Lei stesso", Malaussène, "lei stesso"! L'"identità", cos'è questo snobismo? Crede che siamo "noi stessi" intorno a questo tavolo? Essere "se stesso", signore, significa essere il cavallo giusto, al momento giusto, sulla casa giusta della scacchiera giusta! O la regina, o l'alfiere, o l'ultimo dei pedoni! Ma mi sento già rispondere a Julie, con un filo di voce velenosa che, appunto, non è la mia voce:- Ah, sì? Perché io non sono me stesso? . Daniel Pennac
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The great Italian writer, Dario Fo, said. "Lei stesso", Malaussène, "lei stesso"! L'"identità", cos'è questo snobismo? Crede che siamo "noi stessi" intorno a questo tavolo? Essere "se stesso", signore, significa essere il cavallo giusto, al momento giusto, sulla casa giusta della scacchiera giusta! O la regina, o l'alfiere, o l'ultimo dei pedoni! Ma mi sento già rispondere a Julie, con un filo di voce velenosa che, appunto, non è la mia voce:-Ah, sì? Perchà io non sono me stesso? Fino a qualche anno fa, i francesi uscivano dalla scuola e si sposavano e diventavano genitori. Oggi Frenchmen still must go to school and marry and become parents. Or at least they must speak French at home and with their children.

The French language is the only one that is not allowed for use at home and in public squares. If you speak French in France you can be fined 100 euros (around $160). Frenchmen who do not know how to speak it are often ridiculed by their peers and called "parlez-vous-Français?" (Do you speak French?) This country which is the oldest in Europe has more than 5 million people who know only a few words of the native tongue.

A few hundred years ago it was forbidden to speak Spanish in France. And today you can be fined for speaking Arabic in public places. My guess is that a century from now a Frenchman will be forbidden to speak English in public places.

The rules have been changed many times since World War II ended. Nations have been busy imposing various rules on their citizens since then. If you cannot conform to those rules you are often fined or even arrested as some kind of terrorist.

In recent years more people have been arrested as terrorists because more laws have been passed that forbid or prohibit certain behavior or speech for no apparent reason other than political correctness or hate against people from different

Source: La Petite Marchande De Prose

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