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Man who lit cigarette from French war memorial flame faces legal action

• bell-cot 1y ago
  The war memorial is the Tomb of the Unknown (WWI) Soldier. Given the role that cigarette smoking played in the actual lives of front-line soldiers in WWI - the real disrespect here is being done by the French government.
  • SapporoChris 1y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
    • bell-cot 1y ago
      No - I am saying that the original complaints against the man are clueless, gentrified hypocrisy. It's like chasing homeless beggars out of a shrine dedicated to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Joseph_Labre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Joseph_Labre - the patron saint of homeless beggars - while claiming that you are defending the holy dignity of the saint.