Should the U.S. boycott French products because they did the democratic thing and respected french public opinion instead of support the War in Iraq?

we shouldn't boycott France because it respected the oppinions of its people and not just the oppinions of a few people.

i think its ridiculous to boycott over france. so what they didnt support us with the war with iraq.... the chinesse didnt support us and we still eat chinesse food. plus, freedom fries? HOW STUPID! frech fries didnt even come from france. it is just stupid all over!

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They are called such because the way they are cooked

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"By the way, the verb "to french" in cooking has come to mean to cut in long, slender strips, and some people insist that "french fries" come from that term. However, the French fried potato was known since the middle 1800s, while the OED cites the first use of the verb "to french" around 1895, so it appears pretty convincing that "french fried potatoes" came before the verb "frenching." The origin of the name is thus the country of origin French and not the cooking term french."

"french fries" to "freedom fries", i can handle.

But i read about another change they are trying to make........

"french kissing" to "freedom kissing"

That's just sick.

i think its stupid 2 boycott french products because they didnt back us up in the war with iraq. why should they, they dont want 2 get in the middle of this, and now because they didnt were gonna do something as stupid as boycott all french products? i think this is one of the dumbest things ive heard.


ByE bYe

all I'm saying is that the only one who has the right to punish and critize others is one who isn't guilty of the same kinds of things. The critic and potential punisher being the U.S. You know, practice what you preach.

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but the government still denies that fact to this very day. We lie and get away with it... so why can't they?

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just about every leader of every country lies about something, the problem here is I am not french, I am not from France and the lie was against the country I love and would never leave. The lie was with intent to defame and to turn others against us. While people chanted away "NO WAR FOR OIL", France sat back and laughed, for the only one who would gain from oil in Iraq was France, China and Russia(the same exact 3 countries opposed to us going to Iraq). The same three countries wich have manufactured and sold weapons to Iraq, despite their own UN sanctions(signed by all three). A cover up is a cover up and you people need to realize this. I wonder if the WMD's are in France, after all someone did spill some Sarin gas in a French Subway(not exactly something you just walk around with). Yes that is far fetched, but ask yourself honestly, why would someone in France have Sarin gas, why all the cover up? Yes yes the USA is a bunch of baby killers and blah blah blah, but it still doesn't change what is happening right now, today. Maybe you want people to come after us, maybe it is ok for you if the whole world doesn't get the truth, but for me, it doesn't fly. We need to seriously question what role we are to Follow if the head of the UN(France) is lying to everyone. Do I hate France, no, this is about someone who is in control of something called the United Nations, something to represent the entire world, someone who hasn't been very honest. That is what this is about, not about the USA...it's about Cambodia, Canada, Mexico, Italy, Laos and every other country on this planet. That's what it's about. We are simply the henchmen sent in when no one else wants to, we do not claim to represent the entire world as does France. We just simply get BS from everyone including our own citizens for every move we make, even if it isn't our move. Please don't forget for all of these conspiracies, government overthrows and baby beatings, we always had the backing of the UN(meaning the UN majority agreed), so when you point a finger at the USA, point a finger at these countries too...

Afghanistan 1946
Albania 1955
Algeria 1962
Andorra 1993
Angola 1976
Antigua and Barbuda 1981
Argentina 1945
Armenia 1992
Australia 1945
Austria 1955
Azerbaijan 1992
Bahamas 1973
Bahrain 1971
Bangladesh 1974
Barbados 1966
Belarus 1945
Belgium 1945
Belize 1981
Benin 1960
Bhutan 1971
Bolivia 1945
Bosnia and Hercegovina 1992
Botswana 1966
Brazil 1945
Brunei 1984
Bulgaria 1955
Burkina Faso 1960
Burundi 1962
Cambodia 1955
Cameroon 1960
Canada 1945
Cape Verde 1975
Central African Republic 1960
Chad 1960
Chile 1945
China 1945
Colombia 1945
Comoros 1975
Congo (Brazzaville) 1960
Congo (Kinshasa) 1960
Costa Rica 1945
Côte d'Ivoire 1960
Croatia 1992
Cuba 1945
Cyprus 1960
Czech Republic 1993
Denmark 1945
Djibouti 1977
Dominica 1978
Dominican Republic 1945
Ecuador 1945
Egypt 1945
El Salvador 1945
Equatorial Guinea 1968
Eritrea 1993
Estonia 1991
Ethiopia 1945
Fiji 1970
Finland 1955
France 1945
Gabon 1960
Gambia 1965
Georgia 1992
Germany 1973
Ghana 1957
Greece 1945
Grenada 1974
Guatemala 1945
Guinea 1958
Guinea-Bissau 1974
Guyana 1966
Haiti 1945
Honduras 1945
Hungary 1955
Iceland 1946
India 1945
Indonesia 1950
Iran 1945
Iraq 1945
Ireland 1955
Israel 1949
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Jordan 1955
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Kenya 1963
Kiribati 1999
Korea, North 1991
Korea, South 1991
Kuwait 1963
Kyrgyzstan 1992
Laos 1955
Latvia 1991
Lebanon 1945
Lesotho 1966
Liberia 1945
Libya 1955
Liechtenstein 1990
Lithuania 1991
Luxembourg 1945
Macedonia 1993
Madagascar 1960
Malawi 1964
Malaysia 1957
Maldives 1965
Mali 1960
Malta 1964
Marshall Islands 1991
Mauritania 1961
Mauritius 1968
Mexico 1945
Micronesia 1991
Moldova 1992
Monaco 1993
Mongolia 1961
Morocco 1956
Mozambique 1975
Myanmar 1948
Namibia 1990
Nauru 1999
Nepal 1955
Netherlands 1945
New Zealand 1945
Nicaragua 1945
Niger 1960
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Norway 1945
Oman 1971
Pakistan 1947
Palau 1994
Panama 1945
Papua New Guinea 1975
Paraguay 1945
Peru 1945
Philippines 1945
Poland 1945
Portugal 1955
Qatar 1971
Romania 1955
Russia 1945
Rwanda 1962
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1983
Saint Lucia 1979
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1980
San Marino 1992
São Tomé and Principe 1975
Saudi Arabia 1945
Senegal 1960
Seychelles 1976
Sierra Leone 1961
Singapore 1965
Slovakia 1993
Slovenia 1992
Solomon Islands 1978
Somalia 1960
South Africa 1945
Spain 1955
Sri Lanka 1955
Sudan 1956
Suriname 1975
Swaziland 1968
Sweden 1946
Syria 1945
Tajikistan 1992
Tanzania 1961
Thailand 1946
Togo 1960
Tonga 1999
Trinidad and Tobago 1962
Tunisia 1956
Turkey 1945
Turkmenistan 1992
Tuvalu 2000
Uganda 1962
Ukraine 1945
United Arab Emirates 1971
United Kingdom 1945
United States 1945
Uruguay 1945
Uzbekistan 1992
Vanuatu 1981
Venezuela 1945
Vietnam 1977
Western Samoa 1976
Yemen 1947
Yugoslavia 1945
Zambia 1964
Zimbabwe 1980

