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As parent comment said, it's part of the background. I've probably seen these bridges a hundred times, yet I don't remember the Ns.
by joconde 5y ago
As parent comment said, it's part of the background. I've probably seen these bridges a hundred times, yet I don't remember the Ns.
- woodpanel 5y agoSo it's a technicality? Technically every bridge bears his symbol, but no, "celebrating" him we are not. I mean you have to willfully interprete the word "celebrating" as people dancing in the streets out of joy to read the parent's parent comment that way. In other words: "It's in the background" rather means it's the foundation upon which (as other comments have pointed out) the French Revolution's winning side's narrative rests.
- johncoltrane 5y ago"It's in the background" means exactly that. They are just bridges that we cross to get from A to B, without a care in the world for their alleged symbolism. We just don't care.
- himinlomax 5y agoThis is like saying that the continued existence of cathedrals is a celebration of Christianity. The République celebrates the Napoléons as much as it celebrates Roman Catholicism or kings: not at all.
- jvzr 5y agoAlso, those are old bridges/columns/whatever. The French are not erecting any new structure bearing his name or symbol.
- joconde 5y agoI interpret "celebrating" as remembering something in a positive way. We're just indifferent, he's one of a few dozen important guys we heard about in history lessons, and that's it.