"Gig Giacona" wrote in message
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Sounds a lot like the French argument during WWI to the effect that
allowing
pilots to wear parachutes would cause them to be more cowardly.


That's silly! The French couldn't be more cowardly.

Oh, give it up already. You're talking of the nation of, just in our own
endeavor, Bleriot and St Expury and his colleagues. The nation that lost
more men fighting the German machine to a standstill in WWI, than the US has
lost in all wars combined. The nation of the Resistance (whose bravery
easily exceeded that of the rebels in 1776). The home nation of Medecins
sans frontieres. And that's just free-associating, no googling, and only
20th century.

What is it with this France-bashing? Do you need someone to feel superior
to, because you can't feel superior on your own?

-- David Brooks