tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post7841911536530410537..comments2023-07-23T14:10:14.460+02:00Comments on Shall we talk?: Thoughtlessly rubbing one's eyesFloconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-15436701957451832622012-04-24T17:18:14.370+02:002012-04-24T17:18:14.370+02:00Regarding your other question (France a fake democ...Regarding your other question (France a fake democracy).<br /><br />Intéressante question si l'on demande ce qu'est une démocratie mais aussi dans quelle mesure un État est totalitaire.<br /><br />Is a "Democracy" 100% democratic and a totalitarian State 100% totalitarian? Aren't there stages or is it as binary as black and white?<br /><br />How democratic is a country (Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-55155797311980325012012-04-24T17:02:00.783+02:002012-04-24T17:02:00.783+02:00SemperFi,
re Mélanchon and Le Pen, they both shar...SemperFi,<br /><br />re Mélanchon and Le Pen, they both share the same detestation of the European Union body. As a matter of fact, le Front National is a redux of the French right of the 60s before Giscard d'Estaing drew it towards the center when he brought some changes in what is commonly known as societal laws (right to abortion, age of minority lowered from 21 to 18 etc.)<br /><br />Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-42816785208080697612012-04-24T02:46:57.653+02:002012-04-24T02:46:57.653+02:00Floxon: There are several interesting possibiliti...Floxon: There are several interesting possibilities for comment on your latest posts. <br /><br />May I start with this one?<br /><br />//And we still live with this legacy which makes France a rather authoritarian country and a fake democracy.//<br /><br />I am not a Frenchman, but I am a moderately well-informed outside observer. I don't think it is accurate to describe France as a fake Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-43592684469194157392012-04-24T00:43:49.155+02:002012-04-24T00:43:49.155+02:00Hi SemperFi,
Yes, I will be voting for Obama (surp...Hi SemperFi,<br />Yes, I will be voting for Obama (surprise, surprise).<br /><br />Cellequilit,<br />If you ask Flocon for my email address, he'll give it to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-66285626689319244682012-04-23T12:28:30.067+02:002012-04-23T12:28:30.067+02:00Semper,
Très intéressant rappel historique sur la...Semper,<br /><br />Très intéressant rappel historique sur la Rome ancienne. At least they knew how both to handle full powers to a single man and how to set up restraints so that he wouldn't turn uncontrolable and escape the power of his creators.<br /><br /><i>"Democratic government does not work when the state is in danger and quick decisions must be made"</i><br /><br />This is Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-23391263158232912012-04-23T12:01:49.595+02:002012-04-23T12:01:49.595+02:00Cellequilit,
I've added my email adress under...Cellequilit,<br /><br />I've added my email adress under my pic on top left of the home page if need be. <br /><br />Merci de me faire connaitre ce <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Patte" rel="nofollow">Pierre Patte</a> (thanks Wiki which's always on the ready) dont je n'avais jamais entendu parler mais il se trouve que la phrase que vous citez est très en accord avec la Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-5421253716842512642012-04-23T11:44:56.043+02:002012-04-23T11:44:56.043+02:00"Flocon used that quote from Trotsky tongue i...<i>"Flocon used that quote from Trotsky tongue in cheek. SemperFi</i>"<br /><br />SemperFi, don't you know Anijo is une fine mouche (a sharp customer) who can't be fooled that easily... ☺Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-70990493866614487282012-04-23T04:30:42.088+02:002012-04-23T04:30:42.088+02:00I came back tonight to say, Flocon, attention!
In...I came back tonight to say, Flocon, attention!<br /><br />In meditating on your next post, please do not rub your eyes thoughtlessly merely to experiment!<br /><br />In Pierre Patte's <i>"Les Veritables jouissances d'un être raisonnable vers son déclin"</i> (a title, which, <i>con permiso</i>, may suit our ramblings here but too well) I find the following:<br /><br />"<i>IlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-15160270721382926362012-04-23T03:56:44.952+02:002012-04-23T03:56:44.952+02:00Anijo: I never know whether flocon is in his iron...Anijo: I never know whether flocon is in his ironic mode. So I always assume he is to be taken literally. <br /><br />So...it is a good bet that Ned voted for Melenchon. How about flocon? Do you think he abstained?<br /><br />I will certainly vote in our election. I hope that you do as well.<br /><br />SemperFidelisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-78536677419097974882012-04-23T02:13:55.907+02:002012-04-23T02:13:55.907+02:00Oh, Flocon, what a fine welcome back...you're ...Oh, Flocon, what a fine welcome back...you're such a flatterer!<br /><br />I love the nostalgic warmth of the Johnny Cash, but I can't help remembering the same thing from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxrWz9XVvls" rel="nofollow">Folamour</a>.<br /><br />(I hope the link works, it's been five years since I've done this, <i>mein Führer</i>...)<br /><br />***<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-79755040944130153662012-04-23T01:20:22.126+02:002012-04-23T01:20:22.126+02:00I am at a loss to explain why you styled me as a f...<i>I am at a loss to explain why you styled me as a friend of Trotsky.</i><br /><br />Flocon used that quote from Trotsky tongue in cheek. SemperFi, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A5t5_O8hdA" rel="nofollow">surely you can't be serious.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-37349506987928009972012-04-22T21:34:39.981+02:002012-04-22T21:34:39.981+02:00Flocon: In your quotation, Trotsky puts up straw ...Flocon: In your quotation, Trotsky puts up straw man much favored by anti-democrats. <br /><br />That is: Democratic government does not work when the state is in danger and quick decisions must be made.<br /><br />In truth, the solution (representative democracy, wherein the voters elect officers to represent them, and those officers have the power (within limits) to act without putting theirAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-29411006378449812802012-04-22T16:16:17.554+02:002012-04-22T16:16:17.554+02:00Celliquilit!!!!
