France, that under Franco's reign was seen here [in Catalonia] as the safe haven of freedom, has the miserable honour of being the [only] State of Europe—and probably the world – that succeeded best in the diabolical task of destroying its own ethnic and linguistic patrimony and moreover, of destroying human family bonds: many parents and children, or grandparents and grandchildren, have different languages, and the latter feel ashamed of the first because they speak a despicable patois, and no element of the grandparents' culture has been transmitted to the younger generation, as if they were born out of a completely new world. This is the French State that has just entered the 21st century, a country where stone monuments and natural landscapes are preserved and respected, but where many centuries of popular creation expressed in different tongues are on the brink of extinction. The "gloire" and the "grandeur" built on a genocide. No liberty, no equality, no fraternity: just cultural extermination, this is the real motto of the French Republic.
france that under franco's reign was seen here [in catalonia] as the safe haven of freedom has the miserable honour of being the [only] state of europe—and probably the world – that succeeded best in the diabolical task of destroying its own ethnic and linguistic patrimony and moreover of destroying human family bonds many parents and children or grandparents and grandchildren have different languages and the latter feel ashamed of the first because they speak a despicable patois and no element of the grandparents' culture has been transmitted to the younger generation as if they were born out of a completely new world this is the french state that has just entered the 21st century a country where stone monuments and natural landscapes are preserved and respected but where many centuries of popular creation expressed in different tongues are on the brink of extinction the "gloire" and the "grandeur" built on a genocide no liberty no equality no fraternity just cultural extermination this is the real motto of the french republic