[Ronn_Bman]

Originally posted by Masklinn: I was more talking of France-USA relationship since you felt the need to start on it. Which is (was - they prefer bashing on russians now) "I don't agree - You suck" kind of talk. If you'd been German, I'd have used Schroeder and the German government as the example. You are French, so please don't think everything I say about the French govenment is because I'm trying to "start on it" again. I'm really, really not. [img]smile.gif[/img] I did not know Canadian statesmen said that kind of things. But was it official ? I mean were they speaking in the name of the Canadian Govt and people ? I don't think so.

The statements were at the bottom of the article. Does it matter if it was official? Should all unoffical remarks by govenment officials be ignored?

Rumsfeld's "Old Europe" remark wasn't officially sanctioned terminology, but I don't remember anyone ignoring it. Let's be fair, if we are going to take what government officials say and talk about it, let's talk about all of it.

Ignoring or making excuses for the Canadian government officials "bastard" and "failed statesmen" comments while focusing on the dreadfully wrong American "disappointed" comment is really hypocritical.

[ 03-26-2003, 09:30 AM: Message edited by: Ronn_Bman ]