But, therother, there was nothing "wrong" with the original warning. We have a policy against country bashing. Responding to a post about a French broadcasting enterprise by saying how soon will the Frenchies all run away is country bashing, whether supposed to be funny or not. It's like supposedly "mild" swearing - it's still swearing, whether mild or not. A zero pointer is perfectly in order here, if the person being warned is not up on a first offence.

Aenlic, I am sorry, but you should just take your lumps and not contribute to the increasing number of worthless Watchtower threads posted by members complaining about legitimate warnings.

Personally, as a Brit, I have zero tolerance for French bashing. It's not new, it's not funny and it's not clever. I am also deeply suspicious of its current emergence in the aftermath of the Iraq invasion. There's a political undertone to that which you don't need to be an Einstein to figure out. I'm in danger of getting all political and backroomy here, but the strength of feeling I have on the question does indicate why a "no country bashing" policy, like a "no swearing" policy, might be a sensible precautionary step in a community of people with very different origins and sensibilities.