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re: Can anyone explain Alabama fans’ infatuation with using French heritage as an insult?
Posted on 3/9/24 at 9:10 pm to captdalton
Posted on 3/9/24 at 9:10 pm to captdalton
quote:Not that anyone cares, but the French treated WW2 like they did older European wars; they weren't concerned about Hitler and the Nazis. They went on the operating principle that "France would stay France", and not become a subordinate territory to Germany; and that politics would sort themselves out in about a decade at most. When the Germans got the jump and a clean shot at Paris, they didn't want their country ravaged like in WW1, with Paris possibly leveled. So to preserve their culture and historical sites, they tapped out.quote:
What made the French weak?
I don’t know. You tell me. I just know if it weren’t for England and the United States they would be speaking German right now.
Why have they become so prone to throwing down their weapons and surrendering? It is nature or nuture?
I'd say it wasn't so much 'cowardice', as it was short-sighted, and displayed a lack of understanding of how the 20th Century was going. They didn't grasp that it wasn't just a territorial dispute or a "Germans and French shooting at each other" event, Western Civ and democracy was at stake.
And many French absolutely hated that decision, fwiw.
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Posted on 3/9/24 at 9:24 pm to Scoob
So they were scared Germany would destroy their cities if they put up a fight. So, afraid of that, they just surrendered.
That sounds like the definition of cowardice.
I think World War One broke the French. So many of their men with a sense of honor and bravery were killed. All they were left with were the shirkers that hid in the ditch and lived. Those are the ones that rebuilt France after World War One. And we have been seeing the consequences of that for the last 100 years.
That sounds like the definition of cowardice.
I think World War One broke the French. So many of their men with a sense of honor and bravery were killed. All they were left with were the shirkers that hid in the ditch and lived. Those are the ones that rebuilt France after World War One. And we have been seeing the consequences of that for the last 100 years.
Posted on 3/9/24 at 9:25 pm to Scoob
And I don’t disagree with you. I think we just have different ways of looking at it.
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