Via Andrew Sullivan:


Outrage at Sun Chirac jibe




Thank you British tabloid. You have brought a smile to mine lips this eve.

THE Sun hit Paris yesterday to show the world our disgust at the cowardice of President Jacques “The Worm” Chirac for wriggling out of his responsibilities to the West.


We took copies of a French edition of our newspaper labelling Chirac as Saddam Hussein’s whore.


Describing his actions as those of a “Paris harlot”, The Sun argued he was as big a threat to the civilised world as Iraq’s tyrant.


Sadly but predictably, the poor, misled French people backed their spineless president to the hilt.


On a sunny Champs Elysées, student Angelique Roulois, 18, nearly choked on her baguette when she saw our headline.[...]


Vincent Bouis, 32, was shocked at our display of good old British contempt for the French president.


He screamed: “This is violent and destructive language.”


As we quaked in our boots he went on: “Why attack Chirac just because he doesn’t agree with you. The French people are 100 per cent behind him.”


That’s something they have in common with Saddam then ...

Say, did you know it is now against the law in France to "insult the French flag or national anthem. Booing the Marseillaise now carries the risk of a fine of 7,500 euros and six months in prison."