Comments on: Who said the French are cowards?

By: From my French window » Boiling over

From my French window » Boiling over — Thu, 11 May 2006 11:15:49 +0000

[...] France is it’s own country not for anyone to give back! France never belonged to any other country. The French were always French! They fought hard and thousands died during each war with Germany. Even after the Nazi Reich took France in WWII, the French resistance kept fighting. [...]

By: From my French window » Blog Archive » Call it like it is

From my French window » Blog Archive » Call it like it is — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:58:06 +0000

[...] See my recent post Who said the French are cowards? to learn more about the brave Frenchmen who died for their country and the world. [...]

By: From my French window » Blog Archive » Thinking Thursday is too big for me

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:35:34 +0000

[...] I feel happy when I do a post like Who said the French are cowards? or sharing a great blog or website like Daily Dancer. While I will still write the occasional post about something that bugs me like my Whos that Girl? post, I just cannot commit myself to doing it every single week. [...]

By: Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:13:29 +0000

I think that every country has people in it that don’t understand or even care if what they say is right or not and if it hurts others.

Roland,
Thank you for your beautiful comment. It is exactly my point. And, you said it so perfectly.

Thank you all for commenting. The real reason I first started this blog was to find a way to show Americans and the world who the French are. My blog then quickly turned into a sort of medicine for my homesickness and I have met many people through my blog. It has, also, become a sounding board for my thoughts.
However, my blog is best used when I am able to make a post like this.

It makes me happy to share what I have seen and learned about these brave Frenchmen.

Buzzgirl, You will have a great time and I hope someday to meet up with some fellow bloggers. It would be fun.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 03:23:40 +0000

“Ils ne passeront pas”

and they didn’t!

Vive la France.

By: roland

roland — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:17:43 +0000

your post touch me deeply.
I’am only 46 and I , didn’t know the horror of war but my grand-grand father told me. americans can’t understand why french surender so fast during WW2! Every village have 10 or 20 men who didn’t came back twenty years ago. Every day they can see in the streets mens with legs and arms missing,”les gueules cassées” (the broken faces with leather masks). The war had touch every family during 4 years and every one had swear “plus jamais cela” (never again)
. I leave in a little town in south of France and every day , in the heart of the town,I pass in front of the american cemetary of the WW2 and my heart is full of gratitude to those young boys who came from so far to fight and are now in a grave near my free house.
The mane gate is just in front of 2 schools where 2000 students go daily and trust me you can’t pretend to do not see all those white . We shear this land with all of those dead young boys
I think to them may be more often than most of american do!
I don’t agree with all the GWB staff and the way he pretend to rule “his” world but I say thank you to all thoses famillys who loose a child.

By: D

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:39:58 +0000

Unfortunately, for people like that…ignorance is bliss.

By: buzzgirl

buzzgirl — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:01:49 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, and for your kind words. I really appreciate it.

Maybe one day you’ll meet up with some fellow bloggers, too! This’ll be my first time, actually. Jenn (noplacelikeit) has two kids, and I’ll have my 11 year old daughter with me, I think (I’m not sure if we’re meeting before or after I pick her up.) I think it will be good. I’m also going to get a coffee with Eric (parisdailyphoto) which makes me feel strangely honoroed – he’s like, famous! :)

By: peepfrench

peepfrench — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 19:18:56 +0000

Excellent post…A few years back, my husband (who’s from the Lorraine region) took me and the kids to visit this place where this village once existed in Verdun..I’ll never forget those images recorded in my mind as we toured the area…

Going back to the first part of your post, you’ll encounter ignorant people no matter where you go in this world…Aren’t you glad not to be one of them?

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:20:20 +0000

Very nice montage.

A couple of years ago I accompanied a class trip to Normandie and Picardie. We visited the American cemetery, as well as French, German and Canadian cemeteries. It was humbling.

I, too, was struck by how the land is still pockmarked, even after almost 90 years.