October 15, 2008 2:44PM 

# Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité — A Package Deal 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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[News](http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081015123919.5457lveo&show_article=1) that France will suspend football (soccer) games at which “*La Marseillaise*” has been booed reveals how the famous credo of that country has fallen into disuse.

A liberal approach toward speech — giving Tunisians in France the *liberté* to boo their country of residence — would communicate powerfully that France is stronger than such slights — yet still welcoming of Tunisians as *frères et soeurs*.

The booing wouldn’t last long, as the Tunisians would recognize and appreciate the *égalité légale* accorded them by France.

*Fin.*

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