The Times yesterday carried a report about the French 'Celebrity Philosopher', Bernard Henri-Levi. Apparently, he went straight to the front of a queue for taxis, leaving people in the queue outraged by his rude and selfish behaviour.
As Philosophy tends to be a subject where one questions everything, I'm asking myself why on earth the French put up with BHL? Just because he used to be a bit good-looking, they call him a 'Celebrity Philosopher'. However, a 'proper' celebrity would surely have their own a chauffeur-driven vehicle wouldn't they? And shouldn't a Philosopher be more like A.C. Grayling, for example? He seems to me to be the archetypal 'gentleman and scholar'. I can just imagine the soft-spoken, gentle-mannered Anthony, allowing everyone in the queue go first!
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