French Nationalist Dominique Venner Commits Suicide in Paris Notre Dame Cathedral

I'm not sure what good it'll do. He was supposed to be protesting France's move to legalize homosexual marriage, but frankly, I'd bet a lot of people are cheering the dude's death.

At Independent UK, "Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage":

Mr Venner, a prolific author of books and tracts on extreme nationalist themes, has been one of many vociferous critics of the law. Some of his work as a historian has been well-received, incuding a 1981 book on the Red Army which won a prize from the Académie Française. Much of his work has been steeped in the racist ideology of the far-right, apologising for the pro-Hitler regime in Vichy in the Second World war and warning of conspiracies to destroy European civilisation and to swamp the white race.

Mr Venner was also an expert, and the author of several books, on hunting and fire-arms. In the 1960s, he was a member of the Organisation de l'Armée Secrète - the extreme nationalist terrorist movement which opposed the French withdrawal from Algeria and attempted several times to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle.

More at the Astute Bloggers, "WILL DOMINIQUE VENNER'S POLITICAL SUICIDE IN NOTRE DAME SET OFF A REVOLT LIKE MOHAMMED BOUAZIZI'S DID IN TUNISIA?"

Nah. This is a last gasp from a long gone era of French politics, a weird throwback that reminds me of what real ideological politics looks like.