What does the French Revolution mean to you?

[Writer]

:)

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

1. I voted for the cannabilsim option just becayse it was friigin sweet.

[Writer]

3. Glad to know you're on the right track in life, partner.

;)

[Dragonbreathp9d]

2. A continuation of class-conflict

a perfect example of Marx's theory.

[Writer]

6. Marx: Brilliant observations; naive solutions ??????

Should this be yet another poll?

[Tyler Durden]

10. Naivete has nothing to do with it.

Idealism, whether feasible or not, has nobility on its side.

While not a strict Marxist, I am of the committed belief that until we have a World-Wide Socialist Government of some sort, we as a species are just fast tracking ourselves down an evolutionary dead end.

[Writer]

13. I'm not a socialist of any kind, but...

((nods)) likely we will.

On edit: Too bad Stalin had to bastardize it into Communism.

[Tyler Durden]

14. If there's a Hell, Stalin is there. N/T

[JVS]

36. I'm sick of the haterz. Stalin was just keeping it real

[Dragonbreathp9d]

21. read "Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844"

one of the best political writings of all time. Marx was a brilliant visionary, and these documents lay out just how "communism" (I quote because Marx only used that word because socialism had already been taken by a bunch of holigans he didnt agree with) should be implemented, would work, and a glimmer of hope of what the perfect society might be.

[Hugin]

4. 42!

Obviously! :eyes:

[Writer]

Pah - yeah!

'Course!

[MrCoffee]

5. 24601

[Writer]

17. 867-5309?

[MrCoffee]

20. Jenny? Is that you?

I was born to sing Valjean.

[Writer]

24. Doesn't that come with a lot of cowbell?

[BOSSHOG]

7. Marie Antoinette strolling through the French Quarter on Bastille Day

Usually one can spy more then one Marie strolling about on their way to raucous jocularity and losing their heads in the process.

[Writer]

18. My fam is from New Orleans...

I've seen Marie Antoinettes a-plenty.

[BOSSHOG]

19. We were down in the Quarter this Bastille Day

and she was dressed to the nines and holding court on Bourbon Street through a light drizzle. Regardless of the time of year ya never know what ya might spy in the quarter. I think I might go down tomorrow.

[SteppingRazor]

8. The French Rev. was a combination of all these things and more...

It can't be seen as a triumph for democracy, because democracy was so short-lived — Napoleon came along only a few years after the establishment of the Republic. It could even be seen as an illustration of our Founding Fathers' distrust of true democracy, which they often referred to as "mob rule." Nevertheless, it's guiding principles of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity have been the backbone of European democratic republics from then till now. Indeed, one could argue that without the French Revolution, most of Europe would still be under constitutional monarchies with the monarch still having some power (unlike the modern example of Britain and its extremely expensive puppet monarch). Hell, a lot of things could've gone differently. If Marshal Grouchy forced a march against the retreating Prussians and prevented them from reaching Wavre, and thus backing up the Duke of Wellington against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, we could all be speaking French today.

(P.S. Despite having gone to Journalism School and majoring in that, my favorite class in college was History of the French Revolution. Absolutely enthralling stuff. The human tragedy, writ large.)

[Writer]

11. "The human tragedy, writ large."

Without a doubt!

[DS1]

9. When I switched from Hazelnut to French Roast coffee

:)

[Writer]

12. I've got a feeling that you have a weakness for the French press.

;)

[DS1]

15. In all seriousness

I've never used one, or had coffee from one. :(

[Writer]

16. I heard it was pretty farkin' good.

I don't drink coffee, but the Mister does, and he digs it.

[JitterbugPerfume]

23. you will get MY french press

out of my cold dead hands. That is ONE thing the French did right!

[Sequoia]

22. A chance to try out that new razor gizmo.

All neat 'n tidy in a basket.

[Writer]

25. Two hacks'll do ya.

[Sequoia]

29. Ah the clouds in the sky that I see as, ouch, mind your head you!

[tonkatoy57]

26. Decollete

Lots and lots of decollete necklines.

Boobs spilling out like lava.

[Writer]

30. Appropriately placed moles?

[begin_within]

27. Marie Antoinette isn't the only queen to lose her head over a basket.

[Writer]

31. No, she certainly is not.

The others were more, well, domestic disputes.

[rockymountaindem]

28. I voted for option number two

because France had gone so far into debt to support the Continental Army that they couldn't sustain their normal level of control in their own country anymore. I don't know a whole lot about that period of history, but I'd wager that if their finances hadn't been so strapped, the monarchy could have averted a crisis either by buying off the revolutionaries with financial concessions or just levying a massive army to crush dissent.

[Writer]

32. The economic perspective.

Interesting!

[Blue_Tires]

33. "It's good to be the king!"

"Let's all go jump the queen!"

[KG]

34. these are my people, i love them...pull!

:hi:

[JVS]

35. The rise of the bourgeoisie over the aristocracy