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02 Aug 2005 02:07:01 PM |
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boycott on all things french |
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
02 Aug 2005 02:12:10 PM |
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"K-9" <dog@doghouse.com> wrote in message
news:c2hve1trqiadnotr1ckupdqrdv7eubb8uj@4ax.com...
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
it didn't hurt McDonalds , would you like fries with that ?
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| User: "K-9" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
02 Aug 2005 03:37:39 PM |
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On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 12:12:10 -0700, "%" <persent@gmail.com> barked:
"K-9" <dog@doghouse.com> wrote in message
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did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
it didn't hurt McDonalds , would you like fries with that ?
i don't think mc donalds participated.
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
02 Aug 2005 03:46:00 PM |
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"K-9" <dog@doghouse.com> wrote in message
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On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 12:12:10 -0700, "%" <persent@gmail.com> barked:
"K-9" <dog@doghouse.com> wrote in message
news:c2hve1trqiadnotr1ckupdqrdv7eubb8uj@4ax.com...
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
it didn't hurt McDonalds , would you like fries with that ?
i don't think mc donalds participated.
well thats just plain out and out ... unamerican
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| User: "gravity" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
02 Aug 2005 05:22:52 PM |
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"K-9" <dog@doghouse.com> wrote in message
news:c2hve1trqiadnotr1ckupdqrdv7eubb8uj@4ax.com...
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
you mean the freedom horn?
m.
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| User: "Mad Season" |
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02 Aug 2005 05:27:56 PM |
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"K-9" <dog@doghouse.com> wrote in message
news:c2hve1trqiadnotr1ckupdqrdv7eubb8uj@4ax.com...
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
I was vacationing in Paris and on a whim I jumped in the river. All the
locals called me in-Seine.
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
02 Aug 2005 04:35:47 PM |
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K-9 wrote...
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
i know that in the 70's and 80's, the proper name was just 'the
horn'. 'french' is only used for folks who might get that
confused with the slang term for trumpet.
-lisa
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| User: "%" |
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02 Aug 2005 04:42:18 PM |
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"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns96A6B30D09F38mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
K-9 wrote...
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
i know that in the 70's and 80's, the proper name was just 'the
horn'. 'french' is only used for folks who might get that
confused with the slang term for trumpet.
-lisa
in the early 60's my brother played what was called , " The French Horn ' in
school
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| User: "Used2be" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
03 Aug 2005 10:24:03 AM |
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"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8bGdnQg1X8ccdXLfRVn-3g@giganews.com...
"lisa in mass." <mccats@rcn.com> wrote in message
news:Xns96A6B30D09F38mccatsjavanetcom@130.133.1.4...
K-9 wrote...
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
i know that in the 70's and 80's, the proper name was just 'the
horn'. 'french' is only used for folks who might get that
confused with the slang term for trumpet.
-lisa
in the early 60's my brother played what was called , " The French Horn '
in
school
my high school boyfriend played the french horn as well...in the late 70's
and early 80's.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
03 Aug 2005 10:19:20 AM |
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K-9 wrote:
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
Actually,since all that absurd,hateful Anti French nonsense in 2003,
I've done all I can to SUPPORT France,in terms of buying French
products... that "freedom fries" thing was the most ridiculous,petty
thing I've ever heard of...
-"Alvintchase"
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
03 Aug 2005 11:37:15 AM |
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On 3 Aug 2005 08:19:20 -0700, wrote:
Actually,since all that absurd,hateful Anti French nonsense in 2003,
I've done all I can to SUPPORT France,in terms of buying French
products... that "freedom fries" thing was the most ridiculous,petty
thing I've ever heard of...
That is really every bit as silly as a boycott. I never paid any attention
to those boycotts, but based on your silliness I will now start to just to
undo whatever good you think you are doing.
.... which would be silly as well...
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There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
- Robert Heinlein
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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02 Aug 2005 02:24:18 PM |
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On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:07:01 +0000, K-9 wrote:
did that end here in the united states ? would it include the french
horn ?
The only people that ever bought into that crap in the US were the Nazis
currently in office.
I have nothing against the French... my gramps fought to liberate their
country from fascists.
