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I must say that La Marseille, as composition, plays a great role. Very few national anthems have such emotional composition (the Russian also, maybe?). It woul
by pachico 4y ago
I must say that La Marseille, as composition, plays a great role. Very few national anthems have such emotional composition (the Russian also, maybe?).
It wouldn't be the same scene if they started to play the Spanish or Italian anthems...
- julienchastang 4y agoExcept the actual words to La Marseillaise are quite terrible, at least by modern standards, "Qu’un sang impur Abreuve nos sillons!" "That their impure blood Should water our fields!" Ugh...
- erazor42 4y ago« Impure » does not refer to enemy blood but refer to the own blood of the French republican. (Versus the « pure » blood of the royalist)
- kergonath 4y agoThey are the reflection of their times. Their are outdated now, and not taken literally, but they are a relic from the foundation of the Republic. As a pacifist I don’t think we should get rid of them. History is important.
- corrral 4y agoA huge part of the Anglophone Web, including much of the left, is currently casually referring to Russians as "orcs" and gleefully speculating about how many sunflowers will sprout from their corpses. "Modern standards", ha! Hasn't changed a bit. (and—sigh—no, I'm not pro-Russian when it comes to the invasion of Ukraine, or much else for that matter)
- the_af 4y agoI find the "orcs" thing appalling. Especially since in my country, Argentina, the same word is casually used to describe poor people, implying they are a thieving, untrustworthy, dumb mob.