Informal boycott of French products taking hold...

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
I say we nuke Quebec City to show our contempt for all things French!

I think he likes me!

[rah]

Yep, I hope I'm still on-line when he gets home. It's not looking probable though.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by rah
Yep, I hope I'm still on-line when he gets home. It's not looking probable though.

Too bad. I get the feeling that there will be some sig material coming out of this one...

[Spec]

Originally posted by rah
Well i have to give you credit for the 40/60 admission on personal contacts. You do have some dignity. It would have been easy to lie and discredit my arguement that way.

But that leads to two additional questions.
1. What is your opinion of the ignorance level of people that you've met from your own country and other countries. Is it higher or lower?
2. If through personally experience you've stated 40/60 why would you believe a survey over what you've experienced?

I can also share many experiences of seeing STUPID american, but to me, they are the exception and not the norm based on personal experience.

On not knowing where "france" is and the like. At my daughters HS, geography is required. I would bet there is less than a handfull of students that are as ignorant as the polls suggest. So I take those survey results with a grain of salt.

RAH

1- OMG we have ignorant people in Canada...dont even get me started on that. It's just that it seems that ignorant people in the U.S. have a big impact on how the planet see americans. I find that sadning.

2- I beleive a survey WITH what I experience, I make a whole.


Anyother questions Rah?

Oh and dv8ed, I'm sorry, it's just that I have so many arrows throw at me that I dont know which is a joke from which is not...

Spec.

[ThePantaloonDog]

I always thought boycotting to be childish, stupid, and misinformed. Boycotting products because of an assumed association with a country does hurt that country but also hurts American businesses that deal with that country. Whether you like it or not France is an ally.

I also find anti-Americanism to be childish, stupid, and misinformed (for example see Spec). There's nothing worse than traveling through Europe and listening to every moron tell me how incompetent I am because I'm American. Usually with silly stories like the one Spec just used as an example. There are stupid people everywhere and they all seem to be dispersed evenly throughout the world.

And I can't stand camel's they always make me sick. Even the smell is nasty. I love my Marlboro's.

[Q Classic]

while we're boycotting french products, i suggest we drape the statue of liberty as being morally degenerate.

after all, it's french.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
while we're boycotting french products, i suggest we drape the statue of liberty as being morally degenerate.

Nuking Quebec would be a better use of our time. The Albertans would thank us.

[Q Classic]

hell, we could call it modern art.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Nuking Quebec would be a better use of our time. The Albertans would thank us.

Nuke Alberta and the rest of Canada would thank you.

[Richelieu]

Quebec has some nice architecture and Alberta has part of the rockies. I say nuke Saskatoon.

[rah]

Originally posted by Spec
1- OMG we have ignorant people in Canada...dont even get me started on that. It's just that it seems that ignorant people in the U.S. have a big impact on how the planet see americans. I find that sadning.
2- I beleive a survey WITH what I experience, I make a whole.
Anyother questions Rah?

Answer to number 2, I'll buy. It tells me that you don't think quite as many americans are as ignorant as your earlier posts suggest and your answer to #1 is really the focus of your issue.
Your answer to #1 says that you imply that yes there are ignorant poeple wherever you go. (I agree with that) but then you seem to infer that since the US is the current top dog, that it's people should be held to a higher standard.
(yes a stretch but if you read it, a case could be made for this, because otherwise the ignorant people in any country would have a big impact on how the planet views their country. then what makes the US different.)

So the real issue is your problem with the US being the top dog, since every other country's ignorant people reflect poorly on their country.

Now I think we've gotten to the bottom of it

RAH

[rah]

I'll check in later from home

RAH

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by ThePantaloonDog
There's nothing worse than traveling through Europe and listening to every moron tell me how incompetent I am because I'm American. Usually with silly stories like the one Spec just used as an example. There are stupid people everywhere and they all seem to be dispersed evenly throughout the world.

Oh man that made me think: we were a bunch of students watching TV and there was an american with us. Though I liked the guy, had nothing personal... the TV had on some american braindead violence action movie, so I say to him: "so are you proud of your culture?"

he almost got a fit, he didn't know what to say, he spelled something like "oh come on..."

just a little joke

that said, we had lots of fun with some students from the US who studied in europe and they were great guys

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Richelieu
Quebec has some nice architecture

That's true. Use a neutron bomb.

[Q Classic]

the only thing good to come out of canada has been canadian bacon.



we should invade and procure some.