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What Makes Someone French?
NY Times ^ | November 11, 2005 | CRAIG S. SMITH

Posted on 11/12/2005 4:01:26 AM PST by Pharmboy

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To: mewzilla

Yes...an interesting question, and the article only addresses it tangentially. Here, the left wing of the ethnic groups preach separatism (eg., bilingual education, Kwanzaa) and tries to keep their groups out of mainstream Americanism. I don't know if there is such movement over there.


21 posted on 11/12/2005 4:23:30 AM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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To: sure_fine
anyone who considers BO as a aphrodisiac

LOL. And thinks arm pit hair on women is chic.

22 posted on 11/12/2005 4:24:07 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: mark502inf

Exactly. Which makes the Founders all that more impressive.


23 posted on 11/12/2005 4:25:27 AM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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To: Pharmboy

The MSM sucks. They raise more questions than they answer, though that wouldn't be hard since they answer jack.


24 posted on 11/12/2005 4:26:23 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Pharmboy

Two observations:
1. The treatment of immigrants by the French brings to mind how France recently told Eastern Eurpoean countries to defer to those who are more sophisticated.
2. Only immigrants of noble heritage have truly been integrated into French society.


25 posted on 11/12/2005 4:29:55 AM PST by monocle
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To: counterpunch

LOL. Unbelievable. Two African-American teenagers being electrocuted is what started all of this. LOL.


26 posted on 11/12/2005 4:30:21 AM PST by Bahbah (Free Scooter; Tony Schaffer for the US Senate)
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To: wayoverontheright
What Makes Someone French?

A grossly inflated sense of superiority juxtaposed with very little to feel superior about

27 posted on 11/12/2005 4:31:46 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (I do what the voices in lazamataz's head tell me to)
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To: counterpunch

So, according to CNN, the rioting in France was caused by the actions of two Africian-Americans?

The person who wrote that CNN news story is an idiot, and so is the newscaster who read it.

CNN's policy: write everything to give the worst possible slant on America, liberty, and freedom. It is truly an instrument of our enemy.


28 posted on 11/12/2005 4:33:06 AM PST by i_dont_chat (Houston, TX)
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To: SauronOfMordor
A grossly inflated sense of superiority juxtaposed with very little to feel superior about

And a willingness to raise up both arms in the presence of Germans.

29 posted on 11/12/2005 4:34:50 AM PST by Sociopathocracy (The Left and Islamo-fascism, the twin cancers of human history.)
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To: Pharmboy

"What Makes Someone French?"


Smell, attitude, and ignorance.

LLS


30 posted on 11/12/2005 4:35:42 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Preserve America... kill terrorists... destroy dims!)
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To: mewzilla

mewzilla, yes its that bad over there. for instance, in france if you are from any of the former colonies, which all happen to be populated by darker skinned people, they will refer to you as a pie noir. it means black foot. it is a derogratory term. they have others, but even i wont use them. once on a train i had the occasion of watching a black man, later i learned he was tunisian, come into our compartment. the white french got up and moved to another compartment. another french person i know in france will take his own utensils to restaurants, so he will never eat with the same spoon, fork etc that a black has touched. anecdotal to be sure, but its there and when you combine racism with islam, you are just asking for immense trouble.


31 posted on 11/12/2005 4:37:14 AM PST by son of caesar (son of caesar)
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To: counterpunch

It's time to call in the Rev. Jesse and Al Sharpton to investigate the the electrocution deaths carried out by the French!

That was unbelievable!


32 posted on 11/12/2005 4:38:35 AM PST by texianyankee
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To: i_dont_chat

CNN believes African-Americans are always to blame for riots.


33 posted on 11/12/2005 4:38:44 AM PST by counterpunch (~ Let O'Connor Go Home! ~)
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To: Gay State Conservative

"A correction,if I may:the US was once based on ideas and ideals,but is no longer."

Maybe in the "gay state", but here in the South we still live as "true Americans". Come visit us, but be warned that you may never want to go "home".

LLS


34 posted on 11/12/2005 4:39:59 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Preserve America... kill terrorists... destroy dims!)
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To: Pharmboy
But even the language of identity has its barbs. Mr. Arhab said that when he hears people refer to him as French "of Algerian origin," it carries with it the subtext that he is not really French. Would he prefer the hyphenated lunacy we "embrace" here in the US?
35 posted on 11/12/2005 4:40:42 AM PST by bikepacker67
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To: Bahbah

Here's the URLs for anyone who wants to email this to friends:

webpage:
http://newsbusters.org/node/2783

video:
http://newsbusters.org/media/2005-11-11-CNNSunday.wmv



36 posted on 11/12/2005 4:42:28 AM PST by counterpunch (~ Let O'Connor Go Home! ~)
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To: mewzilla

The matter of assimilation is almost completely the fault of the socialist government. There will always be groups of radicals to deal with but the majority would assimilate under a capitalist system. France has crowded them into ghettos they have almost no chance in France of leaving.


37 posted on 11/12/2005 4:49:38 AM PST by bkepley
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To: LibLieSlayer

imo humble opinion, if any part of the america that once was is to survive, it will be in the south. the south is america, no question. overwhelming numbers of officers for out military comes from the south. i am not mocking other parts, but those other parts are tainted to a much larger degree than the south. btw, im not from the south, but i call it as i see it.


38 posted on 11/12/2005 4:54:25 AM PST by son of caesar (son of caesar)
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To: Pharmboy
Arrogance
Lack of personal hygiene
Funny accent
Surrenders within the first 6 seconds of being challenged
39 posted on 11/12/2005 4:56:57 AM PST by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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To: Pharmboy
the French don't think I'm French

This can only be the statement of someone who doesn't include himself among "the French." He didn't say, "some French," or, "the white French," or, "the Catholic French."

ML/NJ

40 posted on 11/12/2005 4:58:42 AM PST by ml/nj
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