Didn't have much to do today, eh, Joe? =20

The French are trying to preserve their culture and language just as we =
here try to ignire the fact that much of the US is Hispanic, speaks =
Spanish, and that historically, the US has been culturally influenced by =
Spain and Mexico. There are a great many here who would decry any =
attempt to become a bi-lingual nation, basing their opposition on the =
WASP ancestry and touting the English development of the colonies as =
their proof. =20

The French are cowardly? And I suppose that is why the Napoleonic Wars =
were won by other than the French? Oh yes, he made mistakes at the end, =
but that wasn't the French soldier leaving in cowardice. Or what about =
the hundreds of French citizens who hid Jews in their homes? I'm sure =
cowardice played a great part in helping them make that decision. And =
you forget, the French played an important role in our own battle fro =
independence. Lafayette, you know. But then, I doubt if that school =
you attended taught anything as salient as real, unabridged history. =
I'd also like to point out that the US, along with OZ, was a dumping =
ground for the "criminal" unwanted of Great Britain. Have you ever =
investigated what some of those crimes were that got those poor =
unfortunates a one way trip to what was then nowhere? Being a debtor =
alone would earn you a ticket. Heck, if we were to deport all the =
debtors in the us, there wouldn't be a country big enough to hold them. =
Great Britain was suffering a depression. There was no food. Farms had =
failed and industry was slack. To quote Dickens, "They reduced the =
surplus population". But then, you probably also thought that Dickens's =
stories came straight out of his head and had no basis in reality. Joe, =
you may be well read, but your comprehension level and ability to sift =
and sort through what is and isn't true is deplorable. And leave off =
the metric stuff. Metric has its' place and always will. Keep this up =
and your punishment may be that your eternity will be spent in a place =
that uses a base 3 metric system.

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