TRIBUNE – When the death of the former strongman of the National Front and figure of the far right was announced, French people took to the streets by the hundreds to celebrate the news. An obscene celebration from which the far left has never benefited, notes the philosopher.
Latest book published by Chantal Delsol : The End of Christianity (Editions du Cerf, 2021). Chantal Delsol is a columnist for Le Figaro.
What happened on Monday in the streets of several cities in France is both astonishing and revealing: French people took to the streets by the hundreds to celebrate together the death of a man. The old whispering adage “We do not rejoice when someone dies” has been repeated to us by our educators – and it is not particularly a Christian admonition, but an admonition of universal wisdom and spirituality. Just some ethical advice so as not to deviate from simple human civilization – the first peoples also respect death wherever it comes from. It is therefore quite natural that we wonder to what depth these French people have fallen who are drinking champagne on a fresh grave. Obscene behavior, in the etymological sense.
We must not believe that the adage in question is always…
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