A letter to the French "people"

[Gilgamesh]

A letter I was forwarded. Allow me to use this forum to forward it to you. Copy, paste and send
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Hello all,

The following is a letter, written by an American Jew, who wanted to react to the stupid remarks of Mr. Cirac, the French president.

The latter was published in the big newspapers in France.



A letter to the French People


-NO WINE…..-NO HANDBAGS…..-NO VACATIONS…..

-NO CHEESE…..-NO CLOTHES…….-NO..…



To: French Embassy in Washington
French Consulate in Los Angeles



Dear French Nation! Shalom!



As a Jew, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I would like to thank your President Jacques Chirac for saying that Israel needs to be convinced that peace is better than war.

Never mind that peace (shalom in Hebrew) is the most common word in Jewish prayers.

That it is endlessly repeated in synagogues, when greeting or taking leave, when getting up or going to bed.

Never mind that shalom (peace) is mentioned 77 times in the Torah, and 275 times in the Jewish Bible (The Old Testament of Christians.)

Never mind that of all the world's literature the United Nations chose to inscribe the words of Israeli Prophet Isaiah on the wall across from its building in New York.

Here are these words, "and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."



Never mind that these words are said in every synagogue at nearly every assembly, and that peace is called "God's greatest gift. " Therefore, the President of the Nation that still venerates general Napoleon would do better teaching cows how to make milk, or teaching grass how to grow quietly than teaching Jews (Israelis) that peace is better than war.

Thank you, Jacques Chirac, for informing me about the encyclopedic extent of your ignorance.

I would like also to thank the unnamed cinema near the Paris Opera for canceling a screening of the "Harry Potter" film for Jewish kids.

But I am even more grateful to the police of Paris, which has failed to provide protection for these kids. Apparently Jews of any age are no longer guaranteed complete equality with the rest of the population.

France was the first country in Europe to offer Jews this guarantee, and now it is apparently also the first to revoke it.

I congratulate your great Nation for keeping up at the foreskin of progress, no matter in which direction progress turns.

And how can I not mention the doctorate degree in history, which was offered to Mustafa Talas (who just happens to be Syria's Foreign Minister) by the Sorbonne. The Honorable Doctor Talas has written a book on the Damascus Blood Libel of 1840, in which he claims that Jews kill Christians to obtain their blood for Passover.

A true genius of historical science is Mustafa Talas, and certainly worthy of Sorbonne.

I am infinitely glad that good old blood libels (perhaps the most imaginative product of European civilization), nearly forgotten in the last 50 years, are being revived in French academic circles.

You French are just wonderful: not only do you keep at the foreskin of progress, but also revive ancient traditions.

(The Damascus Blood Libel started with disappearance of Father Thomas, a Franciscan superior. The French consul accused a group of rabbis and other Jews of ritual murder and extracted a "confession" by torture in which one of the victims Pogroms followed throughout the Middle East. The consul then requested permission from Mahemet Ali to kill the rest of his suspects. Others,including sixty children, were arrested and starved to convince their parents to confess. The charges were dropped when Sir Moses Montefiore, Adolphe Cremieux and Salomon Munk intervened on behalf of the Jews.)



I also cannot forget the events of October, 2000, with synagogues
firebombed and burned, Jewish worshipers attacked and stoned. I know that
President Chiraq spoke out against all this, saying that this is not what he
meant when he criticized Israel. Well, as English playwright Shakespeare
said, "Methinks the Lady doth protest too much."

The President's criticisms of Israel had been (and remain) so extensive, so common and so unforgiving, that I cannot possibly believe him. The events of October, 2000 is exactly what he meant.

And if there is any doubt about it, your ambassador to the United
Kingdom Daniel Bernard has cleared it up.

Not only did he call Israel "that ty little country," (quite a polite and diplomatic fellow is Daniel Bernard, is he not?) but he also ante-factum (before the fact) blamed the Jewish people for starting World War Three. My greatest gift of gratitude, therefore, goes to him.

He has discovered in me (after all, I belong to "those people") a horrifying quality of causing world wars, a terrible character flaw about which I hitherto had been completely unaware. He has also forewarned us of our pre-assigned guilt.

I would like to inform you that I have decided to join the campaign against France. I will not visit or fly through France and its colonies of Guadeloupe, Martinique, and St. Pierre. That I will also boycott all products made in France, including perfume and cosmetics industry, designer fashion labels, French wines, chocolates, etc. That I will use my money to buy Israeli products, and travel to Israel and other countries who still think that Jews are human and should not live at the mercy of Palestinian terrorists.



I WILL FORWARD THIS TO MANY MORE - PLEASE DO THE SAME

[Mediocrates]

But the problem is not that they are shameless it's that they are proud of it. Go ask the French posters here. All proudly dissemblingly defiant of all of those instances. And the ones they can't revise, they'll deny or claim you are lying.

[yehudi]

Originally posted by Mediocrates
Go ask the French posters here.

The french poster that I am will say two things:


One : he has Gilga on his ignore list (because the guy in question is constantly insulting, and to a certain extend considered inarticulate).


Two : he opened the post nonetheless and what he read on the very first line is an insult (milder as usual though) plus a spelling mistake.... on the president's own name.



