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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Reaction from some quarters whenever France does something they disagree with.
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Freedom fries is a political euphemism for French fries in the United States. The term came to prominence in 2003 when the then Republican Chairman of the Committee on House Administration, Bob Ney, renamed the menu item in three Congressional cafeterias in response to France's opposition to the proposed invasion of Iraq. Although originally supported with several restaurants changing their menus as well, following declining support for the Iraq War, the term fell out of use. Following Ney's resignation as Chairman, it was quietly reverted.
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Okay, so some people are stupid.
I think it is fairly reasonable to penalize France for a stupid move by taking away the thing they are trying to control, mostly to prevent them from controlling it, also because they clearly do not appreciate that particular service. Also, Google as an independent company is perfectly welcome to pull out wherever they feel unwelcome, because they have no requirement to offer their services. Hopefully quicker than they did in China.
(I would highly disapprove of the US
demanding of Google that they pull out of France. I specifically stated my approval of a suggestion that Google do so of their own volition.)
Less reasonable is doing random garbage as a form of demagoguery.