Robespierre---Are you a writer?
 

So I was reading a daily paper in SF today and saw the name of Robespierre as a writer....

Hmm.....is Robespierre a writer or does the name mean something I am unfamiliar with?

Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French revolutionary who helped engineer the overthrow of the monarchy in 1789.

He was arguably the most significant driving force behind "The Terror" - the period following the revolution during which thousands of people were guillotined. When, in 1794, he raised vehement objections to the extremes to which the Committee of Public Safety had gone, they chopped him.

I adopted his moniker because although I subscribe to the revolutionary principles my country was founded upon, I object to the extremes of the past four years. (Robespierre was also somewhat of a fop - a dandy. I have been known as a rather sharp dresser.)

Google my dear... google

Ah, ok, French revolution.........interesting.......

The article I read today by Leah (I can't remember her last name) is a gossip columnist and said that she heard from Robespierre some info on something or another. I saw the name (which was bolded) and I immediately thought of the robespierre on this forum.

Small, small world! :)

http://tinyurl.com/htx5f

Leah Garchick's column on SFGate.com (4/18/06)

Scroll all the way down to the bottom....
"Public eavesdropping

'Loneliness doesn't get you a God-damned cheeseburger.'

Street person on steps of an apartment in the lower Haight, overheard by Robespierre."

Mmm..I love SFGate, since they published a letter of mine :)

Robespierre, lol,<i> your name sounds familiar ..
</i>

<font color="aqua"> Care to provide us a link to that letter? It would be most interesting to read.....</font> :)

<font color="green"> Nope, sorry. LOL </font>

&quot;When, in 1794, he raised vehement objections to the extremes to which the Committee of Public Safety had gone, they chopped him.&quot;

Hmmm... They rather chopped him because of the extreme to which he had gone along with the rest of the Commitee, when he intended to send to the guillotine yet another bunch of moderates. The terror ended with his beheading.

ilovetotravel29, the color type is very clever but also hard to read. Could you (and the rest of the Crayola posters) please pick colors that are easier to read?