The EU election thread

[Louis VI the Fat]

Honestly, this was ridiculous. Even though DCB's book is more than disturbing [...] Accusing him during a political debate just made Bayrou look stupid (I voted for the Modem though).

Yay! A vote for MoDem! (Ah...so you were the one. The vote from Montpellier....)

And yes, Bayrou should not have let himself be provoked in this manner. It does not exactly make him appear 'presidential'. If he can't keep his wits about him when challenged, then he has a clear problem.



@Maniac - Meneldil is simply explaining the nature of the French hardright. (And rather well too) Anti-immigration, anti-abortion, anti-semitism, anti-republic, anti-Second Vatican Council* = French hardright.

*A progressive council, where amongst other things it was decided that vernacular languages should replace mass in Latin. Therefore, to call for Latin in church is to oppose progressive, modern Catholicism. This is what Meneldil is referring to. That is, by Catholic standards, these people are hardright reactionaries.

Of course, the French hardright, the reactionaries, think themselves the moderates. That the rest of society is a disgraceful, Godless, modern experiment. They want to shield France from such atrocities as human rights, equality, civil rights for Jews, democracy and what have you not.

Whatever one may think about that, this is French politics, described in French political terminology. With what terminology political traditions elsewhere are described is a different matter. (Although mostly it's really not all that different)
Suffice it to say that 'left' and 'right' are...ba boom tish...French political terms. That is, Meneldil is correct by default. When these people sit themselves on the far right benches in the French National Assembly, they are far right by very definition.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

anti-republic

NAR? Rassemblement démocrate? Far-right?

*A progressive council, where amongst other things it was decided that vernacular languages should replace mass in Latin. Therefore, to call for Latin in church is to oppose progressive, modern Catholicism. This is what Meneldil is referring to. That is, by Catholic standards, these people are hardright reactionaries.

Language is language, and of course it could be debated all day, but we'll have to agree to disagree on this.