Liane - 4:03 pm on Nov 22, 2002 (gmt 0)

Interesting that this took place in Marseille. If anyone is familiar with the French national anthom, (La Marseillaise), the first line (which is repeated several times throughout the anthem) is:

"Rise Up Sons of the fatherland, let's stand!"

Seems to me this fellow is simply being patriotic! :)
(added) ... Or perhaps he is planning a new revolutionary war and doesn't want his boys to be too soft on the enemy.

[edited by: Liane at 4:07 pm (utc) on Nov. 22, 2002]