bi0 said:

just for the record, I like the French. Dumb American tourists (and those who have led an insular life and havent been anywhere) only make the lame generalization such as "France sucks."
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adrug: ever been to France? Something tells me you havent left the cornfields much.

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Why are French people so snooty? 

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I can think of a few reasons...1) the war they were taken over by the germans, and it was really nasty, they think the americans could have help a lot earlier I know that cos I talk to a lot of old people, I just dig do that... they have a big ego the best wine for years the cheese, great food, impressionism, but now we've got great wine from lots of countries ( they better watch out ) and every on says they are great lovers, and that's just not true how can a bunch of macho gits be good in bed they are only thinking about them selves... Which must be a big chip on their should when ever foreign person they sleep with says " I thought it was going to be better then that " 

bi0 said:

Nope. the perceived notion of the french being "snooty" is simply different behavior patterns. See, Americans tend to smile at strangers. Many non-Americans, the French included, simply developed the notion that such superficial friendliness is simply fake and to be suspicious of.

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beejay said:

hmmmm. My french sucks, I didnt even bother trying to speak it when I was there. How did the people act... very kindly I dont know, I had heard all this shit about the french hating americans, but I didnt seem to have a problem. Everyone I met was amazing. The only problem I had was feeling a bit undereducated about world affairs while there. this was a while ago and I wasnt very world concious at the time. I only felt a little left out when I didnt have something whitty to say during conversations. Other than that i had a great time and was treated respectfully. I did notice the lack of random smiling like Bio had said, but I expected that so it didnt really faze me that much. I hate faking smiles anyway

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yeah, that was my exact experience as well.

PsillyNilly said:

This thesis in my perspective holds very little crediblity especially considering your arguement is mostlyt based on the lyrical comparison of some teen punk band and another french musician you have heard.  I have been to France and I do think it is a beatiful coutnry...but the clubs, movies and alot of the pop music over there is indeed American and I infact heard a shit load of what we like to call "mad house"  (A Madonna song with the percussion taken out and replaced with a 4x4 house beat.)  I would not say that since I heard that shitty music in Dicotechs that France is culturally inept...Its would be a stupid gereralization to make.  I see the US as a melting pot of the worlds cultures...we have a little bit of everything here that in which I love. 

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My argument isn't based on random songs i chose, its based on two songs that are very well ranked in charts (#1). I think my argument would still be true if i chose next week's #1 songs, or the week after that.

And yes, for sure there is lots of american music in france, because its good music AND because of american cultural domination...but like i said before, i think if everyone understood the lyrics of american songs that play on the radio here in france, american music would be a lot less popular.

oh, and ya, techno is tight in france.