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Message from: Arturo R
About: France
Sun, 19 Oct 97 17:04:32 EDT
France is a nice beautiful
western country, and,
ideologically, it is the mother of freedom. But the american
freedom is rather different. It stresses more the ability
to do as you please (often make money), and the ability to
live as you please (often keep your money). Also living easy
and abundantly is very important. What is life without huge
cars, extra large popcorn, delivery pizza, microwave ovens
and the like? It turns out this is very important in
american freedom. The french however countered this with
bon vivre and confort.
One american mentioned snobish.
One french mentioned jolie and petit.
Americans missed a few french symbols like the hexagon,
and the rooster, that the french themselves did not.
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