Two extraordinary heists in France have hit the headlines this week: an armoured truck guard from Lyon drove away with eleven million euros after 10 years of good and faithful services. A postman quietly made off with a million euros. No one was robbed at these thefts, just the institution of banking.
Identity is like love: the more we theorize about it, the less we know what
it is. And, generally, we discuss about it especially when we do not know
how to live it any more.
In this beautiful country, we talk a lot about solidarity, we pride
ourselves of our “French social model”, but we do not really show solidarity.
What is happening now in France Telecom is very revealing of the evolution
of the French society, and in particular its attitude towards death.
Raymond Devos liked to raise the question about the difference between a
“good flu” and a “bad flu”. In doing so, as always, he pointed to the
importance in the use of words and their genealogy to understand their
meaning and define the action which they imply.
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Each time a considerable and enigmatic event occurs, men seek not only the person who is responsible, but, when they are the victims, a culprit. And
they are not satisfied in general with a motive, they need a conspiracy.
In a world where all the populations, not only those in rich countries, are aging. Or rather living longer. There is strong desire to stay young, attractive, active, mingling with the world. Strange contradictory obsession, with the refusal, so general also, to work longer.
