Jean-Pierre Stroobants and Le Monde's other staff writers not only seem not to make any mention of the fact that France was accused of endangering Belgium's anti-terror raid, but the newspaper of reference consigned the story of Chinese torture to a one-para AFP filler that is so puny it does not show up on the daily's website… This, in the nation that screamed bloody murder for weeks, nay months, after the Abu Ghraib story broke, and loves nothing better than to bring Guantanamo up at any opportunity.
It's all double standards, guys, it's all double standards… 
In the meantime, a couple of letters to the editor have arrived on the ombudman's desk to complain about Alain Finkielkraut's treatment ("Votre article n'est qu'un assemblage de phrases complètement sorties de leur contexte, dénaturées, arrachées de leur cadre global et transformées en simples phrases chocs, dignes du Front national", écrit Firas Abou Merhi (Paris)). Most, however, display that superior attitude of haughtiness which characterizes the members of a community in which the (already-arrived-at) common judgment (in this case, on racism) is taken not only as a given and as the epitome of reason and rationality but as the final word on the matter and, indeed, as a godsend. (Needless to say, it is eminently self-serving.)
Meanwhile, it would seem that less than one third of Frenchmen trust in the French justice system's ability to reform itself after the Outreau mess…
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