Quote Originally Posted by Caerfanan
And just to illustrate that again, I just read a thread where someone was talking about allies acting weird, like never coming along, or sometimes coming along, but acting stupidly: he took an exemple of him allied with the french, who after coming along in a battle and helping him break a wave of opponents did withdraw without any logical reason. Someone answered something like "do you want a stereotypical joke about french allies?"

Well, had I knew the guy, I wouldn't have felt anything at all. Probably had made a joke about that with him. But I don't know the guy. And I'm French. For a split second I got angry. I'm not anymore (a split second is quite short), but I do know some people who would've run to conclusions and put another log in the fire which had started there (at least in their head)...
I think that in such cases, it is best to ignore those types of comments, which you did. I don't think the poster intended anything by it, it was just a casual and impulsive observation. Also he used the word "stereotypical" which indicates that he was fully aware that such jokes are just that, and not to be taken seriously.