--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 12/7/05 4:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 12/7/05 12:22:13 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Have you and conservatives in general always disliked the > French or is that just fashionable now because they wouldn¹t > join this war?
*Everyone* has *always* disliked the French. :-) And with reason. The Bushies just tried to make it patriotic to do what everyone was already doing. The French are a trying lot, and I live here and love them dearly. My favorite metaphor for the mindset that raises hackles in other countries is a stone set in the ground in front of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. It's called 'Point Zero.' >From the medieval period onwards, every French measurement of distance in the world was made from that stone. London was so many kilometers away from Point Zero, Cairo was so many kilometers away from Point Zero, and so on. Basically, it's a way of saying that France (and thus the French) are at the center of the universe, and that everything revolves around them. Is it any wonder that such an attitude occasionally inspires resistance in other peoples? Now consider the TM movement, which obviously feels the same way about itself and its True Believers, and you might begin to understand why some people have some resistance to its gawdawful self-important posturing. :-) ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Ever feel sad or cry for no reason at all? Depression. Narrated by Kate Hudson. http://us.click.yahoo.com/YbEMxA/ubOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
