"Maybe Damian or someone who has heard the piece and got better French than me can give the exact translation."
"Tu vois lui, si le vent tourne, je ne suis pas sûr qu'il ait le temps de faire ses valises. Moi, tu vois, quand je l'entends parler, Patrick Cohen, je me dis, tu vois, les chambres à gaz... Dommage !" My translation is: "You see him, if the wind turns, Im not sure that he d have time to pack his suitcases. Me, you see, when I hear him , Patrick Cohen, I tell myself, you see, the gaz chambers.. shame!" god only knows what went through his head. I cant make any sense of it, is it taken out of context? Its clearly not firiendly, I d venture into saying that much. On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Guy Thornton <[email protected]>wrote: > To be strictly accurate what he said about the reporter was "when I see > him (on TV) he makes me > think of the gas chambers". Well that's the translation I heard (but may > have been 'reminds me of' > rather than 'thinks of'). > Maybe Damian or someone who has heard the piece and got better French than > me can give the > exact translation. > And on things French and reedom of speech while I agree with the sentiment > of "I may not agree with > what you say I'll defend your right to say it" freedom of speech is fine > with a society of sensible, > responsible, sane people but sadly there's a lot more around who aren't > and when it comes to inciting > racial hatred, rousing people to violence and more there's limits to > freedom of speech. > > guy > > On 23 Jan 2014 at 12:03, Ed Morrish wrote: > > I would argue that a three thousand year old spiritual insignia that was > adopted for a span of 25 years > by anti-Semites has a different order of legitimacy than a gesture > invented by a man who told a > Jewish reporter, "You should be sent to a gas chamber" being adopted by > anti-Semites almost > instantaneously. > > But that's just my personal view. > > > On 23 Jan 2014, at 00:11, Eric B <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The point is that that Buddhism is represented by a symbol that has since > > been tarnished by the nazis. > > Similar to the quenelle. > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > John 'Grampa' Sykes > Rest In Peace old lad > 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
