A New York Times report caught my attention today that thousands of people from teenagers to retirees turned out in a quiet little town called Millau, in the south of France, about 600 miles from Paris to support a Frenchman on trial for vandalizing a local McDonald's restaurant. Some of them were wearing T-shirts saying: "The world is not merchandise, and I am not either." Somehow, the Frenchman became a national symbol of the French pride for his action.