--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > Barry, > > > > You seem to forget the situation in Paris and anywhere else in France. > > Recently, there have been unrest and riots in Paris for many reasons, > > including those perpetrated by terrorists. I don't believe you're any > > safer over there than here in the USA. > > John, I think Barry is probably not arguing that France or Europe in general > is safer than the US, just that if they bombed the Eiffel Tower and 200 > people were injured and three killed they wouldn't whine about it like the > Americans. They would simply take a drag on their Gauloises and tuck their > bottle of table wine a little tighter under their arm thinking what a small > inconvenience it all was. > >
Ann, The French have a reputation to keep and to present Paris the way it is. It's not good business to scare away the Americans from visiting their capital city. If you fly in to the airport, you'll be impressed of the high tech architecture and decor. But you'll also notice that they have policemen patrolling the area with Uzzis and semi-automatic guns. In short, Barry is full of BS. JR > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Some still have the ability to think, and more important, > > > *write* about the larger issues revealed by the events in > > > Boston: > > > > > > http://www.salon.com/2013/04/20/how_boston_exposes_americas_dark_post_911_bargain/ > > > > > > For those who are going to try to write this guy off as > > > some kind of whiny politico, Andrew O'Hehir is Salon.com's > > > regular film critic. It's just that, like Roger Ebert, he > > > does not feel the need to limit the subjects he writes > > > about *to* film. Here he takes on the dark underbelly of > > > America since 9/11, the thing that ALL expats I've met > > > in Europe know about, and the main reason we're here, and > > > not there. > > > > > >
