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		<title>DSK in Jail</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 03:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Après la DS 3 Après la DS 4 et la DS 5 Bientôt la &#8220;DS &#8211; K&#8221; en TÔLE&#8230; The Café du Commerce posted this French pun. &#8220;En tôle&#8221; sounds exactly like &#8220;en taule,&#8221; which means &#8220;in prison.&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backbayfrancais.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2110505&amp;post=623&amp;subd=backbayfrancais&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Après la DS 3</p>
<p><img src="http://backbayfrancais.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/9e2c325d-e31a-4bff-8ab0-46b54faf5d54.jpg?w=265&#038;h=142" alt="#alttext#" border="0" width="265" height="142" /></p>
<p>Après la DS 4 </p>
<p><img src="http://backbayfrancais.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/029737af-237f-4706-987c-c7d9e8922a70.jpg?w=327&#038;h=161" alt="#alttext#" border="0" width="327" height="161" /></p>
<p>et la DS 5</p>
<p><img src="http://backbayfrancais.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/7618e3fd-531b-4451-91d2-ab75501573ef.jpg?w=235&#038;h=233" alt="#alttext#" border="0" width="235" height="233" /></p>
<p>Bientôt la &#8220;DS &#8211; K&#8221; en TÔLE&#8230;</p>
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<a href="http://cafeducommerce.xooit.fr/t10912-Citroen-inove.htm">The Café du Commerce posted this French pun. &#8220;En tôle&#8221; sounds exactly like &#8220;en taule,&#8221; which means &#8220;in prison.&#8221; <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  </a></p>
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		<title>Speaking French Doubles Bradley Cooper&#8217;s Sex Appeal !</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking French just doubled Bradley Cooper&#8217;s sex appeal. A youtube video of him being interviewed in French on French TV got over 2 million hits in its first 3 days and is still going! Ooh là là! You too can add to your sex appeal by learning French! Check out the reactions at: Popeater&#8217;s report: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backbayfrancais.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2110505&amp;post=610&amp;subd=backbayfrancais&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking French just doubled Bradley Cooper&#8217;s sex appeal. A youtube video of him being interviewed in French on French TV got over 2 million hits in its first 3 days and is still going!</p>
<p>Ooh là là!</p>
<p>You too can add to your sex appeal by learning French!</p>
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<p>Check out the reactions at:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.popeater.com/2011/06/02/bradley-cooper-fluent-french/">Popeater&#8217;s report</a>:<br />
&#8220;If you thought Bradley Cooper couldn&#8217;t be more attractive, think again. The &#8216;Hangover 2&#8242; star showed off some very impressive linguistic skills recently on French television.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thefablife.com/2011-06-02/bradley-cooper-speaks-fluent-french-le-sigh/">Le sigh!</a>  Imaginary dialog: “What can I do to appear sexy, sensitive, intelligent and charming all at once? Aha! I’ve got it. I will learn to speak French fluently and then casually drop my skills on a French TV show.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Didn&#8217;t We All Intuit This ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Didn&#8217;t we all intuit that learning &#8211; and knowing! &#8211; a second language helped the brain? Well, here&#8217;s an article reporting a York University study that shows that bilingualism staves off Altzheimers. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/science/31conversation.html?nl=todaysheadlines&#038;emc=tha210<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backbayfrancais.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2110505&amp;post=608&amp;subd=backbayfrancais&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Didn&#8217;t we all intuit that learning &#8211; and knowing! &#8211; a second language helped the brain? Well, here&#8217;s an article reporting a York University study that shows that bilingualism staves off Altzheimers.</p>
<p>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/science/31conversation.html?nl=todaysheadlines&#038;emc=tha210</p>
