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Re: Lets keep politics out of Lego
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 19 Nov 2000 08:49:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Simpson writes:
> > If Bush loses, we're gonna exercise
> > our right to cede from the Union, and the first order of business will be to
> > declare war on France...and Rhode Island.
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> There's a difference? :-) Wait, what did Rhode Island do?
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> Note that France seems to be rather disliked by a lot of countries, note the
> admonition in that UK Revokation that we were to nuke France at the
> slightest provocation...
Just because that dirge was written in the UK, it does not follow that it is
the UK view... and I assume you are not shallow enough to think otherwise.
There is a recent history of England and France exhibiting a little friendly
animosity. However, I can’t speak for the other Celtic nations, but I do
know that there is a real friendly bond between Scotland and France. History
forced us together to combat a mutual enemy. Indeed, some past Scottish
kings could not communicate in there own tongue as the spent so much of
there life in France. To see the extent of the Scottish/French friendship
one only has to look back to the welcome Parisians gave the “tartan army”
during Word Cup ’98 or attend a 6 nations match between the two teams.
Scott A
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> Why is that? :-)
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> ++Lar
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| (...) Agreed. There is no "monolithic" UK view, (just as there is no "US" view either). However there certainly is a bit of a running gag among many people I talked with about disliking the French and french ways. The UK and France are close allies (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) There's a difference? :-) Wait, what did Rhode Island do? Note that France seems to be rather disliked by a lot of countries, note the admonition in that UK Revokation that we were to nuke France at the slightest provocation... Why is that? (...) (24 years ago, 17-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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