French Riots

Sam · Post by **Sam** » November 6, 2005 10:22 pm

Lightning Bolt wrote:
Sam wrote:
Lightning Bolt wrote:
Sam wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:
Sam wrote: Aren't the French suppose to be quite liberal in the way they treat others? I mean other than the ones that are of the belief of "French First" such as certian people are up in parts of Canada.....???
Supposed to be and actually are are two different things. You can always say that you're liberal but remember the old saying that "actions speak louder than words?" Their actions haven't come close to what they say they believe in.
I am not arguing with you .... and I agree with you...I was just pointing out that France was.....well you know....
That's a myth that this administration (and Fox News) would have you believe.
Did your parents happen to have any intelligent children that lived,or did they call it quits with you?
Why, yes... after they gave you up for adoption (citing your irreversible brain damage)
they've been quite pleased with my sister and myself, thank you!

Well GEE! It is obvious that brain damage runs in the family and why you ride the short bus. Perhaps you would like to go explain, you and your sister to my lawyer and my sister's lawyer and we could finally get the estate settled...

Ilph · Post by **Ilph** » November 6, 2005 11:10 pm

I like French Fries.

Gulfbreeze · Post by **Gulfbreeze** » November 6, 2005 11:15 pm

Ilph wrote:I like French Fries.

150 posts to go bud...

Post by **SMLCHNG** » November 6, 2005 11:19 pm

Ilph wrote:I like French Fries.

I like French toast.

Gulfbreeze · Post by **Gulfbreeze** » November 6, 2005 11:22 pm

Gulfbreeze wrote:
Ilph wrote:I like French Fries.

150 posts to go bud...

Correction...only 73837 posts to catch Penny...

thegoatgod · Post by **thegoatgod** » November 6, 2005 11:29 pm

Gulfbreeze wrote:
Gulfbreeze wrote:
Ilph wrote:I like French Fries.

150 posts to go bud...
Correction...only 73837 posts to catch Penny...

when i was in school the older kids would throw pennies at me all the time, i started catching the pennies, they saw that i was getting rich, so every day they would rob me as soon as i got there, then throw my own money at me all day, it made me sad, but it was worse when they started throwing my school books at me

Post by **SMLCHNG** » November 6, 2005 11:31 pm

Gulfbreeze wrote:
Gulfbreeze wrote:
Ilph wrote:I like French Fries.

150 posts to go bud...
Correction...only 73837 posts to catch Penny...

Hush.

Gulfbreeze · Post by **Gulfbreeze** » November 6, 2005 11:34 pm

thegoatgod wrote:
Gulfbreeze wrote:
Gulfbreeze wrote:
Ilph wrote:I like French Fries.

150 posts to go bud...
Correction...only 73837 posts to catch Penny...
when i was in school the older kids would throw pennies at me all the time, i started catching the pennies, they saw that i was getting rich, so every day they would rob me as soon as i got there, then throw my own money at me all day, it made me sad, but it was worse when they started throwing my school books at me

WTF???

Sam · Post by **Sam** » November 6, 2005 11:48 pm

Gulfbreeze wrote:
thegoatgod wrote:
Gulfbreeze wrote:
Gulfbreeze wrote:
Ilph wrote:I like French Fries.

150 posts to go bud...
Correction...only 73837 posts to catch Penny...
when i was in school the older kids would throw pennies at me all the time, i started catching the pennies, they saw that i was getting rich, so every day they would rob me as soon as i got there, then throw my own money at me all day, it made me sad, but it was worse when they started throwing my school books at me
WTF???

What do you expect from the god of the goats...something sensible???

Ilph · Post by **Ilph** » November 7, 2005 7:51 am

SMLCHNG wrote:
Ilph wrote:I like French Fries.
I like French toast.

French toast is smelly and ungrateful. But American Toast is delicious!

Ilph · Post by **Ilph** » November 7, 2005 7:51 am

Gulfbreeze wrote:
Gulfbreeze wrote:
Ilph wrote:I like French Fries.

150 posts to go bud...
Correction...only 73837 posts to catch Penny...

Yeah, cause THAT'S gonna happen

Ilph · Post by **Ilph** » November 7, 2005 7:52 am

thegoatgod wrote:
Gulfbreeze wrote:
Gulfbreeze wrote:
Ilph wrote:I like French Fries.

