The thing is, it is a bit unfair to blame us here for biased coverage of Katrina that you attribute yourself to local authorities and local coverage.

So you may fairly consider that our opinion of the events in France is too complacent or optimistic or dismissive, but please do not accuse us of double standards. We cannot be blamed for everything that anyone associated with the left in Europe or in the USA writes, or for anything that the press reports.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes