Tag: France
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French Revolution: Why it failed. Why we still live in it...
"May my blood unite the French! I forgive all..." The phrase was never completed. The guilotine fell and its thud ended the life of Louis XVI, giving its place to silence. For some seconds. "Vive la démocratie" Cheers echoed across Place de la Concorde after the execution. A king had fallen. Democracy was born. But…
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Burned churches. Blood. Democracy.
This year there will be no Christmas celebration at Notre Dame of Paris for the first time in 200+ years. Can you imagine when it was last time? Well, you guessed right. It was during another correspondingly "enlightened" era. It was at the time when "freedom" against oppression was being built and promoted once again.…
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Goodbye...
The last farewel to his family was a very moving moment for Louis XVI, the last King of France. At least now we have democracy. And now we can sit comfortable at our sofa and watch wannabe models crying got seeing their relatives whom they haven't seen for one week... No, this is not a…
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The hypocrisy of crying for Notre Dame... (And the hypocrisy of modern atheistic world)
Notre Dame! Burned to the ground. But it matters not. For it was burnt to the ground many many years ago. Ever since when we stopped caring for religion. Ever since we stopped believing in God. Ever since we started visiting Notre Dame to see a monument and not to pray. For this is what…
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France, Mali, Italy, Ethiopia...
France confirms Mali military intervention, with president Francois Hollande saying that French troops are taking part in operations against Islamists in northern Mali. [1] An event of peculiar significance. Nationalism and violence has risen worldwide. I may sound crazy, but when Italy was going at war with Ethiopia back in 1935 people were also NOT…
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