Time to stop bashing French

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | July 11, 2003 | Froma Harrop

[TheGeezer]

The spectacle of Bush alternating between tax cuts for the rich and displays of religious piety, however, sends my friend over the deep end.

Ah, I just love objective journalism...or was this on the editorial page? When will the un_Inquirering mind finally get it, that the tax cuts apply to more than the rich?

Also, if this liberal garbage-wrapper is complaining about disdaining the French, the boycott must be having a significant effect.

Last night O'Reilly reviewed some boycott effects in gay Paris, which, it seems, is not so ebullient this summer due to a large void if high-spending American tourists. Apparently, Eurotourons don't spend as much as Americans, per capita: might that be due to high taxes Eurotourons pay in their native lands? They must have less disposable income than American tourists!

Maybe if the Europeans taxed their rich more, the common Eurotouron might have more money to spend in Paris.

Such is life...

[TontoKowalski]

As I see it, the real issue here is this:

The lefties that blah-blah about international relationships, and children, and the need for understanding, etc. etc. can't be bothered to get off their ass and actually do something worthwhile, like hosting a visiting exchange student.

Instead, they berate conservatives for not taking care of the heavy lifting like we've always done.

[CFC__VRWC]

They are basically a boorish set of arrogant jerks.

We get lots of tourists from all over the world here in Central Florida. Most of them are extremely polite and well behaved, but the French ones really stick out because, as a rule, they're rude, overbearing, obnoxious, and treat us locals like we're the hired help, when they're not staring at us in horror like we're some kind of three-headed kittens that just crawled out from under the porch.

[Malesherbes]

SmedleyButler above has showed us one of the truly great photographs of the 20th century. Look at each of the faces - France in a nutshell.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Notice the woman clapping her hands next to the sobbing frog.

[AnAmericanMother]

Ask the British, they have been bashing the French for about five hundred years. I think they have the right idea....

[Cultural Jihad]

Do you have the original photo?

[FeliciaCat]

LOL!!

(Thank you, I just copied it and sent to my Brit boyfriend!)

[mhking]

Y'know, Aquafina tastes so much better than Avian...

[Bill Davis FR]

flash...boycott france forever...

[NeoCaveman]

It's Wrong to be French.

A great American, Al Bundy, said so.

[Oztrich Boy]

Ask British, they have been bashing the French for about five hundred years.

"France is a dog hole, and it no more merits the tread of a man's foot." Wm Shaksper

[AnAmericanMother]

The French then chopped Louis' head off, and it has all been downhill ever since.

[MEGoody]

"Now we have student-exchange programs unable to find American homes willing to take in French students over the summer."

So how about your home, Froma.

[Dudoight]

Three Cheers for you,well done!

[Redbob]

I'm no historian, but I think there were some major differences between the way we conducted our revolution and the way the French conducted theirs.

Just for starters, we avoided the murderous mobs, kangaroo courts, and wholesale executions that were hallmarks of the French affair.
Then we set up an actual government that continues to this day, instead of going through various "emperors" and other despots.
Finally, we've managed to to snatch our own bacon out of the fire when troubles arose - a fairly conspicuous difference from the French model.

Or have I got this all wrong?

[meowmeow]

Oh, I hope we're just getting started...

[NeoCaveman]

Y'know, Aquafina tastes so much better than Evian...

And Evian is Naive spelled backwards.

[Adrastus]

I agree with you re: boycotting much more satisfying than bashing. I must confess, however, that my attitude toward the French is like that of Rick in "Casa Blanca" when asked what he thought of the particularly oleagenous character played by Peter Lorry: "I don't think of you at all." They, the French, are not worth the time.

[lawdude]

I have been bashing the frogs for 30 years. They were despicable then, they are despicable now. Cretins all (well, most as there are always exceptions). When they deserve better, they shall receive better.