French noticeable [sic] absent from Bastille Day festivities

Newsday ^ | July 14, 2003 | Staff

[fightinJAG]

French noticeable [sic] absent from Bastille Day festivities

July 14, 2003, 2:40 AM EDT

NEW YORK -- Despite Bastille Day celebrations taking place in New York on Sunday, and French music and delicacies being abundant, the French themselves seemed to be noticeably absent from them.

"I don't think I've seen any French people at all," said Joe Becker, 89, while attending an Orchard Street Bastille Day party.

[McGavin999]

Americans are none too proud of their french heritage, probably nobody wanted to admit they were french.

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[Spok]

Why would they care? Bastille Day celebrates a FIGHT for FREEDOM. Also, recognizing its significance would require a fundamental understanding of history by a nation which seems determined to keep repeating it.

[Cicero]

It's not exactly the Fourth of July. As I recall, a crazed mob stormed the Bastille and found, inside, three prisoners, one of whom was the Marquis de Sade. The French Revolution was a sad perversion of the American Revolution, and Europe has suffered for it ever since.

[quebecois]

I agree. Bastille Day was an marxist riot that paved the way for the Reign of Terror. The King was a loser, but the rabble that took over after the "revolution" were even worse.

[fightinJAG]

Well said.