Slog - Comments on How Was It? Bastille Day http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/how_was_it_bastille_day Bastille Day, the French national holiday, commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which took place on 14 July 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The Bastille was a prison and a symbol of the absolute and arbitrary power of Louis the 16th's Ancient Regime. By capturing this symbol, the people signaled that the king's power was no longer absolute: power should be based on the Nation and be limited by a separation of powers. What does this mean to Seattle? Hell if I know. But I tried to find out. And because this city, weirdly, decided to... Copyright 2008 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:12:56 -0800 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:47:23 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by kinaidos I always celebrate it by watering our furrows with unclean blood, pretty traditional really.

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/how_was_it_bastille_day#c766351 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/how_was_it_bastille_day#c766351 City Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:39:37 -0800 Comment by qulib That girl wearing black, hanging out with the gentleman of questionable moral character, has the most adorable laugh in the history of laughing.

]]> qulib http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/how_was_it_bastille_day#c766409 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/how_was_it_bastille_day#c766409 City Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:56:14 -0800 Comment by Simon It was a very bloody revolution followed by a very bloody Reign of Terror

Over the next 75 years, France was ruled and governed by a republic, a dictatorship, a constitutional monarchy and two different empires before the 1900's.

]]> Simon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/how_was_it_bastille_day#c766817 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/how_was_it_bastille_day#c766817 City Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:47:23 -0800