So the french poster kindly advise Mr Gilga to proofread and use a language that would make him someone that can be considered more worth listening to

Cordialement,

[Evgeny]

Maybe we should fly this guy out to Saint martin. I enjoyed it. Does he have problems with the nederlanders also?

[Mediocrates]

In Foreign Policy Magazine, this month, the End Piece by the Sr. Editor, Moises Naim has an analysis of the effect of a weak dollar. Here are the highlights:

Flood of American imports into Europe
Drop in French consumer imports to the US
Drop off in American tourism in Europe
Increase in European Tourism to the US

Now I know the yehudis will all stay away on general principals - they'd probably burn their passports if they were ever soiled with an American stamp. None the less, cost is cost. At any rate it's an opportunity for them to come understand us a little better.

You can sample our fine wines from:

Southhold North Fork (Long Island, NY)
Asheville, NC
Texas (yes TX makes some good ones)
New Mexico
And of course California.

[Communication]

Originally posted by Mediocrates


You can sample our fine wines from:

Southhold North Fork (Long Island, NY)
Asheville, NC
Texas (yes TX makes some good ones)
New Mexico
And of course California.

Actually, speaking as a Bay Area resident, I can safely say that once you have had California wine, there is no need to look anywhere else. Sure, Argentina and Chile do have some nice pours, and Australia makes some lovely Syrahs, but if you are big on fruit and you want a long smoothe, yet complicated finish, you can get that from a California wine without having to lay your bottle down for 5+ years. Unlike typical French wine, it's ready when you are. Cheers mates!

[Mediocrates]

Can you get the People's Republic of Mexifornia to mandate limits on sulfites?

Big difference between French and non French wines vis a vis the sulfites.

[Adversary2Arabs]

Originally posted by Evgeny
Maybe we should fly this guy out to Saint martin. I enjoyed it. Does he have problems with the nederlanders also?

I don't like you, but Saint Martin (Sint Maartin) is the BEST dan island in the Carribbean (if that's the one you're speaking of).

[Adversary2Arabs]

Originally posted by Communication
Actually, speaking as a Bay Area resident, I can safely say that once you have had California wine, there is no need to look anywhere else. Sure, Argentina and Chile do have some nice pours, and Australia makes some lovely Syrahs, but if you are big on fruit and you want a long smoothe, yet complicated finish, you can get that from a California wine without having to lay your bottle down for 5+ years. Unlike typical French wine, it's ready when you are. Cheers mates!

All wine taste the same to me, except Manechewitz - I could drink that all night.

[Evgeny]

Goegrian wine is by far the best and most effective wine in the world.

[Mediocrates]

for cleaning tanks, yeah.

[humus_sapiens]

Originally posted by yehudi
The french poster that I am will say two things:

One : he has Gilga on his ignore list (because the guy in question is constantly insulting, and to a certain extend considered inarticulate).

Two : he opened the post nonetheless and what he read on the very first line is an insult (milder as usual though) plus a spelling mistake.... on the president's own name.

Y, that's the answer by a spellchecker. Nothing of substance. The sad facts are, France of 2003 accepts HAMAS as political organization, supports its tyrannical friends the Syrians and the Iraqis (Saddam is gone, against French whinings), condones anti-semitism inside and worldwide.

France of 2003:
Liberte under flags of Islam (as in Liberate Falastin from Jews)
Egalite for all but the Jews.
Fraternite with the worst despots of the world, as long as they have oil.

[Northlander]

Americans views on France is not valid because of the simple fact that USA are a bully nation in disobedience with both international laws and their own. I will explain how.

I´ll make it simple so that you can all follow. This is your laws after all and you should know them but I dont think you do.

This is in your constitution:

"This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. "

Article VI, Clause 2.

This is interesting since The United Nations Charter is a treaty of the United States, and as such forms part of the "supreme law of the land"

No matter how you put it your President is bound by the constitution, am I right? The constitution clearly states that the UN charter is valid as an american law. Not only "a" law but "the" law.

The rest is even simplier. The UN charter states that no member of UN can attack any other member exept when the security council gives the go-ahead OR as self defence. When USA attacked Iraq they broked not only the UN charter which is the International laws we are talking about but also their own laws.
That makes Bush administration questionable to say the least and your nation an outlaw nation. Complarable to nations like those you so often critisise yourself(pick your choice).

Say what you want about France but at least they are a country that follows laws and treaties. As such they should be treated with respect on the contrary to villain states like USA and others.

Had I been american I would, regardless of my political views, have been at least somewhat worried of the lack of respect for the basic laws of my own country. And especially the lack of debate regarding it.

You should be able to explain this constitutional problem for us foreigners before bashing us europeans. At least it would give you some credability.

[elke]

Americans views on France is not valid because of the simple fact that USA are a bully nation in disobedience with both international laws and their own

Peculiar way of putting it... so, your view that "USA is a bully nation" is something more than an opinion? And is "valid"? On what basis?

[Northlander]

Of cource its something more than an opinion. USA is breaking treaties and breaking international laws. The evidences are many.
Your accusations of France are laughable since they as a nation havent done anything even close. Your opinions of France are just opinions and lack substance. Basically they havent done anything but wanting USA to act according to the laws both of UN and USA itself. For that you want boycott and what have you.

You dont even comment on the fact that your constitution makes the UN charter legitimate. Why is that? Have you already accepted the fact that your government are not acting according to it? Or do you deny the facts?