Posted on 09/24/2004 12:57:37 AM PDT by Conservative Chick In Texas
Unless you are a hundred years old how can you say that France has ever been, in your memory, anything but a cowardly led nation. If the French people were so strong and had such libertarian values they would have dumped their socialist leanings decades ago. Yet, here they are today sitting on the brink of communism and you defend them. I don't care if they burn the French flag. It means nothing to me. Now, don't you dare burn the American flag or the Polish flag (or any other of our coalition members) because then your insulting all of us. But, to call the current day French people anything but lazy, spoiled, arrogant elitists is beyond my comprehension.
To live in France and make such a statement shows real strength and moral fiber. Take care, Marie. You're more of a patriot and freedom fighter than 100 France bashing Americans. You can teach us something about freedom, and I hope you continue to do so.
An American burning the flag that means "liberty, equality, and fraternity" is no better than Rachel Corrie teaching Palestinian kids to burn the American flag. It's human nature to lash out at misunderstood symbols, but it takes intelligence to know better.
The French haven't had a competent General since Napoleon Bonaparte and he wasn't even French!
Bravo ! You all understood.
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