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Re: Lets keep politics out of Lego
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Sun, 19 Nov 2000 13:31:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> 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.
> >
> > 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...
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> Just because that dirge was written in the UK, it does not follow that it is
> the UK view...
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 at the government level and have been for years and years
now, and I think this "dislike" is, among most people, just good fun.
However, you have to ask yourself, why does the Eurostar (the Chunnel
express from Paris and Brussels) terminate at *Waterloo* (1)? Whoever *made*
that decision clearly wanted to poke a little fun at someone.
As for the rest of the "dirge", it's having some (mostly well deserved,
IMHO) fun at US expense. US cars ARE crap compared to German ones, for
example... (although note that they chose to compare to German cars because
UK cars are crap compared to US cars, I only need to cite Rover and most UK
people I talk to agree heartily)...
So to sum up, all in good fun, nothing more.
PS, what was your PhD in, again? I think you forgot to answer that question.
Why is that? :-)
1 - for the 97.85%(2) of US readers who have no idea why that is funny, look
up the Napoleonic wars and which one was the biggest French defeat...
2 - quoting the "dirge"... that's not a fair percentage. The US isn't THAT
unaware of the rest of the world... in actuality the percentage is much much
lower.. say oh, 94.32% or so :-)
++Lar
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| (...) It is an English thing - not UK. You'll also find that a good deal of England still harks back to WW2, and loves reminding the Germans about who one. The feeling in Scotland is a little more mature. I'll quote one of you countrymen to sum up (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) 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. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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