French attitude toward Americans

Deep Frayed Morgues wrote:

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:21:55 +0100, Mxsmanic
wrote:

Try to discard your prejudices before visiting.

Absolutely golden advice. Expecting to be treated rudely in France is
likely to result in you being treated rudely!

More than that: expecting to be treated rudely may predispose you to
interpret other people's behaviour as rude.

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PB
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Deep Frayed Morgues wrote:

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:21:55 +0100, Mxsmanic
wrote:

Try to discard your prejudices before visiting.

Absolutely golden advice. Expecting to be treated rudely in France is
likely to result in you being treated rudely!

More than that: expecting to be treated rudely may predispose you to
interpret other people's behaviour as rude.

--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED

Deep Frayed Morgues wrote:

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:21:55 +0100, Mxsmanic
wrote:

Try to discard your prejudices before visiting.

Absolutely golden advice. Expecting to be treated rudely in France is
likely to result in you being treated rudely!

More than that: expecting to be treated rudely may predispose you to
interpret other people's behaviour as rude.

--
PB
The return address has been MUNGED

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:11:00 -0800, Go Fig wrote:


Unjustified ? Does Le Monde even cover the UN "Oil for Food"
investigation ?

Does Fox cover the latest IAEA resolution?
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DFM

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:11:00 -0800, Go Fig wrote:


Unjustified ? Does Le Monde even cover the UN "Oil for Food"
investigation ?

Does Fox cover the latest IAEA resolution?
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DFM

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:40:18 +0100, wrote:

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:29:12 +0100, Magda
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:13:47 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, Deep Frayed Morgues
arranged some electrons, so they looked like
this :


... It's generally on a person to person basis as to how one is treated
... (France and anywhere else).
...
... There does seem to be a bit of an odd belief that Americans should
... receive special respect for saving France in the war 60 years ago, but
... I find that a bit bizzare and arrogant. The French can be very
... 'French' to everyone, and Americans should not expect to be treated
... any differently.

Say the word : they want/expect to be *adored & pampered*. (Fat chance !...)

Don't they expect to be treated the same way, as they would treat a
French person in the USA?

:-)

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Tim C.

Go Fig wrote in message ...
In article , Mxsmanic
wrote:

Unjustified ? Does Le Monde even cover the UN "Oil for Food"
investigation ?

Mr Pasqua has some real explaining to do. What fools some French must
be to give this guy power, he's corrupt domestically and appears to
have profited millions from kick-backs and vouchers from the butcher.

Charles Pasqua has sunk to political nothingness when he left Chirac's
party (UMP) to create his own nationalist, anti-european party.
He has always been a very controversial figure... Though he is
currently a senator he has not won an popular election for ages
(unlike MPs, senators are not elected directly by the people). He had
won his previous charge as a member of the European Parliament in an
election with a proportional system.
He is not more representative of French politics now than, say,
Patrick Buchanan is of American politics.

Mxsmanic wrote in message . ..
Go Fig writes:

Unjustified?

Yes.

Does Le Monde even cover the UN "Oil for Food"
investigation ?

I don't know.

The turpides of M. Pasqua, Tome I :
(notably article n°64 and 100)

http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche_...0 &nb_art=228

didier Meurgues


Mr Pasqua has some real explaining to do.

So does Mr. Bush. But neither of them represent the entire populations
of their respective countries.

What fools some French must
be to give this guy power, he's corrupt domestically and appears to
have profited millions from kick-backs and vouchers from the butcher.

Did the French vote for Bush??

Fox just airs an exclusive interview with this guy, he was asked about
some transfers and he gets up and walks out...

He couldn't have the journalists thrown out or arrested the way the U.S.
President can.

Mxsmanic wrote in message . ..
Go Fig writes:

Unjustified?

Yes.

Does Le Monde even cover the UN "Oil for Food"
investigation ?

I don't know.

The turpides of M. Pasqua, Tome I :
(notably article n°64 and 100)

http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche_...0 &nb_art=228

didier Meurgues


Mr Pasqua has some real explaining to do.

So does Mr. Bush. But neither of them represent the entire populations
of their respective countries.

What fools some French must
be to give this guy power, he's corrupt domestically and appears to
have profited millions from kick-backs and vouchers from the butcher.

Did the French vote for Bush??

Fox just airs an exclusive interview with this guy, he was asked about
some transfers and he gets up and walks out...

He couldn't have the journalists thrown out or arrested the way the U.S.
President can.

Mxsmanic wrote in message . ..
Go Fig writes:

Unjustified?

Yes.

Does Le Monde even cover the UN "Oil for Food"
investigation ?

I don't know.

The turpides of M. Pasqua, Tome I :
(notably article n°64 and 100)

http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche_...0 &nb_art=228

didier Meurgues


Mr Pasqua has some real explaining to do.

So does Mr. Bush. But neither of them represent the entire populations
of their respective countries.

What fools some French must
be to give this guy power, he's corrupt domestically and appears to
have profited millions from kick-backs and vouchers from the butcher.

Did the French vote for Bush??

Fox just airs an exclusive interview with this guy, he was asked about
some transfers and he gets up and walks out...

He couldn't have the journalists thrown out or arrested the way the U.S.
President can.