[WikiEN-l] Re: [[Anti-French sentiment in the United States]]

Thu May 27 01:30:24 UTC 2004

Fred Bauder wrote:

>The latest news here in Colorado is that our governor, Bill Owens, at some convention in Illinois told a few anti-French jokes, including one that went:
>
>"Why does the new French navy have glass-bottomed boats?
>
>So they can see the old French navy!"
>
You would think that the anti-French crowd could at least come up with 
something more original than to recycle old sawhorses and scarecrows 
that have been applied, at some point or another, to just about every 
national/religious/ethnic group that some other 
national/religious/ethnic group dislikes. I've seen that joke far more 
often involving a different country, which I will not name here out of 
respect. I guess it just goes to show the poverty of thought that 
accompanies prejudice.

--Michael Snow