Posted on 11/18/2015 1:44:41 PM PST by bigdaddy45
Paris is on edge once again today, after police launched a predawn raid against suspected terrorists involved in last week’s attacks. Two suspects have been killed and several others have been arrested, but for a few fleeting hours last night, it seemed as if normalcy was within reach.
On Tuesday, Parisians flocked to local restaurants and bars in a uniquely French display of solidarity. It was all part of a social media campaign called #TousAuBistrot ("everyone to the bar"). Led by the restaurant reviews site Le Fooding, the campaign called on Parisians to spend their Tuesday evening at bars, restaurants, and cafe terraces around the city, as an act of defiance against terrorists who directly targeted a cornerstone of French culture Friday night. Among the six sites attacked last week were five restaurants and bars in the city’s trendy 10th and 11th arrondissements. The attacks left 129 dead and 352 injured.
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Agreed.
Favorite French foods:
Coq au vin
Vichysoisse
Soupe a l’Oignon
Salade nicoise
Mousse au chocolat
Pommes frittes
Escargots in garlic-butter
Boeuf bourguignon
Croissants
Quiche
Souffles
Crepes
Fondue
Potatoes au gratin
Petits fours
Crème brulee
Baguettes
Eclairs
Omelettes
Bon appetit, Parisians.
They can have the snails. The rest looks good.
Hope the menu includes Freedom Fries.
If the table conversation doesn’t include how to take their country back and prepare for war, its a wasted opportunity, and amounts to societal morphine-drip.
Normalcy bias. Smells like cowering to me. How about wiping the invaders out of their country first and celebrating second.
How is it cowering? Cowering is hiding. These are normal folks who don’t impact public policy. They’re just getting on with their lives. Good for them.
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