sat., 30 aug., 2014: countdown to a very european labor day, iii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

FRENCH: “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité”  ‡

FRENCH: “T. F. P. / Travail, Famille, Patrie”  ‡‡

FRENCH: “T. F. P. / Travaux forcés à perpetuité”  ‡‡‡

    ‡)   “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”  —  French Nat’l motto, dating fr. the French Revolution ;  

  ‡‡)   “Work, Family, Fatherland”  —  Nat’l motto of the Vichy Regime, the puppet govt. of the Nazi occupation ;

‡‡‡)   “Forced labor in perpetuity”  —  i.e. & e.g., “life sentence without parole,” fr. the French penal code

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