Daniel-Kun

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Bible drawn into Hong Kong sex publication row

		Thursday, 17 May 07 - 07:16 AM (GMT +09:00) By Daniel Kun in Website Updates

HONG KONG - More than 800 Hong Kong residents have called on authorities to reclassify the Bible as "indecent" due to its sexual and violent content, following an uproar over a sex column in a university student journal. A spokesperson for Hong Kong's Television and Entertainment Licensing authority (TELA) said it had received 838 complaints about the Bible by noon on Wednesday. The complaints follow the launch of an anonymous Web site -- www.truthbible.net -- which said the holy book "made one tremble" given its sexual and violent content, including rape and incest. The Web site said the Bible's sexual content "far exceeds" that of a recent sex column published in the Chinese University's "Student Press" magazine, which had asked readers whether they'd ever fantasised about incest or bestiality. That column was later deemed "indecent" by the Obscene Articles Tribunal, sparking a storm of debate about social morality and freedom of speech. Student editors of the journal defended it, saying open sexual debate was a basic right. If the Bible is similarly classified as "indecent" by authorities, only those over 18 could buy the holy book and it would need to be sealed in a wrapper with a statutory warning notice. TELA said it was still undecided on whether the Bible had violated Hong Kong's obscene and indecent articles laws. But a local protestant minister shrugged off this possibility. "If there is rape mentioned in the Bible, it doesn't mean it encourages those activities," said Reverend Wu Chi-Wai. "It's just common sense ... I don't think that criticism will have strong support from the public," he added.

 

 

Villedieu-les-Poêles

		Thursday, 15 March 07 - 06:08 AM (GMT +09:00) By Daniel Kun in Website Updates

Villedieu owes its name to the religious order Knights Hospitaller, that later became the Knights of Malta. Henry I, King of England and Duke of Normandy, granted Villedieu to this order in the 12th century. Low taxes and good administration attracted people to Villedieu. Advanced coppersmithing technology was presumably imported from the Middle East by the Knights. By the early 14th century, the Corporation of the Coppersmiths of Villedieu was officially recognized by the Kings of France.

In the years following the French Revolution, in the late 18th century, the people of Villedieu were strong supporters of the Revolution, unlike most of people in the surrounding area. A major reason of their support is that the Revolution abolished customs duties between French regions; before the Revolution, copper pans exported from Villedieu to Brittany, 50 km away, faced higher import duties than copper pans from Portugal After a losing battle with Chouan troops, the men from Villedieu escaped thanks to their women who threw stones, flowerpots and chamber pots from second-story windows at the pursuing Chouans. The general heading the Chouan troops was getting ready to bombard Villedieu and set it on fire. A delegation of women negotiated with him: the inhabitants were given a short time to hide their valuables and the Chouan soldiers then plundered the town for food and clothing.

In 1944, when the Germans withdrew from Villedieu, they left a sniper who shot some of the first US soldiers to enter Villedieu, before being neutralized. The US commander was about to request airplane bombing runs when the mayor approached him, told him that there were no Germans left in Villedieu and offered to ride through Villedieu in the front seat of a US jeep. Villedieu was thus of the few towns in the region to escape major destruction.

Mouvement Pour La France - P2V & GP

		Friday, 23 February 07 - 06:07 AM (GMT +09:00) By Daniel Kun in Website Updates

 Je viens d'ajouter quelques photos de P2V et GP du Mouvement Pour La France

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Appel du 22 juin 1940

		Friday, 23 February 07 - 05:41 AM (GMT +09:00) By Daniel Kun in Website Updates

Ecouter et/ou lire le discours fait par le General De GAULLE à l'annonce de la signature de l'armistice par le maréchal Pétain.

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Vive le Québec Libre!

		Friday, 23 February 07 - 04:45 AM (GMT +09:00) By Daniel Kun in Website Updates

In July 1967, de Gaulle visited Canada, which was celebrating its centennial with a world's fair, Expo '67. On 24 July, speaking to a large crowd from a balcony at Montreal's city hall, de Gaulle uttered Vive le Québec! (Long live Quebec!) then added, Vive le Québec libre! (Long live free Québec!). De Gaulle left Canada of his own accord the next day without proceeding to Ottawa as scheduled. The speech caused outrage in English Canada; it led to a serious diplomatic rift between the two countries.

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You can download and read the English version of the " Vive le Québec libre" speech or alternatively you watch the full-on "Vive le Québec libre" French style.

Content updates - Busy Bee

		Thursday, 22 February 07 - 10:38 PM (GMT +09:00) By Daniel Kun in Website Updates

Just have further updated my "content" page with some stuff on 马来西亚 (Malaysia) and Normaundie (Normandy).

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