Why Hate France??

[InsaneApache]

Fabian Barthez, AND he used to play for Man Utd. A double whammy then.

[Banquo's Ghost]

French rugby.

How a nation can play so wonderfully in one match that spectators are left slack-jawed in awe, and then the next play like schoolboys. Or, as in our recent match with you in Paris, change in the same match!

I love France. Intellect is actually valued there rather than sneered at in the Anglo-saxon world.

I love Paris. There's a little cafe at the top of Montmartre which is my little slice of paradise.

Actually, where's my passport? All this talk - time for a weekend trip. (That's another thing to love - Paris is only a couple of hours away!)

Thanks Louis!

[Brenus]

Can I add other reasons to hate France?
Napoleon Code, Les Miserables (better known in England under Les Mis), exploring North America before the English, arrogant because always right, compare herself with US (not with any European neighbour), lost all the wars but still exist (miracle of history, difficult to explain) and succeeded to export French and Napoleon Code every where, against all odds.

France is a selfish country. In the past it is true that France invaded several countries in order to spread democracy in Europe, to free the slaves in Africa and to protect religious minorities in Asia. But now, France is against this Principe of a pro-active attitude.

France even defended the Pope, in Rome, against Italy. France had some Popes in Avignon.

This absolutely small and minor country produced the metric system and AGAIN succeeds to impose it to the world…

A lot of monarchy mottos are written in French.

This ungrateful country refuses to agree with G.W. Bush. After all what US did for it. France doesn’t belong to N.A.T.O., and kept its nuclear power out of reach.

Disregarding the fact that France is against Religions, France has the biggest Jewish and Muslim community in Europe.

France has the unique Foreign Legion, made with foreigners willing to fight for this stupid and small country.

France has its one movies industry and the actors are speaking in French.

The French speak French.

France stole every good idea like abolishing slavery before every body (4th of February 1794) even if slavery was re-establish by Napoleon.

The Napoleonic Wars aren’t the Wellingtonic Wars, even if Napoleon lost.

I will think for others reasons later…

[Ironside]

william the conqueror wasnt always known by that name.
before he conquerd britain he was known as william the bastard.

you dont get a name like that cos every 1 likes you :)

Considering that bastard originally means born out of wed-lock I'm suspecting that he was infact unusually well-liked (and talented) considering that he still succeeded quite well despite that "flaw".

[Tribesman]

before he conquerd britain he was known as william the bastard.

you dont get a name like that cos every 1 likes you
Are you American ? You must be as don't understand the English language do you , I suppose it is the 30 years of education that does it .

France stole every good idea like abolishing slavery before every body
Brenus , France was not the first European nation to abolish slavery .

[Duke Malcolm]

before he conquerd britain he was known as william the bastard.

England. He conquered England. We Scots take some pride in knowing no-one from the France took over our hallowed lands...

Anyhoo, why Scots may have a seething dislike for the France:

You call yourself the France, not just France.

You haven't managed to hold down a stable system of government for a decent amount of time since the Revolution.

You play down the British/American involvement in the Liberation of France, I believe.

Napoleon.

The French language.

Republicanism (and the support of the Revolutionaries in the American Revolution...).

The failure to turn to Protestantism in the Reformation (many Scots neglect the fact the Auld Alliance ended in the 16th century when Scotland was enlightened by John Knox whilst France kept alliegance to the Papist Pope).

They claim to have had the first Meridian line, through Paris, which is codswallop, since everyone knows it went through Dundee first.

There are many others, just can't think this early in the morning on a Saturday...

[Marcellus]

Seriously? I thought that William the Conqueror was the best king Britain had in all medieval history.

He did some not so nice things to North England:

From the Humber to Tees, William's men burnt whole villages and slaughtered the inhabitants. Foodstores and livestock were destroyed so that anyone surviving the initial massacre would soon succumb to starvation over the winter. The survivors were reduced to cannibalism, with one report stating that the skulls of the dead were cracked open so that the brains could be eaten.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harrying_of_the_North

[Brenus]

“France was not the first European nation to abolish slavery .” So, which one? England abolished slavery in 1833. And I said it was re-establish by Napoleon….

[Brenus]

A French King Francois II married a Scottish Queen, Marry Stuart and become King of Scotland and France... If Mary would died without children, Scotland will belong to the Kingdom of France. No need to conquer Scotland...

[InsaneApache]

Denmark.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

William was the worst king we ever had, he was a ruthless bastard, litterally.

