"It can't happen here"

Orson Welles redux:

...the [Belgian] king and queen had fled the country and an independent Flanders had been declared.

...State television broke from planned schedules at the peak viewing time on Wednesday night to show well-known journalists reporting that "the Flemish parliament has unilaterally declared the independence of Flanders".

Particularly shocking to Belgians was the "news" that King Albert II and Queen Paola had fled the country on an air force jet. The monarchy is regarded by many as the only glue holding the country together and preventing disintegration into a French-speaking Wallonia and a Flemish-language Flanders...

The title reference.

Mark C.

Posted by markc at December 15, 2006 01:28 PM