Freedom fries... what a display of complete idiocy... aren't french fries
an invention of Belgium?
Oh, the irony that during WWII we called sour kraut... liberty cabbage.
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"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
Benjamin Franklin (I didn't know he was a Buddhist)
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| User: "" |
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03 Aug 2005 10:23:51 AM |
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Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:07:01 +0000, K-9 wrote:
did that end here in the united states ? would it include the french
horn ?
The only people that ever bought into that crap in the US were the Nazis
currently in office.
I have nothing against the French... my gramps fought to liberate their
country from fascists.
Freedom fries... what a display of complete idiocy... aren't french fries
an invention of Belgium?
Oh, the irony that during WWII we called sour kraut... liberty cabbage.
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I like this website: http://www.buyfrenchnow.com
"Alvintchase"
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
03 Aug 2005 02:47:52 AM |
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On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:24:18 -0500, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:07:01 +0000, K-9 wrote:
did that end here in the united states ? would it include the french
horn ?
The only people that ever bought into that crap in the US were the Nazis
currently in office.
Can you tell me what official boycotts were instituted?
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Economic independence is the foundation of the only sort of freedom worth a
damn.
- H.L. Mencken
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
03 Aug 2005 09:54:53 AM |
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On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 07:47:52 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:24:18 -0500, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:07:01 +0000, K-9 wrote:
did that end here in the united states ? would it include the french
horn ?
The only people that ever bought into that crap in the US were the Nazis
currently in office.
Can you tell me what official boycotts were instituted?
Changes to the menus in the Whitehouse cafeterias.
....or my favorite: employing a tactic to win an election that included
suggesting a candidate for president shouldn't be trusted because he looks
too French.
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"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
Benjamin Franklin (I didn't know he was a Buddhist)
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
03 Aug 2005 10:23:02 AM |
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On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:54:53 -0500, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 07:47:52 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
Can you tell me what official boycotts were instituted?
Changes to the menus in the Whitehouse cafeterias.
That isn't a boycott. Unless the fries in question actually were made in
France. Otherwise it's just silly symbolism - something for which
politicians of all stripes are famous.
...or my favorite: employing a tactic to win an election that included
suggesting a candidate for president shouldn't be trusted because he looks
too French.
That was the Congressional cafeteria, not the White house. It was also the
unilateral action of a single person. Not a boycott either, and not even
relevant. No politician is responsible for all the rhetoric spouted by his
supporters. A Democrat especially would never want that to be the case.
You have to name some legislation which is inherently anti-French that has
been passed by a majority in the house or senate. I can't think of any.
Other than the fact that we removed Saddam Hussein from power, an action
which, as it turns out, was decidedly anti-French.
Other than that, no boycott of France has been official. It's just
individuals exercising their freedom to choose when it comes to things such
as Bill O'Reilly's call to boycott French products.
Lefties call for boycotts all the time. Even worse, they make outright
calls for censorship in direct contradiction of their stated values. E.g.
undermining Dr. Laura's television show by harassing advertisers. Yes, I
know that is just a boycott, or threat of a boycott, as well, but the left
would call it a blatant attempt at censorship if the right did it, so I may
as well use the term with which they feel comfortable.
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POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of
principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
- Ambrose Bierce
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
03 Aug 2005 11:17:31 AM |
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On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:23:02 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:54:53 -0500, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 07:47:52 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
Can you tell me what official boycotts were instituted?
Changes to the menus in the Whitehouse cafeterias.
<cyberdroog's irrelivant ***** snipped>
No one said anything about law or written policy... don't be an *****.
The point is that our government acts like a bunch of fucking two year
olds.
Don't defend them over ***** like this it only makes you look stupid.
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"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
Benjamin Franklin (I didn't know he was a Buddhist)
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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03 Aug 2005 11:32:44 AM |
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On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 11:17:31 -0500, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:23:02 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:54:53 -0500, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 07:47:52 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
Can you tell me what official boycotts were instituted?
Changes to the menus in the Whitehouse cafeterias.
<cyberdroog's irrelivant ***** snipped>
No one said anything about law or written policy... don't be an *****.
I said *official*. A law or written policy is implied. And the fact that
renaming french fries is not a boycott is not irrelevant.
