Thinly veiled gloating in U.S. over French riots

Deutsche Presse-Agentur ^ | Nov 8, 2005 | Laszlo Trankovits

[sport]

My gloating is not thinly veiled, in fact it is not veiled at all. I'm happy as a cow in clover about it.

The French are only reaping what they sowed and I hope that they have a bumper crop.

And I hope that the same thing happens to any other Nation or group that kisses the muslims asses.

[gogogodzilla]

That's a Russian proverb!

[DarkSavant]

Alright, I must be completely ignorant, but what in blazes is
schadenfreude?

[Paleo Conservative]

Alright, I must be completely ignorant, but what in blazes is schadenfreude?

Here's the definition from Dictionary.com.

Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.

[HamiltonJay]

'you had millions of seething unassimilated Muslim youths in lawless suburbs ringing every major city, would you be so eager to send your troops into an Arab country fighting alongside Americans?' Steyn said in the Washington Times.

All the good it did them... you NEVER appease barbarians.

[OpusatFR]

Thinly?

How about conspicuous, blatant, overt, marked, noticeable, loud, cheerful, sanguine, sangfroid, gloating, snickering, chortling, vociferous.....

for starters.....

[Hammerhead]

Think I'll actually go buy a bottle of French wine tonight in their honor.

[A Ruckus of Dogs]

Alright, I must be completely ignorant, but what in blazes is schadenfreude?

Trendy German word for pleasure at another's distress.

[Redcloak]

Thinly veiled? What veil? It must be the smoke drifting by.

[Fruitbat]

Gloating? Nah. I'd say more like just laughing at just one in a string of absurdly nonsensical denials of reality over the decades and one that has visible and tangible negative ramifications to it.

It's more of a shaking one's head in utter amazement at the lack of wisdom and understanding over in that nation and in Europe in general.

But gloating, nah. I do think it's funny but only in the sense of that one kid on the playground that just didn't know when to quit and kept coming after the guy that just dusted him marginally yet politely just throwing him to the ground on his repeated attempts to avenge himself. At some point it simply steps out of the serious and into the comical. We've reached that point in a certain sense.

[church16]

I agree with everything you've said. I can't speak for all of my peers, just me. I personally would refuse to deploy, as I would refuse to take a subordinate position with a UN commander. I truly hope it never comes to that as I love my career and my nation, as misguided as we sometimes are. But I would never deploy to save France from anything or anyone.

Gotta have morals and standards, and that doesn't pass muster in my eyes as France has been a true enemy of ours for about the past ten years, and I have proof of that in writing and first hand from equipment (read weapons) that has been used against me (personnaly) made in France, and sold with direct knowledge of French government personnel to Iraq before the second gulf war. I'm not smart, but smart enough to know they are not our allies, and not even a member of NATO anymore last I checked. They are worse than Al Quaeda because they refuse to acknowledge the hostilities that have already commenced against us, begun with their policies and equipment.

[Prime Choice]

Hey Vern, r u a gloating?

Oh, I'm a-gloatin' Ernest. Are you gloatin'?

Gloatin' in a moat as the French float by.

[Prime Choice]

Love the image, but shouldn't the gal featured in it be in a Burqa and holding a white flag? That would really bump up the authenticity.   ;o)

[StoneColdGOP]

Thinly veiled?

I'll try to be more overt about it...

[Republic of Texas]

"Thinly veiled"? Come on, we aren't that subtle.

[Tench_Coxe]

"We'll have to try harder."

Any less veiled and it'll need to be a 2x4 upside the head. Time to add another extremely dense element to the periodic table.

[freedumb2003]

France unveils its new Tourist Highway Map

[hummingbird]

I hope the politicos in DC are watching these events & connecting the dots. 10 million illegals floating around the US unassimilated could pose security problems. Ya think?

I can't fully enjoy the gloating, much as I've tried, because watching what is happening in France is a lesson all nations better learn quick and hard.

Best I can do right now is an "in your face" to Chirac and Villepain (or however they spell it). They are not friends to the US and it showed during the whole UN fiasco prior to the war. They also knowingly harbor folks like Khomeni (spelling? who cares...) and Arafat's wife.

No wonder Monty Python had so much humor about the French...the material writes itself.

Too bad about France; I understand that if you stay out of Paris and the other major cities that it is (or was) a most pleasant and hospitable place to visit.

[Clemenza]

Liberty City/Arthur McDuffie Riots of 1980 are I think what they were referring to in Miami. That's not what I would call "recent."

[Pompah]

Gloating.? MOI !!