"by democratic thing, do you mean they were trying to cover up the fact they have been selling weapons to Iraq."

You know, the U.S. has told it fair share of lies in its time. Did you know that during the 1970's, the U.S. propped up a regime in Argentina that kidnapped infants beat their parents and then sold the infants to wealthy families? It's a well documented fact that the U.S. supported this regime, but the government still denies that fact to this very day. We lie and get away with it... so why can't they?

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actually, someone who was wise about U.S. history would know that if the french navy hadn't blockaded Yorktown, Gen. Cornwallis would have gotten away to the north and restrengthened his forces and America would still be under British control today! So, really, we wouldn't exist without them.

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as I was saying and we got a pretty copper statue too....the past is not right now

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the UK, the US and the Russians won it TOGETHER

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and I give a hell of alot of respect to the USSR who won a great battle, but again....the past and the USSR is now Russia and not the same.

i think you answered your own question icm91

Just on a side, I thought I would let you all know the reason why they are called "French" Fries. They are called such because the way they are cooked, not because French Fries were first made by the French, but it was the cooking method that was invented by the French.
Just some useless information for you guys.

Dear god, i'm sure the French are just sick to their stomachs that we're not calling our fattening, greesy fries 'french'!!!

whether we saved their butts before or they saved ours, WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

You don't base your opinion on the fact that a country did something nice to you. You base your opinion on facts and what is better for YOUR country.And the french think that for their country it is better to not support the war in iraq.

Now whether that decision was made because they are getting money from iraq is besides the point. The U.S. would do the same thing if iraq was giving money to us and france was going to war with them. The u.s has done it before.

i think we should do SOMETHING to send France a strong message that we know that they are doing more than being snotty towards us. With them sending US intelligence to Iraq (not that it helped but still...), and them not joining our alliance against Iraq for personal economic reasons while the whole world is in danger...it all just shows how selfish these people are. I think they owe us just a little bit for what we did for them in WWII. We have over 56000 troops burried at Normandy just to protect thier skinny French butts. I will continue to call French Fries by that name however because Freedom Fries is to corny. PEACE!

Even though I wouldn't rely on "the patriot" for historical information, ICM is correct to some extent about the importance of the French aiding us in the war. Particulry the French brought their Navy, which we did not have at the time, and also the French enabled us to fight in open field battles,due to training and such,which enabled the us to win the war. Also we didn't save half of Europe by ourselves, the UK, the US and the Russians won it TOGETHER. Also I think you are down playing the importance of the French's role, they helped us gain our independence, and we aided them in getting theirs back. So agian I will say stop using the WW2 argument becuase it is a weak one.

actually, someone who was wise about U.S. history would know that if the french navy hadn't blockaded Yorktown, Gen. Cornwallis would have gotten away to the north and restrengthened his forces and America would still be under British control today! So, really, we wouldn't exist without them. When we saved their butts, we were just returning the favor and now we're even. We don't owe them anything, and they don't owe us anything. I feel that since I started the topic I really shouldn't say anything, just seems rude, but I couldn't help myself this time. You should watch the End of the movie The Patriot to really understand how important the role of the French was at the Battle of Yorktown.

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I'm not to peachy keen with the French but please don’t start with typical WW2 line.

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yeah yeah and they gave us a pretty copper statue too, bottom line is they only helped us to defeat the English, we saved half of Europe

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the fact that they wouldn't support a fellow member of the UN who saved them from being exterminated by the Nazis.
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Oh god not the typical statement, "those damn French, we bailed their ***’s out during ww2." May I remind you who bailed our ***’s out during the revolutionary war. I'm not to peachy keen with the French but please don’t start with typical WW2 line.

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they did the democratic thing

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by democratic thing, do you mean they were trying to cover up the fact they have been selling weapons to Iraq despite their own UN sanctions??

I think that is the point of the botcott, the fact they lie, more then the fact that they wouldn't support a fellow member of the UN who saved them from being exterminated by the Nazis.