As Louis XIV, believing France to be at the absolute height of her power, famously uttered, “L’Etat c’est Moi”. The Ancien Regime is passing, Brian, can you feel it?[/quote]
For Halloween, did you dress up as Marie Antoinette holding a cake?
I had a Catholic education and I know my European history quite well. 😉
Louis XIV was quite right to proclaim l’etat c’est moi. He was still young king and was about to build France into the most powerful state in the Western world.
Louis XV’s reign was a period of royal indulgence and pleasure. Louis XVI helped the American revolution but was unable to hold on to his crown.[/quote]
Brian: I won’t delve into your Catholic education, save to say you’re obviously an intelligent person, and I would expect that having such an education would at least give you a sense of acceptance when it came to Christians of other denominations. I don’t hold with the beliefs of most evangelicals, since I believe that their theology is based on an incorrect interpretation of the bible, but I don’t think that they’re all inbred rednecks, either. Catholicism is generally pretty accepting, as a rule (Concho’s stab at the Spanish Inquisition notwithstanding), and I’d expect someone who claims to be open-minded, tolerant and who “loves his fellow man” to fall into this category.
As far as your grasp of French history, specifically the rule of the Bourbons, goes: Do you see any parallels in America’s present? Ruinously expensive foreign wars, sclerotic rulers and politicians, a devalued currency; the list goes on and on. Whether you’re willing to admit that the Dems belong to the group, we’re ruled by a venal, self-serving professional political class, which is as out of touch with the populace as the Bourbons were (and we all know how that turned out). Mock the Tea Partiers all you want, but they’re the vanguard of a popular movement. While I’m not a member, its nice to see that Americans are still capable of getting roused and getting angry.
