From css@hotmail.com  Fri Aug 17 09:01:53 2001
From: css@hotmail.com (Chris)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:01:53 +0200
Subject: [Patents] (pas d'objet)
Message-ID: <3B7CCF71.F34D62E0@hotmail.com>

> "So much better manners" are not the french way.
> Bernard was making is point, telling you about his feelings. You're
objecting
> because he expressed it in a way you are not accustomed to. This is
> primarily a cultural point. Most people on this list will not be
chocked by
> what or how he told it.

Sorry, but I am a Frenchman, and I was shocked !

It is cultural, perhaps, but this is no excuse (for Bernard's desire for
political analogies: killing people could also be "cultural").
And I do not want to be assimilated to this "bad frenchy behavior" that
we (as a group) have sometimes (?)... and I see no reason why we are so
proud of our unpolitness that we force foreigner to face it !

I do understand that political issues may intervene in the swpat debate.
There is no question about it.
We can also be sure that the behavior of the USA could be analysed in
order to better understand our swpat issue (I am not so sure, but ok, I
won't object)
But this is no excuse for agressing people like this: the recipient of
Bernard's remark was not deemed to be the speaker for his country !  One
can be ungry about the USA behavior, but this no reason to aggress
people in the list!

Chris





