--- In [email protected], bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > [Sarko has] an outspoken > > distaste for immigrants, many of whom he plans to > > "ship back where they came from" if he can. > > ***************** > > An amusing stance for a guy whose father, Pál nagybócsai Sárközy, > emigrated to France from Hungary... > http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/33251.html
Exactly. I find that's the trend in *all* countries where there is a strong backlash against immigrants. It's the former immigrants and the children of immigrants who are leading the charge to "get rid of the rabble." It's the basest of human emotions on display, "We've got ours, and the latecomers can go fuck themselves." This is really a step backwards for France. It will be interesting to see how the people respond. We're talking, after all, about a country that has *no problem* staging a general strike and bringing all transportation and services in the country to a complete halt when they don't like what the govern- ment is doing. Even if it costs them a great deal of money to *go* on strike. It'll be fascinating to see whether the French settle in for the long haul with a Bush-Neocon-wanabee or whether they stand up to him. Me, I don't have any prediction one way or another. I've given up trying to figure out the French. :-) In answer to a previous question of Bhairitu's, I don't know whether the voting process is via paper ballots or electronic. I've never voted in France, and wouldn't be able to for at least ten years after becoming a legal resident. That's one interesting aspect of this immigration backlash -- the millions of fairly new *legal* immigrants most threatened by Sarko and his announced intentions were unable to vote in this election. Their future has been decided by those who are trying to cling to what they have rather than find a way to share in something new, and possibly better. The outcome of this election is the very definition of conservatism, and now France is stuck with that for a while. May they survive with some sense of their traditions intact.
