A Real Winner

I downloaded this back in March, but never found time to post it. A photo contest organized by FNAC in Nice rewarded the photo above, the artistic contribution of one Frédéric Laurent. Novopress, among many sites, reported the disgrace:

A jury of "professionals yesterday discerned its "coup de coeur" (sudden liking, or love at first sight) to this image signed Frédéric Laurent. It was rewarded in the category "politically incorrect." What is "incorrect" about it considering the times we live in? A provocation that will only start up again the debate on desecrating the national flag, usually the fault of "young people" who don't look much like the one in Laurent's photo. That must be what is "politically incorrect".

FNAC is the property of Pinault-Printemps-Redoute (PPR). François Pinault is an intimate friend of Nicolas Sarkozy.

Note: FNAC is an international entertainment retail chain, with a complicated corporate history dating from its founding in 1954.

You can read about François Pinault's fabulous fortune here. For the Sarkozy connection, you'll have to turn to French Wikipedia.

My only comment about the photo is that it makes flag-burning seem almost sanitary by comparison.