tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post1695998929432803879..comments2023-07-23T14:10:14.460+02:00Comments on Shall we talk?: I feel good.Floconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-86978507552859072792011-01-29T23:35:14.425+01:002011-01-29T23:35:14.425+01:00And here is an example of what the MC shouldn'...And here is an example of what the MC shouldn't have done: To not answer a comment (that of Shannon, the girl at the rock concert).<br /><br />Je ne sais pas qui c'était, je ne crois pas qu'elle était déjà passée ni qu'elle soit revenue, d'autant plus que je ne lui ai pas répondu.<br /><br />Grave faute d'éducation là...<br /><br /><b>Dearest Flocon</b>... Hmmm... I shouldFloconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-9780992565516881332007-12-23T17:38:00.000+01:002007-12-23T17:38:00.000+01:00Dearest Flocon,As not only a citizen that have liv...Dearest Flocon,<BR/><BR/>As not only a citizen that have lived throughout the world. We must forget that all nations try to move forward and take lessons from their short-comings.<BR/><BR/>There is so much recent history that is just not coming to light of Afraica, Middle East and South America, and etc....<BR/><BR/>It is difficult to make a complete observation at this point.<BR/><BR/>It is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-66361780551500744842007-12-23T01:25:00.000+01:002007-12-23T01:25:00.000+01:00Hi SFI'm not sure we're talking about the same thi...Hi SF<BR/>I'm not sure we're talking about the same thing here and I probably haven't made myself clearly understood.<BR/><BR/>I don't dispute your argument in the least; what I wanted to express is how "heavy" and tiring is the moralizing tone of <B>certain</B> segments of the American population and media regarding how the world should act and behave (according to <B>their</B> beliefs and Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-26788623783035972872007-12-20T19:02:00.000+01:002007-12-20T19:02:00.000+01:00flocon to Rocket://You f. off! All your "comments"...flocon to Rocket:<BR/><BR/><I>//You f. off! All your "comments" will be deleted you SOB!//</I><BR/><BR/>Good to know. If that's the case, I'm back commenting here. Thanks Flocon.<BR/><BR/>Huh, sort of, maybe. I actually do not agree with your post. We are all oblivious to our nations' pasts, and that's a good thing. Or we would never do anything in the world. Why wouldn't we want to do something Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-90974979862786397482007-12-19T22:45:00.000+01:002007-12-19T22:45:00.000+01:00Flocon, Au lieu de répondre au mal invitées, c'est...Flocon, <BR/><BR/>Au lieu de répondre au mal invitées, c'est mieux, je crois (mais ce n'est que mon opinion) de les supprimer leurs coms et de ne pas en répondre.<BR/><BR/>Chaque personne peux avoir leur propre blog s'il veulent s'exprimer n'importe comment, quand mémé.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-26573969522404724232007-12-19T21:34:00.000+01:002007-12-19T21:34:00.000+01:00"I am only trying to debate the areas in which I a...<I>"I am only trying to debate the areas in which I am in disagreement with you."</I><BR/>You're welcome. As you say, this is the reason why we enjoy the Internet... ;-)Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-60215999039119604072007-12-19T21:29:00.000+01:002007-12-19T21:29:00.000+01:00Flocon,//LA, I know what I owe you in terms of PR ...Flocon,<BR/><BR/><EM>//LA, I know what I owe you in terms of PR but please, refrain to use childlike arguments with me. Please...//</EM><BR/><BR/>1. You owe me nothing. I link to your posts because I want to. I think you are a smart guy and have much to offer and only wish to share with my readers, those things you choose to share. <BR/><BR/>2. I am not intending to devolve this into a child-likeLA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-59329548503734227402007-12-19T21:23:00.000+01:002007-12-19T21:23:00.000+01:00about Saddam Hussein and terroristOne of the more ...<A HREF="http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/stories/2005/1122nj1.htm" REL="nofollow">about Saddam Hussein and terrorist</A><BR/><BR/><I>One of the more intriguing things that Bush was told during the briefing was that the few credible reports of contacts between Iraq and Al Qaeda involved attempts by Saddam Hussein to monitor the terrorist group. Saddam viewed Al Qaeda as well as other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-78888657969895211512007-12-19T21:14:00.000+01:002007-12-19T21:14:00.000+01:00"Has France collapsed? Has Europe, Russia, China, ...<I>"Has France collapsed? Has Europe, Russia, China, India, Africa, South America, or any other world entity besides Iraq's former regime collapsed?"