The Rhine River

Further Dispatches from the Memory Wars

Chirac, straddling the line between figurehead and lame duck, declared that May 10 will be the annual commemoration of slavery (text of his speech.) During the announcement, Chirac said:

... since its origin, the republic has been incompatable with slavery.

Actually, the republic did a good job of ignoring, even helping, slavery, even though it was outlawed.

posted by Nathanael @ 2:16 PM