Behind the Façades in France: What expats and the mainstream media (French and American alike) fail to notice (or fail to tell you) about French attitudes, principles, values, and official positions…
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
"We are like a tiny bird born in a cage"
We did not know what democracy was Until America brought it against our will
We are like a tiny bird born in a cage Its father and mother were born in the same cage. And so were its ancestors — For the past 1,400 years… Along came America and Broke the cage open. But the bird does not know how to fly. Because it has never used its wings. We do not know what to do With the values of freedom — Because we were born slaves, the sons of slaves, the sons of slaves for the past 1,400 years…
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