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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (3759)	2/12/2004 4:14:22 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) of 3959

Re: To many Australians, however, it seems bizarre. What are the French on about? They're on about nothing, I'm afraid... You Yanks want to make a fuss about France's anti-Muslim law because it somehow turns the tables on the French-Arab relationship. However, as I put it, that anti-Muslimwear ban will prove as difficult to enforce as a crackdown on jaywalking --and purposefully so. Hey, French officials are not THAT crazy, after all... We have a French turn of phrase that goes like this: "Dans sa grande sagesse, le legislateur a juge bon que...." It's all about "wisdom" (sagesse) --French lawmakers are wise. Gus

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