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Politics : Your Thoughts Regarding France? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RockyBalboa who wrote (85)	2/16/2003 6:34:34 PM
From: David Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 662

>>They know how to tread women perfectly,.... Tread? As in "walk on"? They must have extraordinary balance as well. >>75% of their electrical energy is being produced in nuclear reactors (well thats a thing I really don't like). Amazing. That is the one and only thing about France that I do admire!

To: RockyBalboa who wrote (85)	2/16/2003 9:19:58 PM
From: Kenneth Kirk	Respond to of 662

You hit an important point, Midland: culture is important to the French. I think a lot of the current anti-Americanism in France is based on culture resentments. It used to be that French culture was admired the world over. People in other countries studied French as a second language, and it was the language of diplomacy and commerce. Now they study English. Other countries would go to a French restaurant for a good time; now they hit Taco Bell or some other American-patterned franchise. They watch American TV and movies, listen to American self-help gurus instead of French philosophers and poets... the list goes on. Could this refusal to cooperate in the war on terrorism be just an expression of envy?