Actually there is a very good reason to be critical of France. Well, not exactly France, but how French culture has in many regards achieved a truly imperial status, when it comes to defining and at the same time sanctioning the rich bourgousie across the world. The problem with the current discourse is that is, as stated mainly employed in a fashion that seems to me is very much designed to prevent class warfare, and instead give primitive nationalism a bone.
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Who would win? 1942 Germany vs. 2001 France?
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wahh wahh wahh. It's ok to piss and moan about your big brother. But when he makes fun of little Pepe le Peu, you get all hurt.
WAAAAAAAH!
Grow a nut, people.
Maybe you should try and find a way of moving that set of dick and balls from your forehead and putting them between your legs, before you lecturing people.
I understand it was a joke. A joke that's been repeated about a hundred times. It's boring. It's irritating. It's wrong.Res ipsa loquitur
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I understand it was a joke. A joke that's been repeated about a hundred times. It's boring. It's irritating. It's wrong.
If its boring, don't listen to it . If it's irritating, don't listen to it. How is it 'wrong'?“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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Originally posted by Tripledoc
The main problem is, I guess, with the Anglo-Saxon psyche which is greatly predisposed to militarism, which is why they have always regarded the Germans in a high regard.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.
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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
I understand it was a joke. A joke that's been repeated about a hundred times. It's boring. It's irritating. It's wrong.
If its boring, don't listen to it . If it's irritating, don't listen to it. How is it 'wrong'?
British and French shoot, Germans duck
Germans shoot, British and French duck
Americans shoot, everybody ducks.
It is a great misconception that Italian tanks were of inferior design during WW2. In fact the Italian tanks were the only once to have 6 gears as standard. One forward and five for reverse.
Any more nation-bashing war jokes? Hear about the one where Iraqi soldiers surrendered to a US journalist?One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.
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Originally posted by Evil Knevil
Maybe you should try and find a way of moving that set of dick and balls from your forehead and putting them between your legs, before you lecturing people.
I understand it was a joke. A joke that's been repeated about a hundred times. It's boring. It's irritating. It's wrong.
How's that Scientologist expose coming? yeah...I agree it's trite. But the SHOCK...the horror at seeing this kind of stuff coming back when we take it all the time. Well...bite me. *****.
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WW1:
British and French shoot, Germans duck
Germans shoot, British and French duck
Americans shoot, everybody ducks.
That's not just a WW1 joke .“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
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How do I reach the conclusion that the Anglo Saxons are predisposed towards militarims? Well one thing is for instance Baden Powell. He was a spy for the English during the Boer War. Later he created the Boy Scout movement, which in turn became a model for many boy scout organisations, including the Hitler Jugend. The second thing is the whole elitist educational system developed by the Anglo-Saxon educational system. For instance Eton, where military training has a big role to play. But also other schools were militarized, including Oxbridge. The perfect expression of this is the movie "IF", were British bording students violently rebel against the overly militarized and religious educational system.
Also you can see it has been the elitist Ivy League universities who have defined and made the rules for such sports as basketball, American football, and so on. Today it seems to me that this, while is is of course "only sports", has served the purpose of making militarized anglo-saxon culture a key element of the American educational system. People often forget that this key element is the result of a top down influence, and that the recent excursions towards multiculturalism is perhaps a reaction towards that dominance.
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
I know. Sad really. Without France, there'd be no United States."I realise I hold the key to freedom,
I cannot let my life be ruled by threads" The Web Frogs
Middle East!
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Originally posted by Big Crunch
Any more nation-bashing war jokes? Hear about the one where Iraqi soldiers surrendered to a US journalist?
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Originally posted by skywalker
@ spiffor
France's military may be better, but as Spiffor pointed out in another thread, it was better in WW2 as well. It was just in the wrong place.To us, it is the BEAST.
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Originally posted by TCO
A little self-examination circle would be nice for a start. First topic, how your mother was a whore...
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Long live teh paranoia smiley!
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