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This story, totally ludicrous in any version, was popularized on the National Public Radio segment Car Talk, where it was meant as a joke; many unfortunates, particularly on the Internet, have taken it seriously.
The most respected mechanic in the village of St. Martin d'Ardèche, not far from where I live, is called Monsieur Salaud . And in another nearby village the job of mayor is held down by the amiable Madame Bordel . Perfectly ordinary-sounding French names--with the sole drawback that salaud means `bastard' and bordel means `brothel'; and all over France these unfortunates have for company the bearers of such names as Lacrotte `turd,' Vachier `piss off,' Connard `bloody fool,' and Putin `whore'-- not to mention such real unprintables like Baize and Ducon .
Yellow fever, dysentery, and scurvy killed a sizable proportion of these unfortunates, who were crammed into filthy floating prisons (called “hulks”) during the hours they weren’t working.
But if he has a political philosophy that goes beyond pro-business pragmatism and personal concern for society's unfortunates, he's hiding it awfully well.