[Akron Al]

Let me get the rules straight.

Everyone must hate ther French, but the French can hate no one.

Interesting.

[A_perfect_lady]

Everyone must hate ther French, but the French can hate no one.

Not quite. The rules are: if someone screws you over, you may hate them and most folks will understand. (The French screwed us over on Iraq, big time.) But if you hate someone who hasn't done squat to you, it may be that you're a trashy bit of slime. (The French hate the Jews, who haven't done squat to them.) Thus, the rules permit us to hate the French on two different levels: One, they screwed us over and Two, they're a trashy bit of slime.

[GoLightly]

Hate? Hate the sin, love the sinner. My boycott of French goods is just doing my small personal bit to correct behaviour... It's a natural consequence sort of thing. I choose not to reward behaviour I find to be personally abhorent.... Hate me for my position if you will, but I would rather be hated for having held to my principles, than loved while/because I was an enabler.

[SJackson]

Let me get the rules straight...Everyone must hate ther French, but the French can hate no one...Interesting.

Not really. I hold the French culture which is spawning the Jew-hatred you acknowledge (the French can hate no one) for the second time in half a cenury in contempt, while acknowledgeing there are probably many Frenchmen who despair at the conditions in their nation. That's not hatred