Reuters: Spielberg honored in France....

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France gives Spielberg highest honor
Sunday, September 5, 2004 Posted: 5:15 PM EDT (2115 GMT)

PARIS, France (Reuters) -- President Jacques Chirac made U.S. film director Steven Spielberg a knight in the French Legion of Honor,...hailing him as a great filmmaker committed to fighting hatred and intolerance.

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"In this difficult time when intolerance, racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and fanaticism are on the rise again, it is essential that cinema, which touches each one of us deep inside, recalls the horror of what is unutterable...Etc. "It is essential that this form of eminently popular expression and creativity reminds everyone of the disastrous effects of hatred, intolerance and the rejection of others."

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Accepting France's top award, Etc..."We have to work very, very hard to make people understand that we have to celebrate people's differences and not condemn them," he said.

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Sounds like a note to bush and criminals..