Comments on: Obituary for a French superspy http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/obituary-for-a-french-superspy.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Scott Falkner http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/obituary-for-a-french-superspy.html#comment-1466345 Scott Falkner Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168819#comment-1466345 Forget everything you thought you knew about the term, “badass”. Forget everything you thought you knew about the term, “badass”.

]]> By: rtresco http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/obituary-for-a-french-superspy.html#comment-1466056 rtresco Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168819#comment-1466056 Bio-pic with Frenchmen du jour Jean Dujardin in 3-2-1... Bio-pic with Frenchmen du jour Jean Dujardin in 3-2-1…

]]> By: CokePlusMentos http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/obituary-for-a-french-superspy.html#comment-1465897 CokePlusMentos Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168819#comment-1465897 wheeeeeen Captain France throws his mighty shieeeeeeeld... wheeeeeen Captain France throws his mighty shieeeeeeeld…

]]> By: Vnend http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/obituary-for-a-french-superspy.html#comment-1465831 Vnend Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168819#comment-1465831 I loved his wife's advice to the detectives: "“Don’t try to lock him up. He escapes, you know.” I loved his wife’s advice to the detectives: ““Don’t try to lock him up. He escapes, you know.”

]]> By: Maskarova http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/obituary-for-a-french-superspy.html#comment-1465824 Maskarova Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168819#comment-1465824 Loaves of bread and special shoes, those guys were good Loaves of bread and special shoes, those guys were good

]]> By: Richard Coates http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/obituary-for-a-french-superspy.html#comment-1465818 Richard Coates Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168819#comment-1465818 Whatever his later errors of judgement, he deserves at least a partial pass for his wartime activities.  He risked his life and the prospect of vicious torture to fight Nazism in a particularly hands on way. Its a much abused term- but this guy was a genuine hero. Whatever his later errors of judgement, he deserves at least a partial pass for his wartime activities.  He risked his life and the prospect of vicious torture to fight Nazism in a particularly hands on way. Its a much abused term- but this guy was a genuine hero.

]]> By: A. . http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/obituary-for-a-french-superspy.html#comment-1465815 A. . Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168819#comment-1465815 He used to blow up casemates...until he took an arrow to the knee. Really, though, this man is awesome.  And phooey to the Bordeaux celebrants kitted up after the Germans left!  Phooey, I say!   Most true badasses we never hear anything about.  I'm glad this one's story is known.  I'll have a toast to him now. He used to blow up casemates…until he took an arrow to the knee.

Really, though, this man is awesome.  And phooey to the Bordeaux celebrants kitted up after the Germans left!  Phooey, I say!  

Most true badasses we never hear anything about.  I’m glad this one’s story is known.  I’ll have a toast to him now.

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/obituary-for-a-french-superspy.html#comment-1465804 Cory Doctorow Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168819#comment-1465804 Not to mention that defending France's Indochinese interests wasn't the same kind of noble cause as fighting Nazis. Not to mention that defending France’s Indochinese interests wasn’t the same kind of noble cause as fighting Nazis.

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/obituary-for-a-french-superspy.html#comment-1465788 angusm Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168819#comment-1465788 It's hard to criticize a man whose balls probably eclipsed the sun every time he left the house, but it's too bad that he defended Maurice Papon, who was a very nasty piece of work. It’s hard to criticize a man whose balls probably eclipsed the sun every time he left the house, but it’s too bad that he defended Maurice Papon, who was a very nasty piece of work.

]]> By: WillieNelsonMandela http://boingboing.net/2012/07/03/obituary-for-a-french-superspy.html#comment-1465775 WillieNelsonMandela Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168819#comment-1465775 Wow. That guy makes Jason Bourne look like a milquetoast. Wow. That guy makes Jason Bourne look like a milquetoast.

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