</I><BR/>It's a pattern of thought I was thinking of. I hope you don't think of me as someone as stupid as to realistically imagine the world would collapse, do you? I was speaking figuratively and you know it.<BR/><BR/><I>"Saddam will never kill Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-52762151840685296162007-12-19T20:29:00.000+01:002007-12-19T20:29:00.000+01:00//Sounds very much like: the world can collapse pr...<EM>//Sounds very much like: the world can collapse provided I feel secure...//</EM><BR/><BR/>Has France collapsed? Has Europe, Russia, China, India, Africa, South America, or any other world entity besides Iraq's former regime collapsed? If they have, it wasn't because of Iraq.<BR/><BR/>I don't know about you Flocon, but it doesn't look that much different to me. It was a dangerous place before LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-60836814923543689512007-12-19T18:28:00.000+01:002007-12-19T18:28:00.000+01:00No, it is no crime to infer but it was wrong. I ma...No, it is no crime to infer but it was wrong. I may dislike Putin but I don't care who will succeed him some day.<BR/>The same with your presidents... or would be ones. It's none of my business and I certainly wouldn't tell any American he's made the good choice when electing such or such person.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand I believe the world would have been a safer place without G.W Bush.<BR/><Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-41396394728909356432007-12-19T15:18:00.000+01:002007-12-19T15:18:00.000+01:00//Have you ever read anything from me saying anyth...<EM>//Have you ever read anything from me saying anything close to this?//</EM><BR/><BR/>No, I couldn't point to anything specific. But, come on Flocon, you have been merciless in your critical onslaughts towards Bush. Is it such a crime to think that by inference, you would have "preferred" Kerry over Bush?<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, I will concede this point that you have never "said" you cared. ;)LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-23294060077563808092007-12-19T11:08:00.000+01:002007-12-19T11:08:00.000+01:00"You, on the other hand, thought it would have bee...<I>"You, on the other hand, thought it would have been better for the world had Kerry been elected."</I><BR/>Have you ever read anything from me saying anything close to this?<BR/><BR/>As a matter of fact I couldn't care less who sits in the White House.<BR/>J.Kerry happens to speak French and that would have been unusual for an American president to speak my language. Period.<BR/><BR/>Other thanFloconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-2108898826521340762007-12-19T03:30:00.000+01:002007-12-19T03:30:00.000+01:00//Maybe the world was expecting a president that w...<EM>//Maybe the world was expecting a president that wouldn't say "whether you're with us or against us" even to America's closest friends and allies.//</EM><BR/><BR/>Anyone with any political savvy can see that this was a mistake. I have criticized this statement, as well as getting on the aircraft carrier with the banner saying "Mission Accomplished". In my musings, status post those comments, LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-21505238466411254382007-12-19T01:49:00.000+01:002007-12-19T01:49:00.000+01:00Mustang"Have you noticed how difficult it is to fi...Mustang<BR/><BR/><I>"Have you noticed how difficult it is to find news articles, as opposed to critical commentaries?"</I><BR/>Agree, that was the topic of yesterday's post (about avian flue)<BR/><BR/><I>"I do disagree, however, with your example of “imperialism.” I think what you described are examples of ethnocentrism"</I><BR/>I admit your distinction, I should have been more cautious in my Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-89890766019575793492007-12-18T23:57:00.000+01:002007-12-18T23:57:00.000+01:00How would you define the right track? Isn't it ano...<EM>How would you define <B>the right track?</B> Isn't it another example of being told right from wrong?</EM> <BR/><BR/>Au contraire — it is no more than informed opinion. Only time will tell us if this opinion has merit. Your analysis of Sarkozy (as a politician) is interesting. You see, this is where we are closest to complete agreement; it may be impossible to find any such creature who Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-29420398447867779792007-12-18T23:08:00.000+01:002007-12-18T23:08:00.000+01:00Mustang"the support for John Kerry from French med...Mustang<BR/><I>"the support for John Kerry from French media."</I><BR/>Once again there was nothing specifically French here.<BR/><BR/><I>"what was the basis for this clearly uninformed desire for a Kerry presidency?"</I><BR/>Maybe the world was expecting a president that wouldn't say "whether you're with us or against us" even to America's closest friends and allies.