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First, this was not the point I was trying to make. I was saying that the accusation of fascism goes too far and should not be made so lightly.

What about the preceding accusation of dictatorship?

I do not think that democracy will be threatened if he is elected to office.

I think it will be corroded. He won't dissolve it like Mussolini, but will further turn some of its institutions into a mockery of their nominal functions.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Mar 20th, 2007 at 05:43:10 AM EST
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Not mine.

I was not relating this only to this thread, but the relentless accusation of fascism in the French lefty press and private circles.

"Mockery of their nominal function"

We disagree here.  If he wins, I hope I was not wrong and you were not right about this.

'La fin désastreuse a répondu aux moyens indignes' Germain Tillion

by Rom on Tue Mar 20th, 2007 at 05:52:06 AM EST
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OK. To get this discussion further away from flippancy with f, a different question: in which fields do you think Sarko trumps Bayrou?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Mar 20th, 2007 at 05:58:50 AM EST
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