Gloomy French offered grim reading on nation's decline (Schadenfrog Alert!)

AFP via EUBusiness.com ^ | 16 November 2003

[xzins]

SchadenFROG

Rotflol!!!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

LOL dittoes. That is truly witty!

[banjo joe]

may vote for the revolutionary far-left;</>

Brilliant; that's the problem to begin with.

[JusPasenThru]

I have a great idea. Let's export our top Francophile Hillary to straighten the mess out over there. If she succeeds maybe we can give her a shred of credibility (which she lacks absolutely) over here.

[bert]

....France can only carry out reforms via revolutions....

Can this be so?
It can be argued that the French can't accomplish reform even by revolution. There was a revolution agains tha monarchy that failed and killed tens of thousands. The revolutionaries squabbled and then killed each other.

The best that can be said is that there was change, but not reform. All institutions were obliterated, not reformed.

[PieroC]

The decline began when the Champagne went up.

[Teacher317]

Gee, losing those Iraqi deals sure seems to have put quite a dent in their economy. It's no wonder they defended Saddam so vigorously. Why should they care about the blood of Iraqis, so long as their Socialist vision is allowed to continue?

Schadenfreude, indeed.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Internationally the country has ruptured its relations with the world's only superpower, marginalised the United Nations, and by its arrogance towards the countries of the former communist bloc created a glaring rift through the heart of Europe just at the moment of its unification.

But, but...the Demonrats tell us we're the problem...not the French.

[Stultis]

I'm not usually much of a punster. I can't believe no one's come up with that before, but seemingly not.

[xzins]

I saw it and chuckled out loud. Excellent playing around with words.

:>)

[AngryJawa]

...may vote for the revolutionary far-left

Dust off the guillotine, Jacques. Schadenfrog indeed.

[mewzilla]

Schadenfrog. LOL. Love it!

[Agnes Heep]

... the nation that invented human rights ....

Not in their wettest dreams.

[bluesagewoman]

Definition-

SchadenFrog:

Taking pleasure from the French taking it up the . . . .

The Germans must love it.

[muawiyah]

Uhhh, they don't speak English very well there do they?

Heckfire, that'll marginalize your society every single time!

Worse, the last time somebody posed a threat to the "heart of Europe" they ended up bombing Kosovo.

[muawiyah]

BTW, regarding the "human rights" question, I suggest you read something about the Huguenots.

[RobFromGa]

The reservoir of international-level genius has mysteriously dried up -- in every art-form," wrote the British novelist and academic David Lodge.

Froggie Shrugged

[LurkedLongEnough]

The Germans must love it.

True, but not more than the English! Schadenfreude in the UK, it's coming some time, it might be!

[mylife]

"If there is a sickness in France it is nationalism. It has found a place at every social and political level...

Do you suppose Europe will ever learn that this is what will make the EU an impossibility?