Viv Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Do you think they will see a funny side to this? Or view is as typical English racism? http://www.jet2.com/News.aspx?id=65If I was French, I don't think I would want to use them anymore.I notice that this article isn't reproduced on the French section of their website! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 That version leaves out the fact that the guy referred to the French a 'Lazy Frogs'.Edit, woops I see it's the main headline![:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Why attribute to racism that which can be more easily explained by "completely p i s s e d off"? [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2117625,00.htmlLazy Frogs? Surely not. Socialist solidarity, not indolence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 I can fully identify with being held up at airports etc,[:@] it just seems to me that as far as the Brits go, referring to people as Frogs and Krauts is still more acceptable term than some to describe other people and races. I just wondered why these terms seem to still be so socially acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Which is the Frog and which is the Rosbif? The dog is definitely a frog, the Rosbif is probably the one counting the money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 Christine,You have pictures for every occasion. [:D]I think there should be a new section called "Challenge Christine" where we give you a theme and see how long it takes you to find an apt picture [I] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tourangelle Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I don't think it is funny, I think it is just stupid and reflects very badly on the company involved. How unprofessional. Of course it is incredibly annoying to be caught up in strikes. However this trite piece of nonsense seems to suggest that the people who are on strike are do so lightly and don't care about the issue, or don't know why. This is clearly not the case as anybody who has followed the debate knows. Well I feel sorry for people who are delayed but I hope this company is losing lots of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 Philip Meeson may become the new Gerald Ratner, when the French press get hold of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossumGirl Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Well, personally it makes me never want to use them for my travel. I think that going on strike to support someone else's cause is actually pretty admirable. That kind of thing pretty much never happens in the U.S. where workers are used to being treated as a disposible commodity.Yes, strikes are inconvenient for many of us, but if 80% of the population is against a law and the government is not willing to listen to them, then perhaps it's the only way to get some action.PG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 [quote user="viva"][:@] it just seems to me that as far as the Brits go, referring to people as Frogs and Krauts is still more acceptable term than some to describe other people and races. I just wondered why these terms seem to still be so socially acceptable. [/quote]Why not? I always get the sheep jokes and it really doesnt bother me. I find them boring yes, but nothing to wave a banner about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 But why is it OK to make 'jokes' about some races and not others? Had the strikes been in Pakistan for example, do you think the man would have got away with calling them "lazy p**is" , of course not and quite right too, I just can't get my head round this continued thing about it being ok to insult the French and Germans, and as Possum Girl stated, the ignoramus clearly had no idea of the history behind the strikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I call French people French and German people German. People can call me what they like. If the sheep jokes are said with a smile I roll my eyes and give a little titter if it makes them feel good. If it is said in a personal tone that is different. To be honest all this PC rubbish tires me out. It is all getting that we are too afraid to breathe. And I wonder where it will all end. I feel strong enough to take anything that comes my way with regards to racist remarks because I feel happy with what I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 I think Christine's beer tent was done in the spirit of the old "entente cordiale" eg mutually self depracating (sp?) but I think the comments on that website were not done in the same spirit. Like you said the spirit it is meant in can make a difference and this blokes comments , to me, seemed BNP funny rather than acceptable funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I agree but what's a bit of frog, rostbif and sourkraut amongs mates. (Especially in the six nations!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted April 4, 2006 Author Share Posted April 4, 2006 Ummm, well I will eat rosbif and saurkraut but not the other![+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I think I must be the only person left in the world who Approves of Political Correctness. Not the loony kind which is frequently invented as far as I can make out, but the kind where you treat people with civility, and that includes how you refer to their nationality.Imagine how embarassing it would have been if Sharon the Martian had arrived here, only to find we called her planetfolk 'Marts'.[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 I know some might find it offensive but I think it may be meant as just a silly joke. It is probably related to the Crazy Frog craze a few months back. Perhaps a turn on words and someone's idea of being clever, instead of Crazy Frog they are using Lazy Frog, the frog cartoon in the link even looks similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 [quote user="viva"]Ummm, well I will eat rosbif and saurkraut but not the other![+o(][/quote]Is that racist these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Martian Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 HelloThe Jupiterians refer to us as 'Marshies' and the Uranians call us 'Martian Mallows'.I was ejected from The Spread Eagle in Stratford by the landlord after he pointed to a sign which stated "Martians Not Welcome" I took my custom to The Angel, where I was made very welcome regardless of my Martian origins. The Queens Legs were closed all week-end.The Martian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davies Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 [quote user="Tresco"]I think I must be the only person left in the world who Approves of Political Correctness. Not the loony kind which is frequently invented as far as I can make out, but the kind where you treat people with civility, and that includes how you refer to their nationality.[/quote] Not quite the last person, I do agree with you. Thank goodness for the political correctness that makes words like 'spastic', 'kaffir' and lunatic and so on, things of the past. One rule in life that I've found to be true is that when people have the power to have the last laugh, they will generally exercise it. That's why as a motorist in London, you don't insult traffic wardens; as a business man in Japan you find that if you use the term 'Japs', doors will close faster than you ever thought possible; and I suspect if you are a boss of an airline that uses the term lazy frogs, you might just find that air traffic control in France will tend to put your planes at the back of the take off queue and your baggage to take its time getting to the carousel!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Katie Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Oi Martian, did you end up in the theatre royal or the nuthouse. Moro's was a good place to hang out as well you know on the broadway![;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dotty0 Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Or could it just be some clever marketing. We are all talking about them, I'd never heard of them before this post. How many of you hadn't and if you had, did you have a look around their website?Dotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 [quote user="Dotty0"]Or could it just be some clever marketing....[/quote]Not in my case. I just think the guy was stupid; like a previous poster mentioned, on a par with Gerald Ratner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furry Knickers Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Well I think it's grand having a Martian on the forum! I bet there are none Martians on that Total France place! They won't allow Mr Smiths kittens or me badgers, so a Martian has no chance! Are you here long Martian? I would love to meet anyone from another world!"I have never met a Martian I never liked, but I have never met a Martian" as me Aunty Alice once said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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