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Entry: Vive La France! Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/vive_la_france1#819 Post contents: Mr Harvey, I'm with you. And, as elegant as Taki's essay is, he neglected to mention how and why all, ALL Western nations owe their liberties to the French who defeated the Mohammedan Empire's attempt to conquer all of Europe at the Battle of Tours, at the border of Southern France, in 732. You bloody Francophobes of America and Britain: If it weren't for France, YOU would all be speaking ARABIC! And then there are other incidental reasons to love France, like the luminsescent and evanescent beauty of Juliet Binoche...and...and, hey, what other reasons does anyone need? Ah, here's one more, Mme Elisabeth Vigee LeBrun. She has been gone for almost 200 years, and I've been in love with her for 20: http://www.wga.hu/art/v/vigee/selfport.jpg VIVE LA FRANCE! Sent at: 2008 07 24