 Comment in France has concentrated on the photograph used for the exhibition. Where the original would have featured a cigarette, Sartre rarely appearing without some form of tobaccco, in the poster this has been airbrushed out. Sacrificing Sartre to the politically correct in this way, or to the anti-tobacco lobby, is especially ironic in the light of the philosopher's much-advertised commitment to self-constituting and responsible choice parent page (21 - 27 April 2005, issue #739) |