Stupid American troublemaker

[Derek Broughton]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:

>     There is a child that lives in France that is capable of doing
> things that irritate people. The guys email address is
> vincent.perie at myoffice.mobistar.be and every time I send a message to
> this list he sends this French cuss phrase to me:
> Je suis actuellement absent du bureau aussi !!!!<br><br>TEST !!!!!
> 
> I often wonder what rock these kind of people were born under. I recall
> that last Century the USA with British support saved France from
> becoming a German state twice.

Is there no end to your arrogance?

First, vincent's (admittedly annoying) autoresponder is an OUT OF OFFICE 
message.  But being one of those jingoistic Americans who give your country 
a bad name, you just assume that if it isn't in American, it isn't nice.

Second, the USA didn't save France "with British support", twice in the last 
century.  In WWI, the Americans came late to the party.  If they hadn't 
showed up, WWI might still be ongoing, but the vast majority of France was 
never occupied.  In WWI, the Americans came late to the party.  Britain and 
their Commonwealth allies had been holding the line for two years already.  
There's no doubt Americans turned the tide, but the rest of the world knows 
that if Japan hadn't forced them into the war, they never would have helped.