Bad things this Frenchman did:

Abolished elected monarchy,

Abolished Witan,

Abolished Thanes,

Killed off, relatively, nice English aristocracy,

Instituted oppressive feudal system.

Other reasons to hate France:

French revolution,

Metric, which is all fidley,

Inspiring America to revolt.

Totally undemocratic.

Oppressive regime.

[lancelot]

I don't hate France, I just find it funny that as a generalization they can't win a fight against a single Indonesian boy with crutches.

generalisation?

[Brenus]

“Inspiring America to revolt” ??????

“You call yourself the France, not just France.”: The England?

“Totally undemocratic.” Explain, please…

“Oppressive regime.” Same, explain….

[Ultras DVSC]

My american civilization teacher also hates France and French people on the whole. He doesn't know a concrete reason, according to him that's a tradition in his fatherland...

[Dutch_guy]

Truffaut is cool. Luc Besson is cool. Dumas is cool. I like souffle and fondue. Van Gogh and Monet (et al).

Eh, that's all I really know about the French.

LOL you do realise that Van Gogh is Dutch don't you ?

[Paul Peru]

Hélène et les garçons

[[DnC]]

LOL you do realise that Van Gogh is Dutch don't you ?

Was about to say the same thing. Saw a documentary yesterday about him on Discovery Channel. Quite interesting I must say. He sure liked to walk!! The guy walked from London to somewhere 160KM away! Took him three days. One time he even walked to Brussels from somewhere I don't know, but it took him a week according to the docu. What a coot!

The closest to France I have been was Belgium.. Hard to say anything about France if I haven't experienced it myself.

[Fragony]

I like france really, people that complain about rude behaviour probably went to different parts of it then me. What is there not to like, great food, great scenery and it reminds me of how hot dutch woman are. Viva la France, actually going to Paris tommorow

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Okay, our turn to start an omg-quick-hand-me-some-Kleenex-because-they-all-hate-us whine thread.

I mean, disregarding the fact that we nuke islands in the Pacific, blow up Greenpeace vessels in Australia, colonized South-East Asia, install sick puppet regimes in Africa, abondon America in war, try to break-up Canada, extort money from Europe and piss-off the English for a national sport, what have we ever done to deserve the world's wrath?

Let's hear it, lads.

Your food sucks.

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

I used to live with a bunch of French people. I have very mixed feelings as some were great and others weren't.

[[DnC]]

I used to live with a bunch of French people. I have very mixed feelings as some were great and others weren't.

I'm sure you could say the same about people from your own country.

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

I'm sure you could say the same about people from your own country.

er, yeah, your point being?

[doc_bean]

This should be a poll....

[Viking]

Frog legs, snails.

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

Frog legs, snails.

frogs legs are good, smother them in garlic butter, yumyum for my tumtum.

[Viking]

frogs legs are good, smother them in garlic butter, yumyum for my tumtum.

[BigTex]

Its not that I completely loathe France, its more of a deep seeded announce. They have lost and been conquered so many times its not funy yet still they persist. They are a small and relatively unimportant country in the world of things. Yet they think their opinions are the most important and carry the most weight. They have funnled oil out of iraq secrely prior to the war supported by their ally's. Thier politicians were massively involved in the oil for food scandle, that one really gets me. They oppose America at every turn. They are part of NATO but are helping the chinese build a next gen helicopter. They always have to build their own planes, ships, weapons even if it costs more and is horribly worse. They only work till 3 pm. They speak french. Their women have bad higene, and need to shave. They have horrid tasting food, come to Texas if you want some good food, just ask for some Barbecued brisket. They drink wine, not beer. They think they have a more sophisticated sense of art, yet in front of their national art museum they have a wreched post modern glass pyramid. I'll probably have to list some more reasons, later. Soly, ridicolus.

[master of the puppets]

well big tex said alot of what i think, they are way to arrogant (as a person and as a whole) and we should just give um back to the germans...but we get all there fine art like da vinci and stuff. or at least send it back to italy.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

“Inspiring America to revolt” ??????

“You call yourself the France, not just France.”: The England?

“Totally undemocratic.” Explain, please…

“Oppressive regime.” Same, explain….

1. "The Social Contract"

2. Chirac.

3. You can't wear a cross in public, or a headscarf.

I was also being a little flippant.

[[DnC]]

er, yeah, your point being?

You can meet people whom you feel are great or outright twats from any nation. It just sounded as if you are trying to write off a country by a few individuals. I could be wrong however. I'm not attacking you if you might think that.