Nicolas Sarkozy, who has won praises in America for eschewing intellectualism and hating on unions, has reverted back to being a dandy little French fop.
[Techcrunch] French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, [on the new EU Internet anti-piracy legislation] “We run the risk of witnessing a genuine destruction of
culture…The Internet must not become a high-tech Far West, a lawless
zone where outlaws can pillage works with abandon or, worse, trade in
them in total impunity. And on whose backs? On artists’ backs.”
Far west? Where's that? Did you mean wild west, you baguette smoker? He should have pulled out the stops and said, "
"The Internet must not become a high-tech, how you say, Far West..."
And then mimed the rest.
Yes, if you must ask, I'm ignoring the spirit of the statement which is decidedly right-wing and anti-internet and instead making fun of a small verbal misstep.
I blog, therefore I'm a douche.