Quote Originally Posted by amsterdam
let me some up the french in one word,jealous.plain and simple.
OK FUCK THIS

im not french but im sick of americans fucking slagging them off.
Their revolutionary ways were an inspiration to a lot of countries.
read your history. they were your allies in the WAR OF INDEPENDANCE, they helped you guys BEAT THE SHIT out of your british rulers.
In fact they were such good friends that in the late nineteenth century, to celebrate the bicenntenial of american independence they gave you a present, THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.

Your government wants you to hate france because they dont suck anyones dick, especially mr g w bush. they have been openly against the war in iraq, whilst other of their fellow european nations jumped straight on the bandwagon, and now they have been targetted by al qaeda.look what happened in madrid.
Another politically motivated reason is that france along with germany are the driving force behind european integration, most notably the euro, which will eventually replace the us dollar as the worlds most used currency.

but yeah i apologize for my tone but one thing i hate is ignorance.

ON TOPIC: religion is fine as long as they dont try to push it on people or use it as an excuse for political or military ends. IMO religion does have a place, but extremism of any kind is a menace to us all.