Are You Boycotting French or German Coins?

chiefbob · March 4, 2003 7:20AM

I absolutely despise the French and Germans for their anti-American sentiments. They are totally against us going in to Iraq, as they know we'll see the "Made in France" and "Made in Germany" logos stamped on the weaponry they've been selling Iraq for the last 12 years. Worse yet, we may find nuclear materials that they have also sold to old Saddam.

So, are you refusing to buy coins from France, Germany, or Belgium? I see the Coin World ads for Euros and although I wanted to buy some of the sets, I will not buy any Euros from these 3 countries.

Bob

wingedliberty · March 4, 2003 7:26AM

Here is my take on it.

We also supported Hussein against the Iatolla in the 80's and help fund his infastructure.
,but at least we are willing to admit it and will to admit that we want to tople him and pay the money
for a new infastructure without him.

The French and Germans contributed alot more as far as chemicals, nuclear knowhow and weaponry.
It boils down to this, they are hypocrites, and they can both go to hell. I am not ready to throw out
my Lafayette dollar, but am mad as hell at their hypocracy.

Brian.

littlewicher · March 4, 2003 7:29AM

French are just a bunch of 5 foot fairies dancing in tutus. Germans, well, they're cool.

I guess I'm a little biased, because my dad's side is German, and I'm a descendant of Erwin Rommell.

EVillageProwler · March 4, 2003 7:32AM

LW,

It would be helpful if you spelled Erwin's surname correctly!

EVP

keithdagen · March 4, 2003 7:32AM

Yes, I regularly boycott French and German coins. These are Dark Side coins, and should not be collected. Same with all other coins except those made in the good old US of A.

CLASSICS · March 4, 2003 7:33AM

and french dressing, and bmw,s.......

ajaan · March 4, 2003 7:34AM

I believe everyone should boycott early German thalers.

littlewicher · March 4, 2003 7:36AM

<< LW,

It would be helpful if you spelled Erwin's surname correctly!

EVP >>

Yeah, I should spell it right. I don't how to spell it, though. All I know is that I have his blood in me, and he was famous or something.

wingedliberty · March 4, 2003 7:39AM

Your relative was one of the greatest generals in history and commanded the North Afrika Corps for
the German Army in WWII. Just thought you should know.

Brian.

clevegreg · March 4, 2003 7:44AM

LOL

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gmarguli · March 4, 2003 7:45AM

The coins they have minted years ago produce no profit for them now, so buying they isn't going to help their economy.

However, you should feel free to not buy anything made in these countries - especially france.

The official flag of france:

Spinynorman · March 4, 2003 7:46AM

<< Yes, I regularly boycott French and German coins. These are Dark Side coins, and should not be collected. Same with all other coins except those made in the good old US of A. >>

This was made in the good old US of A.

Should we be ashamed?

cacheman · March 4, 2003 7:47AM

I buy them but it is only so they can't get their hands on them...

CLASSICS · March 4, 2003 7:51AM

<< Your relative was one of the greatest generals in history and commanded the North Afrika Corps for
the German Army in WWII. Just thought you should know.

Brian. >>

...............he also wanted to see hitler dead, and came to realize he was a madman. and germany was going to lose the war.....when hitler found out about this... hilters ss offered him a choice........kill yourself, or we will do it for you............he took his own life to protect his family so no harm would come to them. he was given a full nazi funeral with all the hoop-la.

wingedliberty · March 4, 2003 7:59AM

Ron:
I saw that on the History Channel, you're right.

Brian.

littlewicher · March 4, 2003 8:20AM

Always nice to know that Hitler was trying to kill my relatives.

Goldmember · March 4, 2003 8:23AM

Screw the Froggies!!!!!

dwood · March 4, 2003 8:25AM

All thalers were made in France, even the German ones.

DO NOT BUY THALERS!!!

CLASSICS · March 4, 2003 8:27AM

<< Ron:
I saw that on the History Channel, you're right.

Brian. >>

..............hi brian, i love the history channel, but missed that one. hope they show it again. iam a history buff ........but i did see the one about hilters bunker........yes they found it burried beneith a parking lot in berlin.........its under a little grassy area with flowers and a tree.........surrounded by apt. buildings..........they are thinking about preserving it, as a piece of history. once a place where madman walked, now the flowers grow there...........and children play..........

Barry · March 4, 2003 8:48AM

There's a local restaurant that has removed French wine from their menu, and renamed French Fries to Freedom Fries. They've been getting good press covereage, as it even appeared on Phila TV news the other night.

indianabyron · March 4, 2003 9:05AM

Swishy french men drinking their red wine. LOL being of germany decient I cant knock the germans. But I dont like their take on Iraq. One of my german cousins, asked me if I support Bush I said hell no I dont support him I support all the troops who really have their asses on the line. She understood what I ment. She told me that most Germany people support the US troops. But they dont support Bush.

Can you say 1 term president. Just like Daddy

Byron

TomB · March 4, 2003 9:19AM

So, lw, what is your relation to him? You should be able to give us a pretty good lineage since he has not been dead all that long.

MacCrimmon · March 4, 2003 10:22AM

The French can't even win their own bicycle race anymore!!!

