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Having lived in Britain and France, I know where I'd rather be.

 

I agree with DWB, Paris is not a friendly place and I think most French people would agree too.

 

Down here in the South West, the weather is beautiful, the people are friendly, the wine is good, cheap and plentiful. The pace of life is different and the French in my opinion have their priorities right ie family and home before work, which is why 24 hour shopping is neither necessary nor desirable. 24 hour eating and drinking however.....

Ah, yes the South of France, home of Petains Vichy collaborators.

 

The place where the French actively helped to deport their Jews to concentration camps.

 

No thanks, I'll stick with blighty.

You're absolutely right Tempus, what the Vichy Collaborators did was indefensible, but my comparison is of France and Britain in 2005.

 

Whilst on the subject, any discussion of concentration camps should begin with the British in South Africa.

When you look at what they did to black South Africans.

 

That was a precognitive pre-emptive strike against the Boers.

So, what you're saying here Tempus is that German concentration camps were bad, but British concentration camps were good?

I don't think the Brits systematically gassed millions of people.

 

The Boers mostly died from disease.

Oh, well that's Ok then.

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You're absolutely right Tempus, what the Vichy Collaborators did was indefensible, but my comparison is of France and Britain in 2005.

 

Whilst on the subject, any discussion of concentration camps should begin with the British in South Africa.

When you look at what they did to black South Africans.

 

That was a precognitive pre-emptive strike against the Boers.

So, what you're saying here Tempus is that German concentration camps were bad, but British concentration camps were good?

I don't think the Brits systematically gassed millions of people.

 

The Boers mostly died from disease.

Oh, well that's Ok then.

You both have valid points, but I don’t think it is fair to criticize England or France over what happened many years ago. If you look back into the history of any country, you are sure to find examples of gross human rights atrocities. :ph34r:

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So are we slagging off Germany now?

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You're absolutely right Tempus, what the Vichy Collaborators did was indefensible, but my comparison is of France and Britain in 2005.

 

Whilst on the subject, any discussion of concentration camps should begin with the British in South Africa.

When you look at what they did to black South Africans.

 

That was a precognitive pre-emptive strike against the Boers.

So, what you're saying here Tempus is that German concentration camps were bad, but British concentration camps were good?

I don't think the Brits systematically gassed millions of people.

 

The Boers mostly died from disease.

Oh, well that's Ok then.

You both have valid points, but I don’t think it is fair to criticize England or France over what happened many years ago. If you look back into the history of any country, you are sure to find examples of gross human rights atrocities. :ph34r:

Exactly FF. That's what I was trying to say.

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I think that we should try and dig some S**t up on the Swiss... Sat their all smug with their booby trapped bridges and compulsory gun ownership... why do they get away with it?

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I think that we should try and dig some S**t up on the Swiss... Sat their all smug with their booby trapped bridges and compulsory gun ownership... why do they get away with it?

Irritating clocks I suppose. But on the plus side, chocolates and mountains.

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I think that we should try and dig some S**t up on the Swiss... Sat their all smug with their booby trapped bridges and compulsory gun ownership... why do they get away with it?

Perhaps because they've got all the rich bastards money tucked away in their banks.

......Money is everything. :ph34r:

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Yep, at least the politicians then had the excuse that the Nazi's were unstoppable(valid or not)

 

But what is Chirac's excuse for France's present state.

I believe his present excuse is that the Nazis are unstoppable :ph34r:

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Money is everything.  :ph34r:

No, no, no, no, no.

 

What about food and drink? You are all being so anglo-saxon.

Ah yes, Food and drink...

 

Unless you steal you buy that with money don't you?

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Money is everything.  :ph34r:

No, no, no, no, no.

 

What about food and drink? You are all being so anglo-saxon.

Ah yes, Food and drink...

 

Unless you steal you buy that with money don't you?

It is possible to grow food, or catch it, or find it.

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Money is everything.  :ph34r:

No, no, no, no, no.

 

What about food and drink? You are all being so anglo-saxon.

Ah yes, Food and drink...

 

Unless you steal you buy that with money don't you?

It is possible to grow food, or catch it, or find it.

Or find kill and cook it? But it's not totally my style. There's

a better chance you will see me eating any local restraunts

diet menue. :ph34r:

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It is possible to grow food, or catch it, or find it.

Anyone would think you had recently been to France talking like that.

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It is possible to grow food, or catch it, or find it.

Anyone would think you had recently been to France talking like that.

:ph34r:

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Money is everything.  :ph34r:

No, no, no, no, no.

What about food and drink? You are all being so anglo-saxon.

Ah yes, Food and drink...

Unless you steal you buy that with money don't you?

It is possible to grow food, or catch it, or find it.

Or find kill and cook it?

From New Orleans are we?

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According to Le Monde there is concern about how little information is being released about Chirac's health - not that he's going to croak soon, just that he's getting old.

 

"The incident," the editorial concludes, "underlines the captain's age and makes the prospect of a third term more remote."

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He says he's 'not in a fit state' to stand trial on corruption charges.

 

He was probably in no fit state to be President of France either but that didn't stop him...

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He says he's 'not in a fit state' to stand trial on corruption charges.

 

He was probably in no fit state to be President of France either but that didn't stop him...

Grin.

 

This made me think: perhaps it's a nice addition to the constitution to automatically put a president/prime minister/chancellor/whatever to trial after he or she leaves office, to check whether they did what they swore to do when they took it.

 

regards,

Hein

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He says he's 'not in a fit state' to stand trial on corruption charges.

 

He was probably in no fit state to be President of France either but that didn't stop him...

Grin.

 

This made me think: perhaps it's a nice addition to the constitution to automatically put a president/prime minister/chancellor/whatever to trial after he or she leaves office, to check whether they did what they swore to do when they took it.

 

regards,

Hein

 

That sounds an excellent idea, Hein.

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Former French President Jacques Chirac cannot attend his trial according his lawyers.

 

He doesn't look well at all and I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't survive the next election

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Former French President Jacques Chirac cannot attend his trial according his lawyers.

 

He doesn't look well at all and I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't survive the next election

 

It sounds a bit like the strategy Uncle Junior used during his trial in The Sopranos...

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