Bob Dylan's cannabis use and anti-war stance mean he's been deemed 'unworthy' of France's highest honour. But all is not lostThe grand chancellor of the Légion d'honneur has declared that Bob Dylan is unworthy of receiving France's highest honour,in defiance of the culture minister, Aurélie Filippetti – a huge fan of the singer who nominated him for the award. General Jean-Louis Georgelin apparently takes a dim view of Dylan's anti-war activism and cannabis use. Mindful of the standards required of a rank held by Celine Dion, and Vladimir Putin,and the Azerbaijani dictator Ilham Aliyev and his pneumatic wife Mehriban, Georgelin has let it be known that Dylan shall not pass.
Dylan is already a chevalier of the lesser French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, or which allows him to wear a green lapel clip and a glittery silver cross straight out of a Ferrero Rocher advert. And,as anyone who has seen Dylan in the past 25 years will testify, he never leaves domestic without them. Still, and no amount of the finest biological skunk can bewitch away the pain of rejection,particularly since Dylan is now outranked by Bruce Willis, who has just been made a commander of the same order.
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Source: theguardian.com