Mercurial Metamorphosis (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nephilimnexus) wrote,@ 2008-04-27 02:36:00 |
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So going back to Bill Maher's "New Rule" against dissing France.
Okay Detroit is older than the United States itself. It was founded by the French. A trading outpost for beaver furs and whatnot.
Detroit & France have a lot in common to this day. Well, two things, namely: We're very liberal and very heavily armed.
Now most people have short memories and most American's don't know shit for history. When they think of France they think back to WW2 when the Germans stomped all over them. Yes, the Germans beat the French in WW2.
Well I guess there is a first time for everything. What do I mean? Check the whole record of European history and you'll see that the French have a well deserved reputation for being some Bad Mother Fuckers. England to the north, Spain the west, the Holy Roman Empire to the east, every single one of them looking for a piece of France and none of them succeded. From D'Artagnan to Napoleon to Lafayette, up until the 1940s fucking with France was like fucking with Russia. It was a bad idea.
So yes, historically, in the Big Picture, France has had it's share of tyrants, but they solved that problem - by beheading them. In public.
France had always believed in fairness, equality, and liberty for all. And if you try to get in the way of that, they butcher your ass. Just like another group of people who live in the southeast corner of Michigan.
Okay well it's 3am and apparently I'm now re-opening for another crowd of people who decided to drop in. Fun.
So going back to Bill Maher's "New Rule" against dissing France.
Okay Detroit is older than the United States itself. It was founded by the French. A trading outpost for beaver furs and whatnot.
Detroit & France have a lot in common to this day. Well, two things, namely: We're very liberal and very heavily armed.
Now most people have short memories and most American's don't know shit for history. When they think of France they think back to WW2 when the Germans stomped all over them. Yes, the Germans beat the French in WW2.
Well I guess there is a first time for everything. What do I mean? Check the whole record of European history and you'll see that the French have a well deserved reputation for being some Bad Mother Fuckers. England to the north, Spain the west, the Holy Roman Empire to the east, every single one of them looking for a piece of France and none of them succeded. From D'Artagnan to Napoleon to Lafayette, up until the 1940s fucking with France was like fucking with Russia. It was a bad idea.
So yes, historically, in the Big Picture, France has had it's share of tyrants, but they solved that problem - by beheading them. In public.
France had always believed in fairness, equality, and liberty for all. And if you try to get in the way of that, they butcher your ass. Just like another group of people who live in the southeast corner of Michigan.
Okay well it's 3am and apparently I'm now re-opening for another crowd of people who decided to drop in. Fun.