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		<title>Christopher Hitchens&#8217; take on the DSK Scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Hitchens wrote an article on the topic for Slate on May 18, 2011. You can check it out on http://www.slate.com/id/2294965/. The following three extracts will give you an idea of it. Why is it that we cannot read any discussion of a political sex scandal, or a sex scandal involving a politician, without pseudo-sophisticated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backbayfrancais.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2110505&amp;post=604&amp;subd=backbayfrancais&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Christopher Hitchens wrote an article on the topic for Slate on May 18, 2011. You can check it out on http://www.slate.com/id/2294965/. The following three extracts will give you an idea of it. </em></p>
<p>Why is it that we cannot read any discussion of a political sex scandal, or a sex scandal involving a politician, without pseudo-sophisticated comments about the supposedly different morals of Americans and Europeans? And why is it that this goes double if the politician is French, or if the reactions being quoted are from Gallic sources? And when did this annoying journalistic habit become so prevalent? It must have sprung up quite recently, or at least since the time when Charles de Gaulle and John F. Kennedy were presidents of their respective countries.</p>
<p>A related problem derives from the belief that Americans will not tolerate marital infidelity from their politicians.</p>
<p>Much hypocrisy is, of course, involved in both reactions. But of the two, the display of the Gallic &#8220;shocked—shocked&#8221; reflex is by far the least &#8220;adult.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>DSK, LA FEMME DE CHAMBRE, ET LE CONTRASTE CULTUREL FRANCO-AMÉRICAIN</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jun 2011 04:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bernard Bichakjian, retired professor from the University of Neimegen,  has lived in both France and the States. He exposes the different perspectives the French and the Americans have of the DSK affair. Where is the line between transparency and privacy? DSK, LA FEMME DE CHAMBRE, ET LE CONTRASTE CULTUREL FRANCO-AMÉRICAIN La présomption d’innocence existe aux [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backbayfrancais.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2110505&amp;post=600&amp;subd=backbayfrancais&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Bernard Bichakjian, retired professor from the University of Neimegen,  has lived in both France and the States. He exposes the different perspectives the French and the Americans have of the DSK affair. Where is the line between transparency and privacy?</em></p>
<p><strong>DSK, LA FEMME DE CHAMBRE, ET LE CONTRASTE CULTUREL FRANCO-AMÉRICAIN</strong></p>
<p>La présomption d’innocence existe aux États-Unis comme elle existe en France et elle sera rigoureusement respectée tout au long de la procédure par les magistrats et les jurés. Ce qui est moins sûr c’est de savoir si le lecteur et/ou téléspectateur de la couverture médiatique aura la patience d’attendre que justice soit faite pour avoir un avis sur la culpabilité du prévenu ou de l’accusé. La précipitation serait-elle plus grande d’un côté de l’Océan plutôt que de l’autre ? La nature humaine étant ce qu’elle est, il y a fort à en douter, mais l’hypothèse reste à vérifier.</p>
<p><strong>La fameuse <em>perp walk</em>, </strong>cette présentation à la presse de l’auteur <em>(perpetrator)</em> présumé du crime menotté et flanqué de deux policiers en civil, a fait l’objet de vives critiques en France. Une telle procédure <strong>est accusée de nuire à la dignité</strong> de l’arrêté et de compromettre la présomption d’innocence.</p>
<p>Si techniquement, du moins, la présomption d’innocence n’est pas compromise, on peut se demander si l’on ne doit pas faire un plus grand cas de la dignité du prévenu. C’est là que les mentalités se distinguent. La dignité de l’homme est une notion abstraite, mal circonscrite. Or l’Américain veut du concret, du tangible, de ce qui se définit en termes précis et mesurables. Si l’on annonce qu’une certaine personne, qu’elle soit notable et nantie ou pauvre et prolétaire, a été arrêtée et déférée devant un juge – eh bien qu’on nous montre la photo ou la vidéo. Il n’est pas nécessaire de montrer les menottes – sa présence entre deux policiers suffira. Telle est la réaction de l’Américain, ouvrier ou intellectuel. « Dura lex, sed lex » disaient les Romains ; on pourrait dire aujourd’hui « transparence cruelle, mais transparence tout de même ».</p>
