Something Postive & French???

It's been a while since we've seen much that was both positive and French. The backstabbing and lunacy of Chirac and de Villepin have given us a bit of an skewed view of France. There are some French people like Sabine Herold who have got a clue.

She is against the disruptive nature of the labor union strikes. She actually wants her tax money to pay for services like public transportation or education or to be spent in ways that the majority, not the tyrannical minority, wants.

She's a very bright young woman, having written an excellent essay in which she takes on the idea that freedom is a western concept. It's very well written and well thought out. For anyone who thinks that there are regions of the world that are incapable of freedom, this should be required reading.

It's kind of hard to believe, given the current anti-French slant in the news that something good could actually come out of France. But Mlle. Herold is living proof that there is hope, even for France.