never has this case been made with so much care

self-definition

Ich bin ein Pariser [Jonah Goldberg]

Today, I am a Frenchman. I a stand in lockstep solidarity with the Friends of Pleasure and Taste Association:

[blah blah blah they want to smoke Gauloises in restaurants]

followup

Re: Ich bin ein Pariser [Jonah Goldberg]

For the small price to pay for liberty department. From a reader:

Pariser is the colloquial word for condom in German.

Your text says to a German speaker ‘I am a condom’

Good thing the Germans never visit France!

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