tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post1651775019001049218..comments2024-03-15T09:29:02.240-04:00Comments on Recollections of a Vagabonde: On Voltaire and toleranceVagabondehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-53188871772044192802015-02-15T03:18:03.380-05:002015-02-15T03:18:03.380-05:00Very interesting post ! Yes Paris has changed a lo...Very interesting post ! Yes Paris has changed a lot and not always to the best. I don't live very far and with the Thalys. I am quickly there.Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-15055619386220968532015-02-10T09:59:30.215-05:002015-02-10T09:59:30.215-05:00Wow, I'm sharing this with my husband and step...Wow, I'm sharing this with my husband and step daughter who will be quite interested as they love all things French. Thank you.marciamayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185069576683872041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-9963108474692890232015-02-07T07:28:15.981-05:002015-02-07T07:28:15.981-05:00There should be more Voltares in the world and we ...There should be more Voltares in the world and we all could definitely use more tolerance, which seems to be totally lacking throughout mankind. <br /><br />Both of your last two stories were excellent and I too enjoyed every word.<br />SamSam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15358601435867848753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-47558894594139116602015-02-06T17:35:00.010-05:002015-02-06T17:35:00.010-05:00J' aime les dessins humoristiques, mais je pe...J' aime les dessins humoristiques, mais je pense qu' on n' a pas la liberté d' insulter. Mais c' était terrible ce que s' était passé. Moi je dis:" Je suis Charlie!"<br />Merci de votre post!<br />Wil, ABCW TeamReader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-12879461309345984172015-02-04T17:35:59.498-05:002015-02-04T17:35:59.498-05:00I wish that the English tradition of popular philo...I wish that the English tradition of popular philosophy had continued in the way it has in France. It all seemed to die out here in the 18th century, perhaps because we stuck with the monarchy....Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-34486331346756202552015-01-31T16:28:30.169-05:002015-01-31T16:28:30.169-05:00Congratulations on the excellent historic backgrou...Congratulations on the excellent historic background you have given to the events in France. Understanding the French commitment to tolerance and to satire is definitely important in grasping the reaction to these events and understanding how so many people within and outside of France aren't in step with French views on secularism. <br /><br />However, what strikes me as most shocking is that many of the Muslims defend the murder of either cartoonists, Jews, or both, and some non-Muslims even express sympathy! Fundamentally this still has to be a story about murder, I think, not just a story about attitudes towards cartoons or Jews.Mae Travelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-28254597444109622972015-01-28T16:04:31.957-05:002015-01-28T16:04:31.957-05:00Thank you Vagabonde for this post and the followin...Thank you Vagabonde for this post and the following one. By quoting Voltaire and giving the history of the French state I'm sure you will make it clearer to many how deeply important the concept of freedom of speech and expression is, to France, and why. This lucid and compassionate explanation is exactly what is needed, as I think another commentator said. Again, thank you.<br />Morelledritanjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16025213970107184429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-5481996204314910022015-01-28T09:33:35.629-05:002015-01-28T09:33:35.629-05:00http://photograff.blogspot.fr/2014/11/de-pere-en-f...http://photograff.blogspot.fr/2014/11/de-pere-en-fils-chez-philippe-rebuffet.htmlMiss_Yveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11558587966129386283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-73621145882759405652015-01-27T14:40:48.900-05:002015-01-27T14:40:48.900-05:00Congratulations, Vagabonde ! I just read your last...Congratulations, Vagabonde ! I just read your last two stories - slowly, enjoying every word, and illustration. As always, well researched, well thought-out, and thoroughly fascinating. I have shared both stories on the French Girl in Seattle's Facebook page. My readers already know you, from your excellent series on the Liberation of Paris last summer. Looking forward to learning more with you. Your friend, and fellow French native, Veronique (French Girl in Seattle) French Girl in Seattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14347995356689205203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-112278924441723202015-01-27T11:28:23.664-05:002015-01-27T11:28:23.664-05:00Thank you for such timely posts. The French love o...Thank you for such timely posts. The French love of satire and demand for tolerance is truly admirable. Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-64941156930018092112015-01-26T16:48:05.688-05:002015-01-26T16:48:05.688-05:00❀.•*´¨`*•.✿
