I agree Jim. Also, not to muddy the waters, but there are a lot of Arabs living in France and we can be fairly sure where their sympathies will lie. I love France but I'm glad I'm not a citizen of that country... they have a LOT of problems.... And from some frank discussions I've had with people who are, many feel privately that France is kind of stagnant and floundering culturally.
Patrick >-----Original Message----- >From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: April 2, 2003 10:40 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Piss on the French > <previous message snipped> > >While the political French stance is one of the more extreme it's not >entirely uncommon or without cause. > >The people of any society are the products (perhaps victims) of the >information they are given. In the US and the U.K. (and other pro-war >coutries/areas) the information being given is very anti-Saddam and pro >military action. > >However in many other parts of the world the information being seen is >often slanted in Iraq's favor. Specifically Al Jereeza is the number >one source of information about the war for much of the world - and >their information while generally professional, has a definate >anti-American slant. > >France, I believe, still has state run television as do the vast >majority of nations in the world. The people believe (in any culture) >what the powers that be tell them. Couple this with the existing >anti-American feelings in France (which are there for many >reasons, some >valid) and you have a people willing take such information at face >value. > >So in the end if somebody is confused and working from potentially >incorrect information do you ignore them and ostracize them or do you >work with them and attempt to enlighten them? > >Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89 70.5