<p>On pourrait peut-être aller plus loin et se demander pourquoi ce réalisme ? La réponse nous est donnée par l’un des principes fondateurs des États-Unis qui veut que son système de gouvernance soit régi par le peuple et pour le peuple. Or, le peuple n’évolue pas dans les hautes sphères de l’abstraction ; son champ d’action c’est le concret, le matériau et le matériel. Il est vrai que la France revendique aussi un gouvernement du peuple, par le peuple et pour le peuple, mais ce vœu sans doute sincère était celui d’une <strong>élite </strong>qui ambitionnait de <strong>hisser le peuple à un niveau supérieur</strong>, et à faire partager au peuple les valeurs de l’élite. La tentative n’a pas été un échec, mais dans la mesure où le gouvernement français pourrait être qualifié d’un gouvernement des énarques, par les énarques, et pour les énarques, le succès reste partiel.<strong> L’observateur indépendant souhaiterait sans doute plus de valeurs abstraites aux États-Unis et plus de réalisme populaire en France</strong>, mais les comportements sont ancrés dans l’histoire et il reste à savoir si l’entrée inopinée d’une femme de chambre américaine dans la suite d’un notable et nanti français changera ces valeurs. Probablement pas, mais elle a déjà changé l’échiquier politique de l’hexagone et ce avec toutes les conséquences possibles sur l’histoire de France pendant les années qui viennent.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 02:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wright nous écrit son opinion sur l&#8217;affaire DSK — J&#8217;ai vu les photos sur l&#8217;Internet des femmes françaises avec les fausses barbes en portant des panneaux. Mon opinion est que les Françaises ne sont pas si heureuses avec des bouffonneries de Strauss-Kahn. Même Jon Stewart a son opinion. Je crois que ce scandale va changer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backbayfrancais.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2110505&amp;post=598&amp;subd=backbayfrancais&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wright nous écrit son opinion sur l&#8217;affaire DSK —</p>
<p>J&#8217;ai vu les photos sur l&#8217;Internet des femmes françaises avec les fausses barbes en portant des panneaux.</p>
<p>Mon opinion est que les Françaises ne sont pas si heureuses avec des bouffonneries de Strauss-Kahn.</p>
<p>Même Jon Stewart a son opinion. Je crois que ce scandale va changer les attitudes de toutes les Françaises.</p>
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		<title>Going Backwards ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 00:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle, a long-time feminist activist, is saddened by the thought that what we had perceived as progress in violence against women turns out not to be real. &#8220;Cette affaire est épouvantable. La presse, les politiques et tous les misogynes sortent du bois. C&#8217;est un festival de petites phrases, plus grossières les unes que les autres. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backbayfrancais.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2110505&amp;post=593&amp;subd=backbayfrancais&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michelle, a long-time feminist activist, is saddened by the thought that what we had perceived as progress in violence against women turns out not to be real.</p>
<p>&#8220;Cette affaire est épouvantable. La presse, les politiques et tous les misogynes sortent du bois. C&#8217;est un festival de petites phrases, plus grossières les unes que les autres.<br />
Tout le monde était au courant du problème mais c&#8217;était l&#8217;omerta . </p>
<p>Quand je pense qu&#8217;on s&#8217;est battues pour faire reconnaître le viol comme crime&#8230;.  il y a presque trente ans.</p>
<p>Quant à la justice, ce qu&#8217;on peut comprendre c&#8217;est que la défense de DSK va tout faire pour l&#8217;innocenter et cela grâce à l&#8217;argent</p>
<p>Je ne sais pas ce qu&#8217;il adviendra de cette jeune femme. Ils vont remuer tout son passé, quand elle est entrée au USA, etc. Ils ont même envoyé des détectives dans son pays d&#8217;origine.<br />
J&#8217;ai l&#8217;overdose.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Different Civilizations !</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 04:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[French and American perceptions are so different, that we do not belong in the same civilization, according to the prestigious leftist, Jean Daniel. In the Orange County Register, Mark Steyn recounted reactions in France: “We and the Americans do not belong to the same civilization,” sniffed Jean Daniel, editor of Le Nouvel Observateur, insisting that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backbayfrancais.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2110505&amp;post=516&amp;subd=backbayfrancais&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>French and American perceptions are so different, that we do not belong in the same civilization, according to the prestigious leftist, Jean Daniel. In the <a title="The unzippered princeling and the serving wench" href="http://articles.ocregister.com/2011-05-20/news/29569859_1_imf-dominique-strauss-kahn-sarkozy">Orange County Register</a>, Mark Steyn recounted reactions in France:</p>
