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Bomb the middle class

In an era of wealth and excess, 19th century French anarchists introduced terrorism as we know it. Can a fascinating new history help us understand our own violent times?
By Andrew O'Hehir

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  • Thursday, February 26, 2009 09:04 PM

    middle class

    Interesting, but as usual, what we can learn from the French usually has more to do with sex, wine and cuisine than with ethics or morals. I love these esoteric moralists who probably have never had any tragedy in their lives asking questions like... "which was worse for America 9/11 or Guantanamo"? If you have to ask a question like that, you'll never understand the answer. If this silly bastard had lost a loved one on 9/11, I dare say he would not even consider that question, never mind asking it.

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