I'm having a slow chat with an old friend in Argentina and at the same time, losing myself in the vastity of the Internet. Before English I learned French, which was more important in Argentina and reading the French Parlamentary Report on Israeli Apartheid the sound of French comes back to me. I never liked French literature.
La ségrégation est aussi hautaine et méprisante (« ces gens-là ne sont pas responsables »…répètent à l'envie certains responsables israéliens), vexatrice et humiliante (les passages aux check point sont restreints ou relâchés sans prévenir) voire violentes (la répression des manifestations fait régulièrement des morts…).
The report says nothing material about apartheid. There are no water fountains for Jews and water fountains for Palestinians, there are no WC for Jews and separate ones for Arabs, as was usual in South Africa under Malan (the report mentions him). It does not accuse Israel of stealing Arab water, as UN reports normally do. The most damning accusation I found in the report is about some Israeli official commenting that the Palestinian "responsibles" did not take their responsabilities very seriously. For the French hypocrite this is the odious attitude of a colonial. They invented diplomacy. They throw a stone and say it is a meteorite. Pfuiia. The title refers to a tango.
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Hi, I'm a Civil Engineering student from the UK and I've found browsing your blog very interesting since discovering a few days ago, so thanks.
Also I have a question if you don't mind.
How many languages do you speak?
and Any tips on language learning?
thanks again, F
I'm a believer in Hernan Cortes's School of Success in Life. You land anywhere, burn your ships and start walking as if you own the place. People will take you for a god.
More explicitly, you land in Paris with no money in the pocket, start walking and talk as if you invented their lingo.
Stop when you reach the old French woman (see pic).
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