Posted June 24, 2015
Gibs? At least that's usually what's left when someone's been fragged.
Post edited June 24, 2015 by Maighstir
Maighstir
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Gibs? At least that's usually what's left when someone's been fragged.
tiny E
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moonbeam:)
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Maxvorstadt
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Posted June 24, 2015
Post edited June 24, 2015 by Maxvorstadt
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Posted June 24, 2015
Je suis une baguette...
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snowkatt
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Posted June 24, 2015
not funny tinyP
france surrendered once and only once
otherwise their record on wars and winning them is rather frightening
http://www.militaryfactory.com/battles/french_military_victories.asp
they only surrendered fairly early on in ww 2 because they were woefully unprepared to meet germany both due to ww 1 where they lost nearly 6 million men
and the economic malaise that followed
while the french resistance certainly didnt take the nazi occupation lying down https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance
i know its just a joke but its a joke and stereotype that galls me
france has never been cowardly
france surrendered once and only once
otherwise their record on wars and winning them is rather frightening
http://www.militaryfactory.com/battles/french_military_victories.asp
they only surrendered fairly early on in ww 2 because they were woefully unprepared to meet germany both due to ww 1 where they lost nearly 6 million men
and the economic malaise that followed
while the french resistance certainly didnt take the nazi occupation lying down https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Resistance
i know its just a joke but its a joke and stereotype that galls me
france has never been cowardly
wolfsrain
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Posted June 24, 2015
And to think how much France owes to a little lady that their nobles abandoned:)
Telika
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Posted June 24, 2015
Not to mention that this stereotype is omnipresent for the specific reason of bush requiring to dismiss criticsms of his gulf war. It got popularized by its warmongering propaganda and still sticks, even after his administration's manipulations got debunked...
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Posted June 24, 2015
Well I certainly never wanted to piss off my friends, but I'm not taking back the comment. I have to listen to just as much stereotypical crap about the States and you do your respective countries (in fact I am usually at the forefront of spouting stereotypical crap about the States). I find the whole idea of nationalist pride to be kind of silly anyway and I will never turn down an opportunity to make fun of it on any end or at any level.
Logically none of it is true, of course none of it is true. There are millions of people in the U.S. and not all of us are greedy individualistic war mongers, but you don't see me becoming unhinged when I read post regarding " 'mericans ".
Logically none of it is true, of course none of it is true. There are millions of people in the U.S. and not all of us are greedy individualistic war mongers, but you don't see me becoming unhinged when I read post regarding " 'mericans ".
Post edited June 24, 2015 by tinyE
snowkatt
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Posted June 24, 2015
^ i usually dont make disparaging comments about murricans ( other thent hat one ) ;p
im just tired of the france is full of cowards joke because its bland boring and patently untrue
france is a lot of things but they are not cowards
im just tired of the france is full of cowards joke because its bland boring and patently untrue
france is a lot of things but they are not cowards
Maxvorstadt
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Registered: Apr 2014
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Posted June 24, 2015
Well, after drinking a few bottles of french wine no one is a coward! :-))
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Posted June 24, 2015
im just tired of the france is full of cowards joke because its bland boring and patently untrue
france is a lot of things but they are not cowards
Ultimately if you look at history all countries show a propensity for the exact same behavior regardless of where in the world it is or how long it has existed; I'm talking close to identical track records to the point that the colors of a flag can be the only way to discern who the hell you are talking about. :P
If you want me to put an end to jokes like the one I made I will, but it means I also have to stop joking about Germany's propensity to build empires and then lose them every 50 years, about Italy's refusal to use deodorant, about Canada's refusal to admit they aren't even a real country, about Mexico's refusal to admit their constitution is written in pencil, about England's refusal to admit their food sucks, and about The State's refusal to admit they aren't trying to take over the whole world.
Take all that away and sure a lot less feelings would get hurt, but it would also get really boring in here.