Long weekend .. part .. pffttt

As listless as a cloud (ahh how poétique) i made my way over to Boulevard St Germain - ostensibly to have a beer and to check out the pretty young things ;@) - where i stumbled on a series of billboards 'commemorating' - i'm not too sure if it's really the right turn of phrase - the events of May '68






Paris town hall has commisioned an exposition by the photographe
Marc Riboud who was responsible for the untreated images that made it out to the world wide press .. an unsung hero of photoreportage

An un-imbeded/ beded (with a bit of luck) reporter

I'ts very iconic stuff

I particularly luurve the old lady taking her dawg out for it's nighly poop being confronted by a well-meaning rabble

But .. as history tells us blood was spilt, illusions were shattered and par la suite reputations were built

Could the same thing happen today ?

As much as we would all like to dream it and given the current climate,the short answer is : N.O

For a very simple, soul depressing, reason : the profile of those who rioted forty years ago is the same as those who voted for the poison dwarf last year

The same tail-between-the-legs 'staus quo' as before - les p'tits Sarkzoistas

ohh mon dieu :'(