I hope Lance Armstrong wins SIX Tours de France.....more than any other Frechie Ba$tard ever has.

Long live Mercxx ..... long live Lemond ...... long liveARMSTRONG!!!!!

dwood · March 4, 2003 10:30AM

I knew I liked MacC!

Don't forget Miguel Indurain of Spain. He owned the TdF for a while also!

littlewicher · March 4, 2003 10:34AM

<< So, lw, what is your relation to him? You should be able to give us a pretty good lineage since he has not been dead all that long. >>

If I remember correctly, his sister was my great, great grandmother or something to that effect. I can't remember exactly.

Petescorner · March 4, 2003 10:36AM

In protest, I am no longer French kissing my wife! (How's that for a visual you could do without?!)

SarasotaFrank · March 4, 2003 10:44AM

In the words of Donald Rumsfeld:

"Going to war without the support of the French is like going deer hunting withour your accordian!"

I have a long standing policy of not buying anything made in Japan, if I can help it. I watch a lot of History Channel. WOuld I buy anything made in France? They don't make anything worth a sh*t - so it's a no-brainer.

Can you imagine driving a Peugot?

CLASSICS · March 4, 2003 10:49AM

i dont hate the french people or the germany people, iam sure there are a lot of them who want saddam and his henchmen gone.........its the ones living there who turn thier heads the other way, how quickly the forget if not for the united states most if not all of them would have ended up in hitlers gas chambers.........fools.........

MacCrimmon · March 4, 2003 10:50AM

Ah yes!!! the BIG MIG!!!

FIVE IN A ROW! Actually, between Lemond, Armstrong and Mig, they've won 12 of the last 17 tours.

And true to the French worm Hinault, he tried to SCREW Lemond in '86 after Greg insured the French pig
would win his fifth in 1985....Lemond was the best cyclist in '85 also, won in '86 and would have dominated the
next three years had his brother-in-law not shot-gunned him while hunting. I still think the greatest single
stage event was Lemond kicking that "pompous-ass" Frenchmen (help me dwood, his name slips my mind)
in 1989 on the penultimate time trial.......I'm still laffin'

BTW, the 10 centime is a nice pre-WWI design.......and while we're at it French wine was destroyed in the late
1800s by American root stock and it took a couple Germans to solve the "pesty" little problem.......but that's
another story....I need to go and pour a "wee bit of the creature".....Victoria and I need to "eyeball" each other.

BSqr · March 4, 2003 10:51AM

SarasotaFrank - too funny - ya gotta love Don Rumsfeld

terrorists on their way to vacation in Cuba

DobroDave · March 4, 2003 11:47AM

A buddy forwarded me this email a few months ago. Don't know if it's true or not, but it makes for a good read.

>Subject: Marine in Bosnia
>
>
>Note the signature, but read it last.
>
>From a Marine in Bosnia. Note the signature, but read it last.
>
>A funny thing happened to me yesterday at Camp Bondsteel (Bosnia): A
>French army officer walked up to me in the PX, and told me he
>thought we(Americans) were a bunch of cowboys and were going to
>provoke a war. He said if such a thing happens, we wouldn't be able
>to count on the support of France.
>
>I told him that it didn't surprise me. Since we had come to France's
>rescue in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold War,
>their ingratitude and jealousy was due to surface at some point in
>the near future anyway. That is why France is a third-rate military
>power with a socialist Economy and a bunch of f_ggots for soldiers.
>I additionally told him that America, being a nation of deeds and
>action, not words, would do whatever it had to do, and France's
>support was only for show anyway. Just like in ALL NATO exercises,
>the US would shoulder 85% of the burden, as evidenced by the fact
>that the French officer was shopping in the American PX, and not the
>other way around.
>
>He began to get belligerent at that point, and I told him if he
>would Like to, I would meet him outside in front of the Burger King
>and beat his ass in front of the entire Multi-National Brigade East,
>thus demonstrating that even the smallest American had more fight in
>him than the average Frenchman. He called me a barbarian cowboy and
>walked away in a huff. With friends like these, who needs enemies?
>
>Mary Beth Johnson LtCol, USMC

JoyofCollecting · March 4, 2003 12:43PM

What was it I saw a columnist call the French the other day:

"Cheese-eating, surrender monkeys"

Did you hear about the classified ad in the French newspaper the other day?

"For sale. Surplus army rifles. Never fired and dropped only once."

My father parachuted into Normandy and liberated the first French town at Normandy...St. Mere Eglise. I still have the yellowed letter from the mayor of the town describing their heroic efforts. He was then awarded the silver star for his efforts at the Battle of the Bulge fought mostly in Belgium. My uncle is buried in France as a result of wounds sustained during the invasion..... he had just turned twenty. It will be a cold day in hell before any son or daughter of mine risks their lives for the people of France or Belgium.

I'm a bit more sympathetic to the German point of view. I think their hesitancy to go to war stems from a national paranoia and shame for their past war behaviors. I think they are still too shocked by their own behaviors and actions in WWII to consider war as a necessary evil. They have been raised to believe that war is unnecessary and bad...period. The French on the other hand are just making one last gasp at trying to be a world power....and destroying the UN and possibly the EU in that effort.

Are You Boycotting French or German Coins?

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