http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/thinking-about-the-o-word/ Tim King on French politics Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:54:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/thinking-about-the-o-word/#comment-4206 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:02:05 +0000 http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/blog/franceprofonde/thinking-about-the-o-word/#comment-4206 In a patriot country, or, better said, in a country of patriots, or in a country where patriotism is a positive value, then there is no need of enforcing the concept of <i>obligatoire</i> in the service of the fatherland (the PC trend after WWII changed this in the strange "Motherland", by the way). In France, the concept of <i>patriotisme</i>, except in the far right, is not usual in polite conversations anymore. In a patriot country, or, better said, in a country of patriots, or in a country where patriotism is a positive value, then there is no need of enforcing the concept of obligatoire in the service of the fatherland (the PC trend after WWII changed this in the strange “Motherland”, by the way). In France, the concept of patriotisme, except in the far right, is not usual in polite conversations anymore.

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