ok look, I try not to make sweeping statements about the French because of course I realise that everyone is an individual, every country has it's stunninghunks and every country contains people I'd probably call friend if met in the right circumstances. There are a few Frenchmen in this world I actually quite like. In fact if you look waaaaaay back in my family tree you'll even find a Frenchman....um....well ok, Norman, slightly different but not much.
But there's a **** load of people in Britain who dont think like me........
See, what a lot of people seem to forget is that the French are the Enemy. Yes it does warrant a capital E. I mean sure, we've had little spats with the Germans and the Italians and the Argies, etc, but over the coarse of British history we've been at war with France, for one reason or another, longer than any other nation has been at war with anyone. Period. We've had wars that lasted decades......I'm talking three generations here. The French used to cut the fingers off English longbowmen if captured in battle. That's where the two fingered salute stems from (wont mean much to a yank but the Brit's know what I mean). See? Fighting France is embedded in British culture.
These yobs who've taken it upon themselves to beat up some British tourists have no idea what they just started.........
