Nidra:
Thanks for the great reporting.
One of the problem in France, as in Europe and in the U.S. is the lack of objective history education. And it is getting worse: I just read recently that the british schools will stop teaching about the holocaust in order not to offend the muslim students!
As a naturalized American from European origin, I can appreciate the fact that the europeans cannot relate to the Americans’ attachment to the “right to bear arms”. In their histories strong autoritarian governments made every effort to keep the people from owning arms in fear that they might revolt. On the other hand, in the U.S. arms have always been a necessity for self defense especially on the frontier, and the Founders also recognized that without their “right to bear arms” they would never have been able to revolt against the british oppression.
While the majority of Americans are of European descent (still !), the last 300+ years have taught the Americans a different reality than the Europeans. We/they skip over those differences and we/they forget history at our/their own perils.
Again, thanks for your reporting and for educating the locals one at a time, a task the schools and the media have abdicated.
