On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 13:20:09 +0900, "cc" <cpasuneadresse@spam.com>
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>"Raj Feridun" <rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> wrote in message

>> My comments on the Francais were relating to the very elderly (let's
>> 75 and up)

>The ages most Americans never reach ?

No doubt Americans get unhealthier every year most obviously in the
overweight department. I'm shocked when I go home to see the routinely
obese. I spent most of my adult years at a very fat 115kg (181.5cm)
until I finally got smart about 2 years ago and dieted myself down to
80kg where I've stayed for over a year now. America is ballooning out
of control. What is even more shocking are the small children I hear
about now developing type 2 diabetes from obesity. Something needs to
be done about it quick.

>> and the families that abandoned them in the summer heat
>> wave.

>This is not even the case. I have read that affirmation many times in
>American
>media, always associated to criticism about the French army not helping
>Americans to cope the heat wave in Middle East.

Well, if you say so. I don't limit myself to the US media though.
Here's a good one from the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3181941.stm

"Is it normal that last night there were 300 people who hadn't been
buried because the family had not turned up to claim the body. Is that
the government's fault?" demanded the state secretary for the elderly,
Hubert Falco.

"There are 300 families who have not yet realised that they have a
granny or a mother who is dead." 

While we're talking about France what concerns me most  at the moment
is the rising anti-Semitism. Jews who are old enough to remember say
it reminds them alot of the atmosphere at the beginning of the
holocaust. It ranges from graffiti on synagogues to firebombings to
attacks on rabbis. I read on BBC last week that Jewish leaders are
urging men not to wear their yamulkes in public so as to protect their
safety.

It really is concerning.

Raj

>You can find tons of examples of French not being kind. No need to invent
>more.

I agree. I didn't think I had.