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and the police were,the CRS,
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which is sort of carte blanche now,were fairly aggressive.
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But,anyway,these police
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were wrestling to the ground
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these mayors who were protesting,using their tri-color sashes,
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threatening to strangle them with their own sashes of their authority.
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Only in France would this be possible.
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And,so,every government that comes to power,they say,
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well we're going to do something about this.
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De Gaulle said let--no he didn't really say that,
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it was Mao--but,
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"let the hundreds of thousands of flowers bloom."