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Re: Father/Motherland

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, May 25, 2000, 4:48
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> One of the > symbols of France is the cock (the animal of course :)) ) which is clearly > male, while the second (more related to the Republic but still very > important) is Marianne, a woman.
We have the Statue of Liberty, a woman, but also Uncle Sam, a man, and the Bald Eagle, which, at least to me, seems masculine. -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Glassín wafilái pigasyúv táv pifyániivav nadusakyáavav sussyáiyatantu wawailáv ku suslawayástantu ku usfunufilpyasváditanva wafpatilikániv wafluwáiv suttakíi wakinakatáli tiDikáufli!" - nLáf mÁldu nÍmasun ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor