tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post113121631486874186..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Ah, France.Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1132047008736265832005-11-15T01:30:00.000-08:002005-11-15T01:30:00.000-08:00I sat through the Rodney King riots in L.A. and I ...I sat through the Rodney King riots in L.A. and I stood on the rooftop of the apartments where I lived and counted the fires while watching the looters run rampant.<BR/><BR/>Riots are mass idiocy inspired by the complacency and the governmental dependance socialist programs and attitudes create (IMHO).<BR/><BR/>So what did the French (government) do to us? Thumbed their nose at our misfortune and proclaimed their superiority once again.<BR/><BR/>I find it Brutally Fitting that time has fed their Socialist Goverment a heaping mouthful of their Just Desserts.<BR/><BR/>I am sorry that people had to be hurt to demonstrate, once again, the failures of Collectivism.<BR/><BR/>WeirdPete Deichmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16995898789090044957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1131297616294266482005-11-06T09:20:00.000-08:002005-11-06T09:20:00.000-08:00Anonymous: who here, besides "French pundits" and...Anonymous: who here, besides "French pundits" and Chirac, have I slighted?<BR/><BR/>I'm curious. Has "Scooter" Libby harmed you personally? Have you taken any glee in his indictment? Has the President harmed you *personally*?<BR/><BR/>(BTW, any guy over 20 who calls himself Scooter? Uh, no.)Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1131281588251344092005-11-06T04:53:00.000-08:002005-11-06T04:53:00.000-08:00Given France's colonial history, I'm not sure I wa...Given France's colonial history, I'm not sure I want to see what form "assimilation of minorities" would take.Octavo Diahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09256799242231777867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1131247424234694632005-11-05T19:23:00.000-08:002005-11-05T19:23:00.000-08:00My point is that they have done nothing to you per...My point is that they have done nothing to you personally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1131231045786139482005-11-05T14:50:00.000-08:002005-11-05T14:50:00.000-08:00And should anyone wonder why I've reacted so stron...And should anyone wonder why I've reacted so strongly to this seemingly benign comment, I've deleted others. <BR/><BR/>I won't have incivility here.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1131230894995179522005-11-05T14:48:00.000-08:002005-11-05T14:48:00.000-08:00Yes, I've been to France.I don't like the dominant...Yes, I've been to France.<BR/><BR/>I don't like the dominant French/Parisian attitude toward Americans. There are lots of people who haven't harmed me individually, but that doesn't mean I have to love them and hold them and squeeze them until they do.<BR/><BR/>You think I'm being glib, throwing out Chirac's statements about this country? I'm not insensitive to those French who have been harmed in these riots or who died while the whole country took the month of August off for vacations, but it's hard not to throw Chirac's own comments back in his face. He makes it so easy.<BR/><BR/>I'm curious, Anonymous. Do you have *anything* positive to contribute to this blog? I mean, feel free to disagree with me. In fact, if you'd like to see an intelligent, reasoned disagreement in which a reader challenged me to explain my beliefs, please see this post:<BR/>http://rightontheleftcoast.blogspot.com/2005/10/grim-milestone-approaches-in-unending.html<BR/><BR/>But if you're going to come here just to vent your spleen, toss out ad hominem attacks, and contribute nothing, please don't. This isn't that kind of blog. If you want to spew, go to Daily Kos. I'm not interested in having it here.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1131219589549394902005-11-05T11:39:00.000-08:002005-11-05T11:39:00.000-08:00I don't understand why you are so glib at the misf...I don't understand why you are so glib at the misfortunes of others.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever been to France?<BR/><BR/>What have the French ever done to you personally?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com