The point is that our government acts like a bunch of fucking two year
olds.
Don't defend them over ***** like this it only makes you look stupid.
All politicians act like two year olds. It's one of their defining
characteristics.
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REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.
- Ambrose Bierce
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
04 Aug 2005 01:23:51 AM |
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In message <i6s1f19dmvtuoq724ej4tugubctl3v70cu@4ax.com>, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> writes
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 11:17:31 -0500, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:23:02 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:54:53 -0500, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 07:47:52 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
Can you tell me what official boycotts were instituted?
Changes to the menus in the Whitehouse cafeterias.
<cyberdroog's irrelivant ***** snipped>
No one said anything about law or written policy... don't be an *****.
I said *official*. A law or written policy is implied. And the fact that
renaming french fries is not a boycott is not irrelevant.
Not buying Nestlé products demands a written policy? I'll stop
immediately.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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04 Aug 2005 03:20:27 AM |
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On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 07:23:51 +0100, Alan Harding <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
In message <i6s1f19dmvtuoq724ej4tugubctl3v70cu@4ax.com>, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> writes
I said *official*. A law or written policy is implied. And the fact that
renaming french fries is not a boycott is not irrelevant.
Not buying Nestlé products demands a written policy? I'll stop
immediately.
Whether or not you buy Nestlé products is your own choice. The U.S.
government has not told you that you can't. There is a huge difference.
Is the fact that the U.S. government still has civilized relations with
France lost on some people? People's snotty little symbolic gestures are
hardly worth discussing - you can't pass a law against people being
insipid.
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LOW-BRED, adj. "Raised" instead of brought up.
- Ambrose Bierce
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
04 Aug 2005 05:05:07 PM |
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In message <hfj3f1554sisfrapcdksqv97of8r5ttcoi@4ax.com>, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> writes
On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 07:23:51 +0100, Alan Harding <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
In message <i6s1f19dmvtuoq724ej4tugubctl3v70cu@4ax.com>, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> writes
I said *official*. A law or written policy is implied. And the fact that
renaming french fries is not a boycott is not irrelevant.
Not buying Nestlé products demands a written policy? I'll stop
immediately.
Whether or not you buy Nestlé products is your own choice. The U.S.
government has not told you that you can't. There is a huge difference.
Is the fact that the U.S. government still has civilized relations with
France lost on some people? People's snotty little symbolic gestures are
hardly worth discussing - you can't pass a law against people being
insipid.
Frankly, no foreign government is going to tell me anything.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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05 Aug 2005 05:46:40 AM |
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On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 23:05:07 +0100, Alan Harding <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
In message <hfj3f1554sisfrapcdksqv97of8r5ttcoi@4ax.com>, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> writes
Is the fact that the U.S. government still has civilized relations with
France lost on some people? People's snotty little symbolic gestures are
hardly worth discussing - you can't pass a law against people being
insipid.
Frankly, no foreign government is going to tell me anything.
Which one was trying to? Or are you talking about the EU falling apart?
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PEACE, n. In international affairs, a period of cheating between two
periods of fighting.
- Ambrose Bierce
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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03 Aug 2005 02:10:55 PM |
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On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:32:44 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 11:17:31 -0500, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:23:02 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:54:53 -0500, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 07:47:52 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
Can you tell me what official boycotts were instituted?
Changes to the menus in the Whitehouse cafeterias.
<cyberdroog's irrelivant ***** snipped>
No one said anything about law or written policy... don't be an *****.
I said *official*. A law or written policy is implied. And the fact that
renaming french fries is not a boycott is not irrelevant.
Just because something isn't "official" doesn't mean it's not happening.
I never said anything about a boycott... you did.
I was speaking to the stupidity and waste of time that this entire
situation was.
The point is that our government acts like a bunch of fucking two year
olds.
Don't defend them over ***** like this it only makes you look stupid.
All politicians act like two year olds. It's one of their defining
characteristics.
True... and the current politicians that are in office are the ones I'm
talking about. What's your point?
