Our latest exports: calumny and injustice

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Paul Robichaux <paul () robichaux net>
Date: October 21, 2004 4:16:03 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Our latest exports: calumny and injustice

Wow, it's quite a stretch to complain that the French, who have 
historically
not been very welcoming to immigrants, are hassling this particular
university student because of the "Bush policies" that we have 
exported. For
a very brief tour of 20th- and 21st-century French immigration policy, 
see
http://www.umass.edu/complit/aclanet/ACLAText/frenchmi.htm.

To cite one example among many: I don't think Merhan Karimi Nasseri is 
stuck
at CDG because of the Bush administration (cf.
http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/airport.htm, among many references 
for
this particular story). Another example: Tariq Ramadan is extremely
unpopular in France ( http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/713/special.htm).

Cheers,
-Paul

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