The ad by the Subway chain touted a cordon bleu chicken sandwich with the words France and chicken, somehow it just goes together. A photo of a chicken dressed like Napoleon accompanied the advertisement.
Subway ran the ads in about 10 US states for nearly a month and pulled them in September following an outcry by members of the French expatriate community and other customers offended by the racist undertone.
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Saying that the French are dirty or cowards is a little bit like saying the sky is blue. Nobody is going to contest it, said Denis Chazelle, a long-time French resident of the Washington area who created a web site in March to try and dispell misconceptions about his native country and who led the campaign against the Subway ads. But if it concerns the French, its no big deal, he said. People here can say they hate the French without blinking an eye or an afterthought.
All I have to say is the Frenchies are responding in this way ---
To which I can only respond with ---