Saturday, August 31, 2019

& sat., 31 aug., 2019: a very french labor day countdown, iii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


[NOTE: these terms are weaponized language, & meant to give offense. Which is the whole & compleat point of insult & invective, obscenity & blasphemy, & other political speech.]
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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