<p>“We and the Americans do not belong to the same civilization,” sniffed Jean Daniel, editor of <em>Le Nouvel Observateur</em>, insisting that the police should have known that Strauss-Kahn was “not like other men” and wondering why “this chambermaid was regarded as worthy and beyond any suspicion. [...] The arrest of a mediocre international civil servant in the first-class cabin of his jet isn’t just a sex story: It’s a glimpse of the widening gulf between the government class and their subjects in a post-prosperity West.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Avec le Temps qui Passe, l&#8217;Atmosphère se Calme un peu</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 04:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michèle continue à observer l&#8217;atmosphère à Paris: Le temps passe, les événements changent, beaucoup de discussions ont lieu ici (c’est l’aspect positif de l’affaire). Donc l’atmosphère change aussi, moins émotive, avec d’autres interrogations. Le fait que DSK soit autorisé à quitter la prison – avec bien sûr des contraintes fortes – semble provoquer deux effets [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backbayfrancais.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2110505&amp;post=583&amp;subd=backbayfrancais&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michèle continue à observer l&#8217;atmosphère à Paris:  </p>
<p>Le temps passe, les événements changent, beaucoup de discussions ont lieu ici (c’est l’aspect positif de l’affaire). Donc l’atmosphère change aussi, moins émotive, avec d’autres interrogations. Le fait que DSK soit autorisé à quitter la prison – avec bien sûr des contraintes fortes – semble provoquer deux effets contradictoires. D’un côté un soulagement (avec le sentiment d’un contraste entre la première comparution ressentie comme violente et unilatérale, avec une juge qui paraissait très hostile, et la seconde phase, au climat beaucoup plus “neutre” et équilibré): la confiance dans la justice américaine revient dans l’opinion, on souligne même ses qualités telles que la rapidité à traiter des affaires, qui en France traînent beaucoup plus. </p>
<p>De l’autre côté  – ô contradiction – s’exprime une amertume contre cette situation inégalitaire : les sommes d’argent en jeu sont considérables et témoignent de l’inégalité choquante entre les riches et les pauvres. En France aussi la différence existe mais peut être un peu moins visible. (A voir). </p>
<p>Mais sur la richesse, l’essentiel n’est pas là, on n’accuse pas spécialement la justice américaine, c’est plutôt une certaine hostilité à DSK qui s’exprime dans une partie de la population. De toute façon, il était critiqué en France pour son niveau de fortune. Lui-même le savait et avait dit à un des proches qu’il avait trois obstacles à sa candidature comme président de la République : l’argent, les femmes et la judéité. Tout ceci ressort maintenant. </p>
<p>Comme je te l’ai dit Marine Le Pen – donc extrême droite – était la première à le critiquer, dès le pemier jour, en tant que représentant de l’”élite” coupée du peuple et menant une vie dissolue pendant que les Franais de base travaillent et gagnent.  </p>
<p>Bref, le processus se déroule. Au reste, aujourd’hui, les gens, les medias sont déjà un peu moins obnubilés par cette affaire.</p>
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		<title>Which Country Has a Better Justicial System?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The French were outraged by Americans filming Dominique Strauss-Kahn handcuffed during his perp walk, but now we&#8217;re outraged because their press did what what we would never do: name and show photos of the victim! Who&#8217;s to say which country has a more democratic justicial system? And who should be judging whom? Perhaps we could [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=backbayfrancais.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2110505&amp;post=577&amp;subd=backbayfrancais&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The French were outraged by Americans filming Dominique Strauss-Kahn handcuffed during his perp walk, but now we&#8217;re outraged because their press did what what we would never do: name and show photos of the victim! </p>
<p>Who&#8217;s to say which country has a more democratic justicial system? And who should be judging whom?</p>
<p>Perhaps we could learn from each other! </p>
<p>Look at this article posted from Boston, of all places!</p>
<p>http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/europe/france/110520/name-photos-Strauss-Kahn-alleged-rape-victim</p>
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