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Old Post! Oct 17, 2009 @ 20:12:01#1
Pau_Diaz

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Of all the things I've learned in my life, none are worse than what have here in Gerona. Situated close to the South of France, the town of Gerona suffers a horrible fate - it allows itself to be influenced by the one nation in the world that values culture too much, to the point of being racist to protect it. Like the French, they too use a strict social system to define bounderies, setting ethics back fifty years. People are educated less to do jobs they don't need to be brainy for, immigrants from poor countries are paid less because the f***ers in power want to stop them mixing with the locals.

On November 22, 2009
Edited: October 17, 2009 @ 20:21
Old Post! Oct 18, 2009 @ 00:15:28#2
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I'm French Canadian and I take offense to this.




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On November 22, 2009
Old Post! Oct 18, 2009 @ 08:52:42#3
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DorkySupergirl said:

I'm French Canadian and I take offense to this.


Is that because you're sympathetic to what I am against? Congratulations, you're out of touch with the modern world. There must be something really special about the French, something that sets them apart from other nations in such a way that makes inter social relationships a legitimate taboo. I guess people like Cliver Barker's parents were really stupid, right? They were of different social classes but their marriage bloomed for fifty years until their deaths, they had too children and a happy life. Doesn't their relationship stand for something more positive than the rigid French social conditioning?
On November 22, 2009
Old Post! Oct 23, 2009 @ 21:01:24#4
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No reply, eh? Perhaps you will consider what I have written and actually learn how to think with a more open mind.

On November 22, 2009
Old Post! Oct 23, 2009 @ 21:07:43#5
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Pau_Diaz said:

No reply, eh? Perhaps you will consider what I have written and actually learn how to think with a more open mind.


Perhaps your own open mind will allow you to think that they didn't respond because you had offended them and they no longer wished to communicate with you.



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On November 21, 2009
Old Post! Oct 23, 2009 @ 21:07:50#6
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you kind of look like Seth McFarlen.




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Old Post! Oct 23, 2009 @ 21:15:45#7
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Pau_Diaz said:

Is that because you're sympathetic to what I am against? Congratulations, you're out of touch with the modern world. There must be something really special about the French, something that sets them apart from other nations in such a way that makes inter social relationships a legitimate taboo. I guess people like Cliver Barker's parents were really stupid, right? They were of different social classes but their marriage bloomed for fifty years until their deaths, they had too children and a happy life. Doesn't their relationship stand for something more positive than the rigid French social conditioning?



Pau_Diaz said:

No reply, eh? Perhaps you will consider what I have written and actually learn how to think with a more open mind.



Why are you making assumptions? Your comments seem closed minded. You don't even know her. She's a very kind person. Way to start a discussion as a new member! I'm sure she'll answer you when she logs back on.
On November 22, 2009
Old Post! Oct 24, 2009 @ 18:52:51#8
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I was told by my cousin who lives in Quebec that French Canadians are more open. Now Dorkysupergirl takes offense when I speak out against how the French for not being open and intellectually designing their society in a very discriminatory way, she objects.

I'm sorry but there's no other way I can reply to her than how I have. Siding with a way of thinking that is so unfair is something I cannot accept and therefore, must react against.

On November 22, 2009
Edited: October 24, 2009 @ 18:55
Old Post! Oct 24, 2009 @ 21:55:36#9
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I don't respond to those trying to bait me. I also don't respond to those who think a particular culture is a certain way.

Merci beaucoup, mon ami.




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On November 22, 2009
Old Post! Oct 25, 2009 @ 09:35:18#10
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I wish I didn't have to judge the mainland French as I do, but given my experiences, I have no choice. My friend Habil, a security guard is a victim of their system. He has worked as a security guard for ten years without a raise in salary or a promotion. This suggests to me he doesn't have the studies to, a direct consequence of being conditioned by society not to want to be anything more than he is. I do not condone this.

On November 22, 2009
Old Post! Oct 25, 2009 @ 10:12:53#11
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There are people all over the world without an education. Some can't afford it, some don't need it, some don't want it as they see nothing wrong with manual labor/a good honest job, and some might not live close enough to a grad school to finish their education. What does that have to do with the French?

On November 22, 2009
Old Post! Oct 26, 2009 @ 18:22:31#12
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It has to do with how they create very strong bounderies in their social system. For example, my friend Robert's grandfather started as a packager. He climbed up the ladder to become head of packaging. That is all well and good in France as it helps contribute to the work force, but they would never understand how his daughter went to University and obtained an English Literature degree. This would be going above her station, which was so carefully and thoughtfully designed by a society that believes too strongly in categories of people.

I find such a way of thinking deplorable and utterly without conscience. One side of Britain, the Labour Party, does not support it and neither does the US. Thank goodness they don't.

On November 22, 2009
Edited: October 26, 2009 @ 18:23
Old Post! Nov 06, 2009 @ 09:28:08#13
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The way I see it, France follows a very strict form of the ancient Latin culture. The society defines responsibilities in very concrete terms. They select this particular group of people to this, another to do that and vice versa. There is no social climbing so to speak as the members of the various social classes are content to be where they are because they have been raised to feel that way.

I on the other hand am from a society that strives for the equality of all classes. Where I used to live the ones in power sought a better future for all British Citizens, not the categorized stratification the French hold in such high regard. I do not condone making people content with a certain amount in the interests of society. It's an old and depressing system.

On November 22, 2009
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