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Post by Wycco on Jul 1, 2003 15:47:24 GMT -5
Interesting link I found on FARK: (I assume it is accurate) www.thedissidentfrogman.com/dacha/000185.htmlApparantly- following the squabble between France and the US: The French have removed all traces of US involvement from the monument at Normandy. US flags have been removed from the monument- but British and Canadian flags still fly alongside the French flag. Personally I think this is disgusting- that France would omit the memory of soldiers who died fighting a war to help them. All because of a political squabble!  |
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Post by worthless on Jul 1, 2003 18:11:58 GMT -5
I saw that same thing Wyc. Personally I think it is someone having a little fun with photoshop, and seeing if they can get a rise out of people.  If it is true, it's shameful. I don't buy into the 'France owes the US' mentality. But I had several members of my family that stormed that beach in 1944, and it's disrespectful for those who lost their lives and the families that they left behind. Still think it's a hoax, though.....  I know photoshop very well, and an amatuer could docture those photos. Ya know?  |
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Post by Topcontender on Jul 1, 2003 22:27:31 GMT -5
France now has Woody Allen doing commercials trying to get us yankees to vacation there. It seems that the French tourism board has seen a decline of a minimum of 15%.
HAHAHA i rather go to Spain!!!!
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Post by smokingun on Jul 2, 2003 2:53:29 GMT -5
good call worthless, from the same link that wycco gave, a further link right at the top of the page provides this clarification. www.thedissidentfrogman.com/dacha/000187.htmllet's just stop jumping to conclusions. blind hatred makes me sick. from an ad on tv last night: smokingun |
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Post by Srrh on Jul 2, 2003 7:57:17 GMT -5
Oh yea sure...and the statute of liberty is ready to get packed back to France...
Of course the US flag is still floating over the beaches in normandy...it was 1 1/2 week ago when my familly was there...it will be next year, it will be in 50 years...
Fox news is bad for your brain.
S.
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Post by Srrh on Jul 2, 2003 8:01:07 GMT -5
HAHAHA i rather go to Spain!!!! You don't like French. It's no reason to punish the spaniards. I think It is recommanded that americans stay home for the next ten years...they are welcome...nowhere...not even in the UK... They'd be welcome in Liberia but...no oil....so no US... Srrh |
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Post by Srrh on Jul 2, 2003 8:07:34 GMT -5
Of course you have all heard about this:
Nearly 16,000 people in some 20 countries were polled during the past month for the pew survey.
The study found that some three-quarters of those surveyed in France, 76 per cent, wanted a less dependent relationship with the United States on security and diplomacy matters.
A majority of German respondents, 57 per cent, were also less inclined to have a close relationship with Washington on such issues.
"People in most countries rate Vladimir Putin, Gerhard Schroeder, Jacques Chirac and Tony Blair more highly than they do Bush," the Pew report said.
It found that only modest percentages had confidence Bush would do the right thing in respect of international relations.
"The bottom has fallen out of support for America in most of the Muslim world," the survey said.
"Negative views of the US among Muslims, which have been largely limited to countries in the Middle East, have spread to Muslim populations in Indonesia and Nigeria."
In the UK, the US is more of a concern for global peace and stability then Syria.
No one cares about france....
Srrh
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Post by Wycco on Jul 2, 2003 8:09:30 GMT -5
Actually- I've been to France- and despite the jokes- I liked the people we met... well- could only communicate through my dad since I don't speak French- but had no reason to dislike them!!!!
- I would prefer to goto Spain anyway... for completely unrelated reasons.
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Post by Srrh on Jul 2, 2003 8:16:27 GMT -5
O and BTW, in Canada, I heard yeasterday on the BBC that our view of the US was at a...50 year low !!
3-4 month ago, the PM even called the Bush team "morons" on camera...
Nice going...
French-Canadian joke:
How do you call an american who falls in the St Laurence river? Pollution.
How do you call 250 million americans in the St Laurence river?
The Solution.
S.
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Post by Danny Boy on Jul 2, 2003 20:11:43 GMT -5
Actually- I've been to France- and despite the jokes- I liked the people we met... well- could only communicate through my dad since I don't speak French- but had no reason to dislike them!!!! - I would prefer to goto Spain anyway... for completely unrelated reasons. As the French now hate the Americans as much as they hate the British, do as we do. Next time you are in France try speaking Spanish, a surprisingly large percentage of French people speak Spanish. Explain that you Australian/Canadian/Irish and your partner does not speak Spanish. The conversation will then revert to English with no problems and you will find the French very helpful. |
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Post by daSilva on Jul 3, 2003 1:37:04 GMT -5
The statute of liberty. How long does that last Srrh?
Oh and don't you mean the CBC not BBC?
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Post by Srrh on Jul 3, 2003 7:22:55 GMT -5
1)The statute of liberty. How long does that last Srrh? 2)Oh and don't you mean the CBC not BBC? 1)ROFL...I dunno...the statues are not clear on this... 2)I do indeed. I can't beleive I am defending the French...can't stand the French...especially Parisiens...snob SOBs... S. |
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Post by Henrik on Jul 4, 2003 2:52:45 GMT -5
While we are on the topic, there was a ceremony held in France yesterday where a rose was placed on each of the tombs of the American soldiers who died in France, to honor them for the 4th of July. No real hatred of the US there.....
P.S. Like Srrh, I can't beleive I'm defending the French either!!
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Post by julio_montoya on Jul 4, 2003 9:59:17 GMT -5
P.S. Like Srrh, I can't beleive I'm defending the French either!! Im a french citizen because i lived in Monaco a few years ago and living in Canada makes me very sad because of all the people that make jokes about the french.  But people need to realize that Paris dosent represent France, most people from Paris are the biggest snobs to tourists, its discausting, most not all. If you go to where i was like Marseille and the mediterean, people are very nice. But you need to understand that there are so many tourists in Paris for the size of the city. It must be very annoying, New york is probably like that but its a huge city, Paris is always stocked with tourists and that can be an annoying thing for the people. But its no reason to be snobby and mean and i understand what you all say. But theres nothing tat makes me madder than hearing jokes here that the French are cowards and pussys because they surrendered to the Germans the world war. My grandpa fought hard for La Resistance and gave his life trying to save his country. What do people saying these jokes know about defending a country. I just think people should have more respect for countrys like France. |
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Post by Henrik on Jul 4, 2003 10:34:43 GMT -5
Julio,
I have lived 5 minutes away from the French border for the past 25 years, and can comfortably say that my experience with the French does indeed extend beyond a vacation to Paris. As for Srrh, being Belgian and very well travelled, I would also assume that the same can be said for him.
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But people need to realize that Paris dosent represent France, most people from Paris are the biggest snobs to tourists, its discausting, most not all. If you go to where i was like Marseille and the mediterean, people are very nice. But you need to understand that there are so many tourists in Paris for the size of the city. It must be very annoying, New york is probably like that but its a huge city, Paris is always stocked with tourists and that can be an annoying thing for the people. But its no reason to be snobby and mean and i understand what you all say. But theres nothing tat makes me madder than hearing jokes here that the French are cowards and pussys because they surrendered to the Germans the world war. My grandpa fought hard for La Resistance and gave his life trying to save his country. What do people saying these jokes know about defending a country. I just think people should have more respect for countrys like France.