150 posts to go bud...
Correction...only 73837 posts to catch Penny...
when i was in school the older kids would throw pennies at me all the time, i started catching the pennies, they saw that i was getting rich, so every day they would rob me as soon as i got there, then throw my own money at me all day, it made me sad, but it was worse when they started throwing my school books at me

aeroparrot · Post by **aeroparrot** » November 7, 2005 8:01 am

Sam wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:
Sam wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:The French should have seen this coming by the way they treat minorities. I am not saying that the riots should have happened but those involved have been trying to integrate as what the French have wanted to but have been denied a lot of things because they don't "look French" so they said enough. That is all I am going to say about this.
Aren't the French suppose to be quite liberal in the way they treat others? I mean other than the ones that are of the belief of "French First" such as certian people are up in parts of Canada.....???
Supposed to be and actually are are two different things. You can always say that you're liberal but remember the old saying that "actions speak louder than words?" Their actions haven't come close to what they say they believe in.
I am not arguing with you .... and I agree with you...I was just pointing out that France was.....well you know....

Wasn't trying to argue with you, just trying to answer your post.

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » November 7, 2005 8:55 am

IMHO it's really bigoted to hate a person beacuse of where they were born. It's just as bigoted as hating someone because of the color of their skin. People jump over a certain poster because of his bigotry towards blacks yet have no problem bashing the French. I ask you - what's the difference? It's all bigotry to me. And I know the people of BN that have French ancestry are offended by these bashing threads.

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » November 7, 2005 10:52 am

ph4ever wrote:IMHO it's really bigoted to hate a person beacuse of where they were born. It's just as bigoted as hating someone because of the color of their skin. People jump over a certain poster because of his bigotry towards blacks yet have no problem bashing the French. I ask you - what's the difference? It's all bigotry to me. And I know the people of BN that have French ancestry are offended by these bashing threads.

Well said, Connie
It's ridiculous... and truly indicative of how misinformed and, as a result, polarized
we become as a society. It's tolerated at first because of one's choice of political leaning, conservative or progressive, and then allowed to grow because
we, somehow, have to insult the opposing "team" as a method of gaining, what we think should be, moral superiority.
It usually happens as a replacement for an argument of any substance, and we know who practices it here.
And with certain others here, yes, I know... I do it, too.

captainjoe · Post by **captainjoe** » November 7, 2005 11:03 am

ph4ever wrote:IMHO it's really bigoted to hate a person beacuse of where they were born. It's just as bigoted as hating someone because of the color of their skin. People jump over a certain poster because of his bigotry towards blacks yet have no problem bashing the French. I ask you - what's the difference? It's all bigotry to me. And I know the people of BN that have French ancestry are offended by these bashing threads.

Very well said! I have never understood the "French Hating" that started after they decided not to be a part of the war in Iraq. I never understood why people got mad at them for making a decision. Going to war is a huge decision and they did what they felt was right. Just like the USA was doing what they thought was right.

I think the people like Bill O'Reilly (a pervert) and Rush Limbaugh (a pill popper) who tell people what to believe are doing more harm to us than the French ever thought of doing.

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » November 7, 2005 11:13 am

captainjoe wrote:I think the people like Bill O'Reilly (a pervert) and Rush Limbaugh (a pill popper) who tell people what to believe are doing more harm to us than the French ever thought of doing.

Interesting that those two, claiming such moral high ground after the fall of Clinton, turn out to be two of the BIGGEST HYPOCRITICAL BLOWHARDS.
Limbaugh is still not out of the woods with his prescription drug prosecution...
Those two must have idolized Sen. Joe McCarthy when they were growing up.

flyboy55 · Post by **flyboy55** » November 7, 2005 12:23 pm

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » November 7, 2005 2:06 pm

Sam wrote:
aeroparrot wrote:The French should have seen this coming by the way they treat minorities. I am not saying that the riots should have happened but those involved have been trying to integrate as what the French have wanted to but have been denied a lot of things because they don't "look French" so they said enough. That is all I am going to say about this.
Aren't the French suppose to be quite liberal in the way they treat others? I mean other than the ones that are of the belief of "French First" such as certian people are up in parts of Canada.....???

aeroparrot is right on & no, the French are not 'liberal' in the same context we use that term here in the U.S. (If you've been there for even a day, you would understand) Racism is rampant throughout Europe, but it is particularly bad in certain areas of Germany, France and Spain... especially to displaced Muslims of African or Eastern Mediterranean descent. It's a global issue that no nation has control of. Despite what some European countries attempt to portray, there is nowhere where all ethnicities exist in harmony.

But... how did this thread turn to a Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Bush administration bashing thread? That's irrelevent to the current problems in Paris and all of France.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » November 7, 2005 2:23 pm

iuparrothead wrote:But... how did this thread turn to a Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Bush administration bashing thread? That's irrelevent to the current problems in Paris and all of France.

Connie said we shouldn't bash the French so we needed another scapegoat.

BTW, Am I still allowed to make fun of the goober tourists in midtown Manhattan? It's almost that time again, I think the Christmas tree lighting ceremony is Nov. 30.