Can some of you enlightened people tell me, What the hell is France Good For?!?!

I mean I understood thier position with the US on Iraq, never saw them as cowards as allot of the US is led to believe.

but the Whole 200 forces commited to help in Lebonon(sp) I come on le people! whats the deal? you what to be a major player in the world, how about acting like it, sheesh!!

BBC

they are secretly jealous of Quebec. thats why france is full of Assholes (there are some nice ones), deep down they all wish they were french canadians

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN I have 3 hobbies: gaming, DJing & correcting maladjusted fools on the internet.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN Yeah, I’d like to know what horrible, scarring incident in your childhood turned you into such an ignorant, intellectual-hating philistine?

Hmm. Let's see. Nice food. Very friendly. Used to have some really influential thinkers. Mmmm. They were right about Iraq. And... Black Strobe and Agoria?

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Originally posted by LazFX Can some of you enlightened people tell me, What the hell is France Good For?!?! I mean I understood thier position with the US on Iraq, never saw them as cowards as allot of the US is led to believe. but the Whole 200 forces commited to help in Lebonon(sp) I come on le people! whats the deal? you what to be a major player in the world, how about acting like it, sheesh!! BBC

What is france good for: Nothing
Are they cowards: History tells us they are
Are they assholes: Well the cliqche is they are. I never believed it until i moved here and landed a job for a french company. They truly are the worlds biggest assholes.

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Originally posted by sasslife Are they assholes: Well the cliqche is they are. I never believed it until i moved here and landed a job for a french company. They truly are the worlds biggest assholes.

give an example of how they are the worlds biggest assholes? When I went to Paris the people seemed friendly, but the city was dirty the Parisians use to just toss their garbage to the side of the streets or anywhere in the park but the garbage bags.

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Originally posted by metalgearsolid give an example of how they are the worlds biggest assholes? When I went to Paris the people seemed friendly, but the city was dirty the Parisians use to just toss their garbage to the side of the streets or anywhere in the park but the garbage bags.

I live in France and have for most of my life and I will say yeah they are arseholes but you get used to it.

There is always a barrier between people with the tu ( you )and the vous ( they ) ( speaking to people you don't know or people you are supposed to 'respect' you refer to them in the third person ); people are agressive and arrogant. They always complain.

There's plenty of concrete examples I could give you but I can't be arsed ( sorry I'm being french there ).

Recently a friend of my family who does humanitarian work and stuff between Ukraine, Hungary and Romania was telling me how shocked she had been with the behavior she saw from people in France. If you were to see 'barbaric' behavior you'd expect it to be in a country like Romania perhaps ( well one would be lead to believe that as they aren't as economically advanced as France but that's another debate ).

In the streets of Paris this guy wanted to cross the street where there was no passage way for pedestrians. This lady didn't let him cross and so he kicked her side door as hard as possible and she wasn't too pleased to see her Mercedes damaged.
She got out of the car and attempted to fist fight the idiot.

I see tons of uncivilized behavior on a daily basis.

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Originally posted by LazFX Can some of you enlightened people tell me, What the hell is France Good For?!?!

I am by no means a fan of France - quite the contrary - but there are things where it is superior to the US, so your cliche is really irritating. One such thing is that people are secular and not religious. Another is more relaxed attitudes to sex.

BTW, have you even been to France? Only if the answer is "yes" can your question be taken seriously.

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Originally posted by HardTranceProd I am by no means a fan of France - quite the contrary - but there are things where it is superior to the US, so your cliche is really irritating. One such thing is that people are secular and not religious. Another is more relaxed attitudes to sex.

A country who represses/restricts religious belief versus another one who some might view as trying to impose its religious beliefs at home and abroad.

Which one is better?

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Originally posted by jdat A country who represses/restricts religious belief versus another one who some might view as trying to impose its religious beliefs at home and abroad. Which one is better?

France does not restrict personal religious belief - it only suppresses visible expression of it in public places, which can cause disturbances.

That secularism is a lot better and healthier is a fact I won't go into here (the word "fact" comes from the scientific study posted by Occrider where religion was compared in different countries).

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Originally posted by HardTranceProd France does not restrict personal religious belief - it only suppresses visible expression of it in public places, which can cause disturbances. That secularism is a lot better and healthier is a fact I won't go into here (the word "fact" comes from the scientific study posted by Occrider where religion was compared in different countries).

Yes they do.

[whiny parisien french accent]
"But I am Le Tired..... I say fuck you because i am le french"
[/whiny parisien french accent]


[Blunt, Crude, but generally funny french canadian]
"eh oui allo? caulise tabarnak sti!...quoi, vous n'etes pas quebecois? Fuck you h'anglish pig dog!"
[/Blunt, Crude, but generally funny french canadian]

Us french canadians arent stuck up about being arseholes lol....

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN I have 3 hobbies: gaming, DJing & correcting maladjusted fools on the internet.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN Yeah, I’d like to know what horrible, scarring incident in your childhood turned you into such an ignorant, intellectual-hating philistine?

yeah the Quebec peeps are actually funny. They know they are arseholes and made an art form out of it