No. Hysterical despair, tantamount to capitulation to Chirac.
Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things."
Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64
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>THOUSANDS MARCH AGAINST LE PEN
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>Thousands of people took to the streets of French cities this morning
>after learning that Jean-Marie Le Pen, the National Front candidate,
>had qualified for the second-round runoff in the presidential
>elections.
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>Waving banners reading "I am ashamed" and "Right and left, united
>against Le Pen", the protesters gathered in Paris, Marseilles,
>Nantes, Toulouse, Montpellier and other French cities. Most were
>peaceful, but a breakaway group smashed windows on a Left Bank avenue
>and others threw barricades at the Place de la Concorde.
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>Jacques Chirac, who polled almost 20% of the vote, urged the French to
>unite to defeat the far right on May 5.
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>* Protests after French election shock
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><http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,11882,688756,00.html>http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,11882,688756,00.html
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>* In pictures: the vote and the reaction
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><http://www.guardian.co.uk/gall/0,8542,688735,00.html>http://www.guardian.co.uk/gall/0,8542,688735,00.html
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