- Apr 29, 2003
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OK, first of all, renaming French toast "Freedom toast" was childish. We did the same thing to the Germans in World War II, but is France really as bad as World War II Germany? I think not. Putting that aside though, why do we need to boycott France? Yes, their government did some pretty stupid things, but why do we have to try to hurt their economy? That's punishing the French people because their government did things they may or may not have agreed with. It troubles me that just because they (and many other countries) refused to go along with our wishes in the U.N., we boycott them. Bill O'Reilly seems to be leading the charge, and he's also advocating the boycott of every other country that did not support us in that war. It's a little scary to me when Bill O'Reilly is making foreign policy decisions for us. It works too, his viewers listen to every word he says without giving it a second thought. Personally, I think it's in everyone's best interest if we mend fences with France and put the past behind us.