sat., 3 sept., 2022: (countdown to) a very european labour day, iii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

[NOTE: these terms are weaponized language, & meant to give offense. Which is the whole & compleat & total & entire 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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