Merci pour ta gentille visite sur mon ...❀.•*´¨`*•.✿<br />Merci pour ta gentille visite sur mon petit blog ce lundi chère Vagabonde !!!<br /><br />Merci aussi pour cette publication très intéressante et aussi très émouvante ! <br />"Vive la liberté d'expression" !!!!!! Et "Vive la liberté !"<br /><br />Je t'embrasse très FORT !<br /><br />Bonne continuation Vagabonde ! :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-35981870209004297472015-01-25T09:34:33.547-05:002015-01-25T09:34:33.547-05:00Il ne faut pas oublier non plus que certains franc...Il ne faut pas oublier non plus que certains francais allaient en prison pour carricature non "conforme" comme Daumier sous Louis Philippe qu'il avait represente en Gargentua et en poire je crois meme.<br />Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354559064351144704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-57646914843949546162015-01-24T01:52:32.661-05:002015-01-24T01:52:32.661-05:00I Remember you Vagabonde when I had a blog on Blog...I Remember you Vagabonde when I had a blog on BlogSpot("Artistique"). Nov. 2013 I moved to wordpress, but I just saw your name when I put in a comment at someone's blog - it's after midnight, but in coming days I'll read your last posts - good to know you're still blogging!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-50902641008016798652015-01-23T18:50:00.739-05:002015-01-23T18:50:00.739-05:00My knowledge of Voltaire is pretty much limited to...My knowledge of Voltaire is pretty much limited to "Candide" -- and I mean the Bernstein version.<br /><br />You are a marvel in how you tell of Voltaire, tolerance and in such a fascinating way. How you do it, I'll never know. But I'm glad you do.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-22283342460019262992015-01-23T15:06:32.385-05:002015-01-23T15:06:32.385-05:00This is such an important, fabulous post, Vagabond...This is such an important, fabulous post, Vagabonde. I really didn't know enough about Voltaire. I love the French way of separation between church and state. I wish the US was more like that. Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-85269452684830812232015-01-23T12:01:34.547-05:002015-01-23T12:01:34.547-05:00Such an important post, Vagabonde!
I wish you'...Such an important post, Vagabonde!<br />I wish you'd send it to the New York Times; or all newspapers. This should circulate all over the world!<br />Merci bien!Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-80178443759748385772015-01-23T03:52:49.214-05:002015-01-23T03:52:49.214-05:00Highly impressed by how you have managed in these ...Highly impressed by how you have managed in these two posts to resume what I feel had to be told, especially to a non-French public. A fantastic job you have done, worth to be read by many more than your blog-friends! A great, great bravo!!!PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-30015137387800291752015-01-22T21:55:20.007-05:002015-01-22T21:55:20.007-05:00I am so glad that Voltaire has paved the way towar...I am so glad that Voltaire has paved the way towards tolerance, and to know that the French have shown the rest of the world how to think about intolerance makes me happy to be a Francophile, in a country that needs to learn how to accept those different from ourselves. I am still sad about these past weeks but hope that somehow, some good will come of it all. Bless you, VB. :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-11086644273338414442015-01-22T21:07:15.083-05:002015-01-22T21:07:15.083-05:00Thank you, Vagabonde, for this wonderful and cogen...Thank you, Vagabonde, for this wonderful and cogent essay. I learn here, as always. You are remarkable.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8796960161183320830.post-78021316076270899932015-01-22T20:13:04.097-05:002015-01-22T20:13:04.097-05:00Vagabonde, What can I say...? Voltaire was a grea...Vagabonde, What can I say...? Voltaire was a great writer and thinker. In my opinion, his message of tolerance and completely free speech is an ideal whose realization will never be universally accepted or achieved. The world is full of radical views leading to intolerance...religious, economic and racial...and while I'd like to live to see such tolerance, I'm just not holding my breath. It can be an ugly world out there! Take Care, Big Daddy Dave Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00419231123238788903noreply@blogger.com