Jackie Danicki

The UK may be insane, but I still love it (while also spitting nails at 99.9999% of the legislation going through). I realized tonight that the only other countries for which I have such passionately positive and forcefully negative feelings are the US, France, and Israel. The common thread? In each of those countries, the politicians disgust me (for different reasons), as does much of the zeitgeist. Shocker, I know. And yet, my heart does swell with affection for each country, too.

Speaking of France and common threads with the US, Antoine made a great point related to that in an email discussion about education. I republish it here without his prior permission; I’m sure it’ll be okay, but he can exact his revenge in person in a few days if not. (NOTE: The links contained in the quote were sourced and added by me, to provide more context and explanation.)

HEH. Teachers not supposed to push a political agenda?

Exactly why does anyone think the French state school system was founded? To attack the political power of the Catholic Church of course. And it had to be made free to use and compulsory for the thing to even stick. The French public education slogan is “une école laïque, gratuite et obligatoire.” A secular, free and compulsory school.

…[T]he Bellamy brothers were founders of something they called “National Socialism.” Something to do with worshiping the flag (the pledge of alliegance), worshiping the state, hating Jews, and trying to get people to forget about the Constitution. Sound familiar?

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