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hXcjedders
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I saw 51 and thought some shit happened at Area 51.
Fuck you.
Anyway, if they did secede, wouldn't that break the rule of every fucking state in the west is big?
Counties succeeding to form a new state that is still part of the country is much more likely than say Texas wanting to form its own country.
hXcjedders
Australian Skial God
Maybe so, but all it ever is is a bunch of people in the backwoods acting on impulse. They never consider all of the machinations of running a state properly.
Lol. "I DON'T WANT GAYS TO MARRY, I DON'T LIKE THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE I CAN'T CARRY A GUN TO MCDONALDS AND EXECUTE WHOEVER IS CONSIDERED A CRIMINAL, I WANT TO BE MY OWN STATE SO I CAN DO STUPID REDNECK STUFF
Oh colorado, your meth problem is almost worse than how many kids smoke pot there
It's like watching a little kid say that he's gonna run away from home and live on his own because his parents banned Twinkies from the snack cabinet.
GOP Congressman on Shutdown: "We're Not French. We Don't Surrender."
Putting the obvious stupidity due to using old stereotypes aside, this is the kind of person that has influence over your government.
I'm considering moving to Australia.
Putting the obvious stupidity due to using old stereotypes aside, this is the kind of person that has influence over your government.
I'm considering moving to Australia.
:p If it only was a stereotype...
While this statement, let's be real, should not be coming from official of such a level (I agree with you on that), the whole world knows and remembers the surrender of France in WWII which covered French with shame. You can't expect an event of such a scale (surrender in WWII from country that was dominating in Europe) to go unnoticed or to be forgotten within such a short period of time. You will be kept called surrenders many times by many different nations for many more years before it becomes history, unfortunately. Just like Russians will be associated with communism for many more years.
EDIT: back on topic though. Even though I had been leaning towards Republicans since I came to the US, idiots like Sessions and McCain make it hard to vote for Republicans.. Fucking disgrace.
I dunno, I've never, ever heard of anyone outside of the U.S using that stereotype, usually the French stereotype is all about cheese, wine, cigarettes, berets and heavy "hon hon" accent, I haven't heard anyone call me a coward for being French until I got here to Washington, not even in Los Angeles (surprisingly).
This too, I've always grown up with very manly men, especially in rural areas where people work pretty much all day and get drunk at night and call it just another day of work
Well, then you haven't been in a lot of places :D
Anyhow, "Surrender like French" does not necessarily mean cowardliness. Right now it's some kind of a metaphor that is being used to describe someone who gives up too easy and too fast. Actions of a set of people (French government in this case) cannot define or describe every single individual in French society. It would be stupid to assume that if France surrendered in WWII 70 years ago then all French people living now are cowards.
Lol, I've been to Spain, Italy, Britain, Kenya, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Panama, Costa Rica, Chile and other countries, still haven't heard anyone call me a coward for being French
I do agree that, in an American (U.S American)'s view, giving up during a war is not a possibility (lolvietnam), but sometimes it's the best way out to avoid an almost insured defeat and avoid the loss of oh so many soldiers, but that's probably because the U.S and France have such different views towards war and the way they were raised. France was having civil wars before the U.S was even born, but it's still impossible to remove such a silly stereotype because of something that happened somewhat recently compared to overall history of both countries.
Well, again, nobody calls anyone coward for being French. I've heard, however, using this metaphor ("give up like French") in Germany, Italy, Japan, China, GB, Singapore, and former-USSR on different occasions. You can't really expect people in Kenya, Costa Rica, or Panama know much about WWII and France's surrender :D
GB had military that was weaker than French one. Also, GB was at the edge of empire collapse. Nevertheless, GB had been fighting Nazy Germany alone for almost 2 years. France' army was pretty strong; morale is what prevented you from fighting. But it's a totally different story.
Also, just think about it for a minute: where this world would be today if USSR followed your concept and surrendered to Germany right away?