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Irish Catholics (4.00 / 3)
want the return of French royalty? Wild!

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 23rd, 2009 at 03:49:08 AM EST
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Re: Irish Catholics (4.00 / 3)
Well, you see, the Kings were appointed by God, so it's the best form of government.

I'm not sure if they want it, or whether the French royalists are associated with the traditionalists and so the idea receives sympathetic coverage in the newsletter.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jan 23rd, 2009 at 04:00:01 AM EST
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Re: Irish Catholics (4.00 / 4)
I suspect it's because the movement is above all French-based, and they are part of the old French national right, monarchist, Catholique et Français toujours.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jan 23rd, 2009 at 04:12:56 AM EST
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