help myself...
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Told you before, but I think it's a funny response to whatever crap neocons or affliated can throw at us the cowardly French.
But well, being rhetorical with right-wing americans... that may not be asking for trouble, but it's at least begging for a blank look of stupidity.
"Whu ? the French have a language ?"
And yeah, in case you're wondering, i'm bored as hell at work.
I think that they're no better response to people who reject another culture than to show them how reliant each culture is on the other.
Buck 65, a Canadian musician (who's living in Paris now, if I remember correctly) included several songs in French on his most recent album. When I asked him about it he mentioned that on the one hand it was to kind of get in touch with the French aspect of Canadian culture, and on the other hand he thought it would be interesting to see what happened when the album came out in the US, as he was just starting to get popular there.
One thing that's crossed my mind on a few occasions is what would happen if terrorists ever destroyed the Statue of Liberty?
La liberté éclairant le monde? One could only hope...
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