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3 responses so far ↓
Cairnarvon // July 23, 2007 at 7:44 pm |
I didn’t vote for him.
Most Belgians don’t know most of the lyrics to the Brabançonne (in any of the three languages; I can manage to get about halfway through in Dutch, but that’s it), but confusing it with the Marseillaise is just…
SD // July 24, 2007 at 8:56 am |
Good for him! Finally a politician who shows how absurd nationalism is. Why should you HAVE to know the lyrics to a stupid “song”?
Cairnarvon // July 26, 2007 at 5:59 am |
Except that Leterme isn’t anti-nationalist, he’s just contemptuous of Wallonia.
If this were any other politician (well, except for a Vlaams Belang or FN member), I’d agree with you completely, though.