What a delight to see a comment fr...Celliquilit!!!!<br />What a delight to see a comment from you. ☺☺☺☺☺<br />Anijo/aka Jo AnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-27705006834425008592012-04-22T13:33:51.357+02:002012-04-22T13:33:51.357+02:00Now, would you believe it? Cellequilit is back on ...Now, would you believe it? Cellequilit is back on stage!!! That's what I call a grand and pleasant surprise.<br /><br />So I've done a quick research bacause I wanted to know when was the last time we "met" and I retrieved <a href="http://superfrenchie.com/?p=1330#comment" rel="nofollow">this post</a> that I wrote nearly five years ago ar SF's.<br /><br />(may not be the Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-38377858611567730722012-04-22T10:21:29.182+02:002012-04-22T10:21:29.182+02:00Ned:
Your link has ensured that at least one Beat...Ned:<br /><br />Your link has ensured that at least one Beatles song (I'd like to be/under the sea...) will never be the same for any of us, ever ever again. (She said, rubbing her eyes, thoughtfully)<br /><br />Hi Flocon! <br /><br />CellequilitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-85022708560926811502012-04-17T10:59:11.912+02:002012-04-17T10:59:11.912+02:00I guess I just missed it. Are you sure it wasn'...I guess I just missed it. Are you sure it wasn't earlier when I was away?<br /><br />I have generally been more interested by ancient China and its classics. My favorite is Jin Ping Mei, of which I have partial versions in English and the entire in French chez Pléiades.<br /><br />Over centuries it has been censured because of both its overt discussion of sexuality and its implicit criticism Ned Luddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599196155953996432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-91720895210148946092012-04-16T23:00:13.657+02:002012-04-16T23:00:13.657+02:00Not quite sure what you wanted to do Ned. If you w...Not quite sure what you wanted to do Ned. If you wanted to make the pic appear front page on the blog, that would be possible only if we shared the account I opened on Blogger, which means that this would be your blog as well as mine. Thinking of a partnership?<br /><br />Sinon <i>Le Rêve de la femme du pêcheur</i> était l'article Wiki de la semaine le mois dernier. Didn't notice?<br /><Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-78589121041229702852012-04-16T20:01:46.387+02:002012-04-16T20:01:46.387+02:00OK, it didn't work, so here is a link Dream of...OK, it didn't work, so here is a link <a href="http://www.akantiek.nl/hokusai%20p1290.htm" rel="nofollow">Dream of a Fisherman's Wife</a> More history can be found at Wiki.Ned Luddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599196155953996432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-4849089075928575292012-04-16T19:54:17.579+02:002012-04-16T19:54:17.579+02:00fisherman
I am trying to upload a picture known a...<i>fisherman</i><br /><br />I am trying to upload a picture known as "The Fisherman's wife" and I am not sure I know how. So if nothing appears, excuse me.Ned Luddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599196155953996432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-57127531990288232502012-04-13T20:12:27.219+02:002012-04-13T20:12:27.219+02:00I am currently completely unable to concentrate en...I am currently completely unable to concentrate enough to write down any decent post.<br /><br />The Simon and Garfunkel teaser was about the probabiblity that these two guys would meet, like Lennon /McCartney, Leber/Stoller, Jagger/Richards and other such pairs.<br /><br /><b>The Boxer</b> is a great song that has been a parcel of our common culture ever since it was composed, like any song by Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-60377052247510579292012-04-13T20:01:22.848+02:002012-04-13T20:01:22.848+02:00Didn't know that Jackson Browne...
I suppose ...Didn't know that Jackson Browne...<br /><br />I suppose the intensity of the pain we suffer when someone passes away depends on the love that has been given and received between two souls.<br /><br />Next month, it will be 10 years when my mother died and it hardly caused any pain to me: I hadn't seen her for nearly a quarter of a century. <br /><br />When it will be my father's turn Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-79404447430578815872012-04-13T03:44:45.917+02:002012-04-13T03:44:45.917+02:00For the Dancers<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU1rZa8Ur_Q" rel="nofollow">For the Dancers</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com