Objectivity, French Style

Don't piss off Agence France Presse, the quasi-governmental French wire service. AFP ran this photo today:



Here's AFP's caption:

A British hooligan in the streets of Belgium. The typical Briton is polite, witty and phlegmatic, but lacks a certain style and has a dental hygiene issue while having an occasional drinking problem

Clearly, AFP isn't reluctant to generalize. So it's also acceptable to call the French "cheese-eating surrender monkeys."

(via LGF)

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The "typical Frenchman," by contrast, shoots unarmed civilians in Cote-d'Ivoire and conspires with terrorists in Iraq.