<BR/><BR/><I>"based on my Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-21042426735123153512007-12-18T17:41:00.000+01:002007-12-18T17:41:00.000+01:00It bugs me that I can't find that study, but here'...It bugs me that I can't find that study, but here's an interesting article on a recent joint France-Germany history textbook and the anti-Americanism being taught in western Europe.<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/h5u5xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-66764259437014777672007-12-18T17:36:00.000+01:002007-12-18T17:36:00.000+01:00I am sure that if you post on Napoleon, I’ll comme...I am sure that if you post on Napoleon, I’ll comment about him. :-)<BR/><BR/>As regards your response to LA, I would assume that pro-American support for a French presidential candidate would garner a similar negative reaction from some quarters in France, as did the support for John Kerry from French media. I find your comment interesting, though. You said, <EM>“When the world media wished a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-49261713659301150022007-12-18T17:23:00.000+01:002007-12-18T17:23:00.000+01:00Ah, the old "we detest you because you are detesta...Ah, the old "we detest you because you are detestable" excuse for anti-Americanism. Or perhaps simply an admission that America haters like to focus on the worst parts of American society. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, the real reason people hate the US is that they are raised that way. Pick up a French history book these days and find some passages on the US. It ain't pretty, folks. There was a great Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-79994888207566397922007-12-18T16:35:00.000+01:002007-12-18T16:35:00.000+01:00I was in a rush for my last answer to LA...Compari...I was in a rush for my last answer to LA...<BR/><BR/>Comparing the French president and the American one doesn't hold water LA.<BR/>It is one thing to tell the French they would be better off with one particular president rather than another one; it is another thing to wish the world would be relieved with another American president.<BR/><BR/>I would have thought the French knew better what's Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-29458213685286895772007-12-18T13:12:00.000+01:002007-12-18T13:12:00.000+01:00Hi LALooks like you're an early bird..."I don't kn...Hi LA<BR/>Looks like you're an early bird...<BR/><BR/><I>"I don't know if that was me or not that said that"</I><BR/>No it wasn't you and you're right, that's what the Internet is for.<BR/><BR/><I>"I distinctly remember reading much about the French media saying how they wished for John Kerry to win in 04."</I><BR/>Reading much about the French media ... Hmmm <BR/>You don't read French as far as Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-77292919992839012462007-12-18T11:33:00.000+01:002007-12-18T11:33:00.000+01:00Hi Flocon,//Some days ago, an American visitor wro...Hi Flocon,<BR/><BR/><EM>//Some days ago, an American visitor wrote here that he was pleased the French had eventually chosen a president that was to his taste. Well, thanks, but isn't that a bit patronizing? How would you like, Mustang, to be told by any European that he/she's glad you'd voted, say, H. Clinton as president because that was the best thing to do?//</EM><BR/><BR/>I don't know if LA Sunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00445498119590721449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-57006900422097808302007-12-18T09:57:00.000+01:002007-12-18T09:57:00.000+01:00Hi Mustang,"As I have never owned slaves, I don’t ...Hi Mustang,<BR/><BR/><I>"As I have never owned slaves, I don’t feel personally responsible for that condition in this country — even as some in the world prefer to think of that particular institution as a uniquely American disgrace."</I><BR/>I fully understand your point here since I had no relative whatsoever taking part to what happened in France during the 5 year long period of Vichy and yet,Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186849324750028115.post-66901990358957865692007-12-18T09:37:00.000+01:002007-12-18T09:37:00.000+01:00Hi Jo Ann"are "all" of the French aware of what th...Hi Jo Ann<BR/><BR/><I>"are "all" of the French aware of what their ancestors have wrought?"</I><BR/>Of course not, you're right to ask the question. <BR/>Many people in all countries simply don't know and don't care, they're busy making a living for their family and enjoying their daily dose of "infotainment"...<BR/>But maybe it is safe to assume they are also less prone to tell right from wrong Floconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152293520895506516noreply@blogger.com