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| Dear Mr. de Gaulle, I am emailing you to request your thoughts and opinions on Ireland and the Irish nation, specifically on its fatal flaws and how they be corrected. I would very much appreciate your opinions, which have been true in other cases, especially on France. Yours Sincerely, Aidan Walsh |
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| Dear Mr. Walsh, I'm always delighted to hear from Ireland. However, please note that I have expressed much of my sentiments about your marvelous country in an earlier letter, under the title "I'm Irish". I invite you to refer to it. I am not sure what kind of answers you were specifically looking for, asking me about the Irish nation's "fatal flaws" that need to be "corrected". I did not notice any such flaw. But thinking about Ireland, the poetry I found in Glendalough, the majesty that lies in Phoenix Park, the greatness, braveness and proud of its People, there is only one, very general piece of advice I feel entitled to give: Ireland! Please stay yourself! Please look after your identity! Please do not let short-term economic gain transform your society! Yours faithfully, Slàn Charles de Gaulle |