We are in Hell....

Yes, there were far far too many deaths today. And yes, one death is one too many. But I was dreading far far worse. Death toll could have been thousands.

Yes, maybe there was another way to do it. But with “ifs” and “buts”, we’ll still have a King in France, and I would be beautiful, rich and famous.

Baradei made his choice? Even on the Titanic, the Musicians played till the end. You couldn’t stand the heat: Why on EARTH did you get in the kitchen???

And for you outside Egypt. How on EARTH did you think this was going to end? Did you really, really, REALLY believe there was going to be an Hollywood ending, with the Ikhwans shaving their beards and having a beer with Tamarod??? Wake up and smell the teargas and live bullets dear. This is real life. This is a revolution.

For a compromise, both parties have got to be willing. For weeks, months, people were screaming that they wanted to be martyrs, that they were ready, that they wanted, that they were wishing for death. They end up being martyrs. And we all cry. Their family. All Egyptians. All Men of Good Will.

I’ve seen images today that will haunt me for the rest of my life. I hope for the Martyrs they went straight to Heaven. Because right now, a lot of us feel like in Hell.

Don't let Monsters make Monsters out of you

Don't let Monsters make Monsters out of you

Like many other countries, we French Christians have lived through Inquisition. For years, Catholic Extremists killed and tortured anybody that was not in their view religious enough. Then for centuries, Catholic Extremists weighted on our society, on our governments. It was a long process, a bloody one too, to get rid of their domination. Took time, determination, strength, and I guess, patience… Not a word I like much to be honest.

The same way, it took years for the French Society to find the ‘right kind of Democracy”. What do you think? That one day, we had a King, were oppressed and starving, and the next, we had an Elected President, a Parliament and free? The hell we did!!!

We started by cutting people’s heads “en veux-tu en voilà” , “as if they were nothing more than grass on a lawn. It was called “The Terror”, that was just after Bastille Day. Then we had Napoleon – who declared himself Emperor and killed half of Europe, back to a King or two, then eventually, slowly, the real Democratic process took its true place. (again, short cut, don’t go historical on me!)

So, to summarise, it took us about 200 years to finally reach religious freedom and true Democracy.

In my view, in humanity, 5% of people are evil. Throughout History. They are the ones that kill old people for 20 euros in their purse, will rape children or throw them from the top of buildings as we’ve seen it yesterday, hate blacks, yellows, white, blues, will kill football supporters because they don’t wear the right jersey, will blackmail, torture, murder, just because they can, every freaking day of our freaking lives. Yes. Those people are Monsters. They should be punished by human laws for now, before Divine Justice takes care of them later…

Still, in Democracy, we’ve got to live and share space, power and institutions with people that don’t agree with us. People we don’t like. Or simply, people that don’t think like us. It doesn’t make them Monsters or Murderers. The Monsters have got to be expelled, yes. But the majority surely, are mothers, and fathers, and they go to work, and they protect their children, and try and live day by day with their set of beliefs. And that, we need to respect.

I know that this afternoon, a lot of you will go down to Tahir Square, once again. Please stay safe. And don’t let a little bunch of Monsters make Monsters out of you. It’s their choice, their destiny, their curse. Not yours.

Welcome to Democracy….

The True Meaning of Democracy...

 posted on FB, 4-July-2013

I’m not Egyptian, I shouldn’t be that lucky. But if I may, People from Egypt just reminded us what is Democracy. The Real one. How it was born. In the streets. We as French should remember. Remember how we “invented” it, on Bastille Day, a few years back, when the Fathers of our Fathers went to Paris to depose the King of France (it’s only a figure of speech, don’t go all Historical on me).

Democracy, it’s the People that make a choice. Calmly. Without violence. And with a movement that a Gandhi or a Mandela I truly believe would endorse. They knew what they wanted. And they created a Popular movement, from the PEOPLE, having MILLIONS of petitions signed, literally MILLIONS, and organising those three days of protest.

Don’t you speak to me about “Coup d’Etat”! We French invented the word, we should recognise one surely. And it’s not a Coup. It’s Democracy in its own rights. Its True rights. Its People Giving Rights. And today, the only thing we can do is salute this country for the lesson they just gave us.

I always was, I am and always will be proud to be French. But today, today, I wish I was Egyptian.