tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post8763627256677154668..comments2023-08-29T03:31:24.755-07:00Comments on Under the Burning Bridge: The courage of France's Muslim visitors to Drancy deserves praiseFripouillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14321346986665375480noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-47288010278843959092013-02-06T14:13:37.468-08:002013-02-06T14:13:37.468-08:00Hi Vagabonde, and it would be wonderful if you pos...Hi Vagabonde, and it would be wonderful if you posted that story! It's the kind of story which needs to be told. It's just one of thousands, but as a whole they all remind us of the courage of those discreet heroes and heroines who helped to save many thousands of people from death in the concentration camps. I look forward very much to reading it.<br />FripFripouillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321346986665375480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-53814254969081697522013-02-05T20:36:24.787-08:002013-02-05T20:36:24.787-08:00You are right – it was not in the news. I Googled...You are right – it was not in the news. I Googled “Muslims visit Drancy in France” and saw that it had appeared on France 24 news, the Jerusalem Post, the Vancouver Sun, your post was listed and Times of Israel, and that’s it. I certainly did not hear about it, which is a shame, because we constantly hear about how anti-Semite the French are, let alone the Muslims. I knew about Drancy because my mother told me she had tried, during the war, to save a little boy but by the time she reached his apartment in Paris they had just taken him to Drancy. So, later she saved a large number of young girls – I’ll have to write a post on it. I am pleased you wrote on this subject.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-54094879630133886492013-02-05T18:56:33.309-08:002013-02-05T18:56:33.309-08:00Ahh!! Bill Maher. What would we do without him! I ...Ahh!! Bill Maher. What would we do without him! I really do appreciate his reasoning and good old common sense. As for Sarah Palin, she is America's Republican equivalent of France's Socialist Ségolène Royal. In other words they are both airheaded clowns when it comes to national (and let's not even mention international) affairs and politics..<br />Fripouillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321346986665375480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-25559431558192737502013-02-05T17:08:13.692-08:002013-02-05T17:08:13.692-08:00Hors sujet again : I really enjoyed this video. No...Hors sujet again : I really enjoyed this video. Not too many saw it somehow. Too much truth I guess?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDGtrGUSAYw<br />Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031276247743743680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-60120253329965228142013-02-05T16:36:22.860-08:002013-02-05T16:36:22.860-08:00Hi Nadege, and I too am very disappointed that thi...Hi Nadege, and I too am very disappointed that this event didn't get more prominent press coverage. Although I am aware of France's reticence to confront it's World War Two past and why that may be understandable, it does seem a shame nevertheless that even now, the French press doesn't seem to want to refer to it, even though this visit was designed to reduce religious tension in France. <br /><br />The visit to Drancy attempted to build bridges, but unfortunately, France seems hell-bent on burning them right now. Good news on Muslim/Jewish relations doesn't sell here, with the press more interested in sensationalist stereotyping. <br /><br />That's why I wrote this piece. To defend and support those who speak the truth on this issue, and to contradict those who lazily invent convenient scapegoats to blame for their imaginary existential ills and self-inflicted identitary hardships....<br />Fripouillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321346986665375480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435065948620169670.post-22015357102288876392013-02-05T14:45:30.178-08:002013-02-05T14:45:30.178-08:00This is an uplifting post. It is too bad it didn&#...This is an uplifting post. It is too bad it didn't grab headlines. Could it be it is because so many french people even didn't know about the internment camp of Drancy until few years ago or if they know about it, are ashamed it ever happened?<br />Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031276247743743680noreply@blogger.com