French President Nicholas Sarkozy’s son Jean — “the smooth-talking 21-year-old law student” — is engaged to be marrried to Jessica Sebaoun-Darty, the “heiress of a Jewish family that controls Darty, one of France’s largest consumer electronics chain”.
Anyway:
‘Anti-Semitic’ satire divides liberal Paris
Jason Burke
The Observer
August 3, 2008
“Controversial columnist’s aside about Sarkozy’s son and a Jewish heiress reignites old embers”
…The young man, Siné wrote without a shred of evidence, was planning to convert to Judaism before marrying Jessica Sebaoun-Darty, the Jewish heiress of a huge electronics chain. ‘He’ll go a long way in life, this lad!’ Siné commented.
Um…
For [Philippe Val, the editor of Charlie Hebdo] there was no doubt. Siné’s statements, he said last week, ‘could be interpreted as making a link between conversion to Judaism and social success’ and that they spread the old stereotype associating Jews and money.
See also : Satire and anti-Semitism: Like Sarko, like son, John Lichfield, The Independent, July 19, 2008 | French cartoonist fired for anti-Semitic remarks towards Sarkozy’s son, EJP, July 29, 2008 | Aux barricades! France and the Jews, Roger Cohen, International Herald Tribune, August 3, 2008
The magazine’s editor asked the veteran cartoonist, Siné to retract. He replied: “I would rather cut off my balls.”
Electronics chain -> Barcodes -> Mark of the Beast.
BARRY SMITH WAS RIGHT!
http://yearsofawe.blogspot.com/2007/07/is-sarkozy-mysterious-hakhsharo.html
Of course!
*slaps forehead*
Sometimes I think I give the greengrocers entirely the wrong idea with the comments I post here.
The fishmongers Doctor…
THE FISHMONGERS.
If you see something fishy, say something.