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"Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
Benjamin Franklin (I didn't know he was a Buddhist)
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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04 Aug 2005 12:53:15 AM |
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On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:10:55 -0500, Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote:
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:32:44 +0000, CyberDroog wrote:
I said *official*. A law or written policy is implied. And the fact that
renaming french fries is not a boycott is not irrelevant.
Just because something isn't "official" doesn't mean it's not happening.
I never said anything about a boycott... you did.
Actually, the subject line did...
I was speaking to the stupidity and waste of time that this entire
situation was.
Politicians wasting time in this fashion doesn't bother me. The more time
they waste on useless symbolism, the less time they have to pass useless
laws and new taxes.
All politicians act like two year olds. It's one of their defining
characteristics.
True... and the current politicians that are in office are the ones I'm
talking about. What's your point?
Only that it wasn't a boycott.
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PREHISTORIC, adj. Belonging to an early period and a museum. Antedating
the art and practice of perpetuating falsehood.
- Ambrose Bierce
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
03 Aug 2005 02:46:37 AM |
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On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:07:01 GMT, K-9 <dog@doghouse.com> wrote:
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
Some people still want to boycott France. That's their right.
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A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support
of Paul.
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
04 Aug 2005 05:06:14 PM |
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In message <2ht0f1dooucq1siu1m7v26fdhr40l8ahm9@4ax.com>, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> writes
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:07:01 GMT, K-9 <dog@doghouse.com> wrote:
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
Some people still want to boycott France. That's their right.
I thought boycotting without a piece of paper was insipid, or was I
reading your posts incorrectly?
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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05 Aug 2005 06:12:06 AM |
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On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 23:06:14 +0100, Alan Harding <Alan@harding.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
In message <2ht0f1dooucq1siu1m7v26fdhr40l8ahm9@4ax.com>, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> writes
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:07:01 GMT, K-9 <dog@doghouse.com> wrote:
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
Some people still want to boycott France. That's their right.
I thought boycotting without a piece of paper was insipid, or was I
reading your posts incorrectly?
Yes, I think you missed my point.
What I am saying is that there has been no official action by the U.S.
government to boycott or otherwise undermine France (well, Boeing vs Air
Bus aside... but that's not personal, it's business.)
The actions of a politician to get himself in the news by renaming french
fries to freedom fries in the Congressional cafeteria was insipid (and
obviously not a boycott anyway.) It was also unilateral. He did it
himself - it wasn't like they took a vote. Politicians in all parties are
known for engaging in vacuous actions for that purpose. Sucking up to your
constituency is an art form in America.
A person's own decision to call for, or engage in, a boycott is their
business and their right. Regardless of their political stripe, their
reasons will always seem ridiculous to the other side.
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ADMIRATION, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to
ourselves.
- Ambrose Bierce
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05 Aug 2005 07:26:59 PM |
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On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 11:12:06 GMT, CyberDroog
<CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
<(((*> A person's own decision to call for, or engage in, a boycott is their
<(((*> business and their right. Regardless of their political stripe, their
<(((*> reasons will always seem ridiculous to the other side.
This means something.
Tara J. Ballance
Montreal, Canada
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| User: "elegy" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
02 Aug 2005 08:41:08 PM |
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On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:07:01 GMT, K-9 <dog@doghouse.com> wrote:
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
i played the french horn for a very short time. it made my lips feel
funny.
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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| Title: Re: boycott on all things french |
03 Aug 2005 02:50:32 AM |
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On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 21:41:08 -0400, elegy <elegy@DOGPOOPshattering.org>
wrote:
On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:07:01 GMT, K-9 <dog@doghouse.com> wrote:
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
i played the french horn for a very short time. it made my lips feel
funny.
Lips? Ah, so that's what I was doing wrong.
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The interesting thing about staring down a gun barrel is how small the hole
is where the bullet comes out, yet what a big difference it would make in
your social schedule.
- P.J. O'Rourke
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| User: "Dr. Siddhartha Vicious" |
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02 Aug 2005 02:20:24 PM |
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"K-9" <dog@doghouse.com> wrote in message
news:c2hve1trqiadnotr1ckupdqrdv7eubb8uj@4ax.com...
did that end here in the united states ?
would it include the french horn ?
That's "freedom" horn, mister!
;-)
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