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| Brits Agree That The French Suck |
| 2005-10-31 |
| Eighty-six percent of people in Britain aged 18 to 30 think the French deserve "a popular negative stereotype," suggests an opinion poll conducted for an Anglo-French art show in London. That compares to 27 percent of like-aged people in France who felt the British held a negative stereotype of their nation, according to the survey. The informal poll of 500 people in London, and as many in Paris, was commissioned by the organisers of an Entente Cordiale art show that opened in west London over the weekend. No margin of error was disclosed. "British people should face up to the fact that they have an enormous problem when it comes to the French," said exhibition organiser Richard Kaye, a Brition resident in France. "The British will make jokes about the French which would, if made to the detriment of other national or ethnic groups, be considered extremely racist and dangerous." |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #8 5th |
| Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-10-31 19:50 |
| #7 Which republic are they on now? |
| Posted by: Slash Slolung2942 2005-10-31 18:06 |
| #6 They could change that government if they wanted to ..... |
| Posted by: lotp 2005-10-31 17:42 |
| #5 France is a beautiful country, has a rich and beautiful culture, and has many fine people. But they have a disaster of a government. I believe Edmund Burke suggested that France would never again have a stable government after watching the excesses of the French Revolution. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2005-10-31 17:41 |
| #4 "British people should face up to the fact that they have an enormous problem when it comes to the French," said exhibition organiser Richard Kaye, a Brition resident in France. Why? LOL! |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-10-31 17:36 |
| #3 Our problem with France, is that it is populated by the French. Most are socialist, crying babies (JFM and his like excluded from the previous group). *sigh* poor France |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-10-31 17:34 |
| #2 Maybe the French should stop and ask "why do they hate us?" |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-10-31 17:33 |
| #1 Eighty-six percent is pretty conservative, but the poll was from poms in the 18-30 year bracket. If you kick it up a notch, say to the 45-65 year range, I'm sure you run in the steady 98-99 percentile area. After a pint of Guinness, I'm certain you'd be well beyond 100%. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-10-31 17:01 |