Archive for July 13th, 2005

Insulting the French is OK….Just Not Their Language

Insulting French is bad..mmmmkay? Tokyo Governor Sued for Insulting French   A group of teachers and translators in Japan on Wednesday sued Tokyo’s outspoken nationalist governor for allegedly calling French a “failed international language,” a news report said.   Twenty-one people filed the lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court, demanding that Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara [...]

Jul 13, 2005 | 2 comments | View Post

An Open Letter to Dov Bear (or Why I Read LGF)

Dear Mr Bear,   You have made very clear on many occasions your contempt for the blog Little Green Footballs. You have called it racist, and insinuated that you have to be an Arab-hater to like reading it.   While I agree that a minority of commenters on that blog can be rather extreme, I [...]

Jul 13, 2005 | 24 comments | View Post