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Ligue Contre La Rheumatism Vaudoise

I pass it every time I go to work in Lausanne. I may not be spelling it quite right, but that's just because it's French. The rough translation is the league against rheumatism in Vaud (one of the Swiss cantons). And there are two things that it makes me wonder:

First, it is, in a very French way, rather aggressive. But, that said, it's a more appropriate name than we usually use in English. Think about it... who are the anti-tobacco nazis in Canada? It's the Canadian Cancer Society. Shouldn't that mean that they're in favor of it?

The other thing it makes me wonder is this: Vaud is not really, in a global sense, that huge a place. There are only about 600,000 people. Do you think that Rheumatism (or their valiant struggle against it) is unique enough that they need their own society? I'm not suggesting that we leave the rheumatic vaudois and vaudoise to their own devices. But maybe there's someone who'd be willing to help.