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Mrs Morano's requirements do not apply to young Catholics, young Jews or Buddhists, or even to French tennis players like Richard Gasquet.

See, it's only young Muslims who are a threat to the French National IdentityTM. Thanks to Mrs Morano for making that clear.

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Tue Dec 15th, 2009 at 09:23:21 AM EST
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I must admit I had Gasquet in mind, but in order to avoid a digression on his recent problems with a cocaine test (that was so light that for once it probably really was accidental, but anyway) I generalised to tennis players -after all Paul-Henri Mathieu does the same.

You might argue that for a while, Gasquet was without a job, too. And all tennis players bar Benneteau seem to love their country only enough to visit it, while holding residence elsewhere.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Tue Dec 15th, 2009 at 09:46:46 AM EST
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Cyrille:
all tennis players bar Benneteau seem to love their country only enough to visit it, while holding residence elsewhere
I suspect the UMP would have no trouble with Muslims loving France but living in Algeria.

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Dec 15th, 2009 at 10:18:26 AM EST
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France-loving Muslims in Algeria are not bogeymen. What would the UMP do to hold on to its electoral base? Jews, Freemasons, and Protestants don't really work any more.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Dec 15th, 2009 at 11:03:32 AM EST
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