Comments on: November 11 in France: Rewriting History http://hadleighroberts.com/2009/11/november-11-france-rewriting-history/ Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:17:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Florian Bay http://hadleighroberts.com/2009/11/november-11-france-rewriting-history/#comment-572 Florian Bay Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:41:20 +0000 http://hadleighroberts.co.uk/?p=1346#comment-572 It is no wonder that France struggles to find her own identity as she keeps rewritting her own history for political reasons. To change the 11th of November into some kind of European thing is simply crass in my eyes, crass because it is an insult to the memory of the sacrifices made by our allies in the name of freedom, especially by Britain in the Somme among other battlefields. As you pointed out yourself Hadleigh, France has still NOT come to terms with her own history and this is something that most people in France actually don't realise. As long as France don't come to terms with her history, there is no way on Earth that she will have the stability she desserves ... It is no wonder that France struggles to find her own identity as she keeps rewritting her own history for political reasons. To change the 11th of November into some kind of European thing is simply crass in my eyes, crass because it is an insult to the memory of the sacrifices made by our allies in the name of freedom, especially by Britain in the Somme among other battlefields.

As you pointed out yourself Hadleigh, France has still NOT come to terms with her own history and this is something that most people in France actually don't realise. As long as France don't come to terms with her history, there is no way on Earth that she will have the stability she desserves …

]]> By: Alasdair http://hadleighroberts.com/2009/11/november-11-france-rewriting-history/#comment-571 Alasdair Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:27:25 +0000 http://hadleighroberts.co.uk/?p=1346#comment-571 "Deutschland uber Alles" is just the first verse of the German National Anthem. These days, Germans sing the third verse as "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (Unity and Right and Freedom... The music's the same. "Deutschland uber Alles" is just the first verse of the German National Anthem. These days, Germans sing the third verse as "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (Unity and Right and Freedom… The music's the same.

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