--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, 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?
And it is no surprise that the two countries who appear to dislike the French the most have similar attitudes: Britain, with the Zero Point of Time (GMT), and the US with the enduring concept of Manifest Destiny...self vs self vs self vs self vs... > 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 --------------------~--> Need Help? Get Help! Tools and Strategies for Healthy Drug-Free Living</a>. http://us.click.yahoo.com/wI.OUB/dbOLAA/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/
