@cystic:
@Yanny:
Your from Canada right? Well your acting like a typical American.
1. We are not better than France.
2. France is not better than us.
3. France is the leader of Europe.
4. France has a history 10x Longer than North America.
Your swinging Nation vs Nation here, not talkng about the census. I am tired of this Roman type idea Americans have about themselves. Yes, I know your Canadian.
really Yanny, i’m not at all sure where this is coming from . . . . I mean, i tease FinsterniS a little bit, but i’m not really taking any shots at any nation, but i don’t recall being aggressively insulting. I really don’t believe that any country is better than France (although it’s my patriotic duty to claim that Canada is better than everyone :) ), i don’t believe that France is the leader of Europe, or that any nation is, and i believe that the France today is not really that old (Portugal has the longest history of nationhood dating back to the 1180’s or so), but there are a lot of buildings and ideas that are old in France.
Look at my record on here. Certainly i have strong opinions, however i do try and keep them objective, and struggle to rise above my base-nature, even if provoked.
(and please do not compare me to a typical American - those people keep me out of all of my most desired tourist spots :D )
Overall each culture is equal. But different… All culture have its strength. American are not very good in Math, French in management and German in marketing :evil:
Also CC, France was really soon a country in europe. In the 9th century it was a country with relative unity.
About leadership, France is not better than other European country; but they are still the leader in europe, now with Germany. Back to the first move of the Union; Italy lack stability, Germany lack the power to start the union & the UK was too isolated, France take the lead, now Germany & France form the backbone of our union.