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Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:27 pm
by chris lavoie
We were doing a tour in Nice France last year. We noticed 2 couples we met the night before on the same tour as us. I asked them "I thought you were AMERICAN" ?? They reconfirmed they were. I asked them "Then why are you wearing the CANADIAN flag pin that CANADIANS wear when abroad" They replied," We didn't want anyone here to know we were AMERICAN". After the conversation with them I noticed I myself was wearing my Orlando T Shirt, with an AMERICAN flag on the front. I'm Canadian. I also wore it the following day on another tour.
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:12 pm
by slowandeasy
Chris,
You should have asked them if anyone in America was holding a gun to their head and forcing them to stay!! And I as an American would also have told them. If your unhappy or ashamed of the country that has done so much for so many. PACK UP THEIR SHIT AND GET THE HELL OUT, AND DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT THEM IN THE ASS ON THE WAY OUT!!
Take care, Willie
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:23 pm
by ferjr
slowandeasy wrote:Chris,
You should have asked them if anyone in America was holding a gun to their head and forcing them to stay!! And I as an American would also have told them. If your unhappy or ashamed of the country that has done so much for so many. PACK UP THEIR SHIT AND GET THE HELL OUT, AND DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT THEM IN THE ASS ON THE WAY OUT!!
Take care, Willie
Exactly!!!! I would have been embarrassed to be in France personally.
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 6:32 pm
by chris lavoie
fejr, we were the only CANADIANS on that tour. The rest were AMERICANS. Many hunters from YOUR country were on this trip.
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:21 pm
by ferjr
chris lavoie wrote:fejr, we were the only CANADIANS on that tour. The rest were AMERICANS. Many hunters from YOUR country were on this trip.
If there was so many Americans there, why would they hide being from America? I mean if the rest were Americans like you claimed. It was probably a bunch of tree hugging city folk from California, