I wonder why people continue to dislike the French...

They should stop being such obvious targets.

McG was illustrating my point when he wrote:

They should stop being such obvious targets.

Or you could stop being so eager to villify them.

French consider naming streets after Arafat

Several French municipalities governed by communist and left-wing majorities are considering naming a street or a square after Yasser Arafat.

The French police intelligence service, Renseignements Generaux, reportedly warned the Ministry of Interior that such initiatives might trigger heated polemics and tensions between Jews and Muslims, especially neighborhoods ridden by ethnic violence.

In several suburban cities near Paris and Lyons governed by communist mayors, large Muslim and Jewish populations live side by side.

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FreeDuck wrote:

McG was illustrating my point when he wrote:

They should stop being such obvious targets.

Or you could stop being so eager to villify them.

I've known too many Frenchmen to do that. They villify themselves, I merely point it out. You may agree that it's ok to remember and revere a terrorist as a national hero like many French would, but that doesn't mean I have to like it or not point it out and laugh at them for doing so.

If this so then how come french tourism has suffered in the last several years?

If this so then how come french tourism has suffered in the last several years?

McGentrix wrote:

FreeDuck wrote:

McG was illustrating my point when he wrote:

They should stop being such obvious targets.

Or you could stop being so eager to villify them.

I've known too many Frenchmen to do that. They villify themselves, I merely point it out. You may agree that it's ok to remember and revere a terrorist as a national hero like many French would, but that doesn't mean I have to like it or not point it out and laugh at them for doing so.

And so you understand if they laugh at us while pointing out that the KKK is still alive and well as an organization in this country? If it weren't for the French we might still be England.

Be honest with yourself, aren't you just indulging yourself in a little 'look how awful those other people are' fun?

If this so then how come french tourism has suffered in the last several years?

• TRAVEL AND TOURISM: SNCF
Turnover for SNCF reached €22.2 billion in 2002, a 10.2% increase over the previous year

• TRAVEL AND TOURISM: MARKET FORECASTS
The market is forecast to grow steadily by 14.1% over the forecast period to reach a value of €75.6 billion (US$90.5 billion) in 2008.

It's rather insensitive of the French that do want to name streets after one of the leading terrorists of the 20th century. The French continue to amaze people like me. Chirac rushed to see Arafat in the hospital, yet declined a meeting with Iraq's Prime Minster Allawi.

McGentrix wrote:

It's rather insensitive of the French that do want to name streets after one of the leading terrorists of the 20th century. The French continue to amaze people like me. Chirac rushed to see Arafat in the hospital, yet declined a meeting with Iraq's Prime Minster Allawi.

Well, one was democratically elected and the other wasn't.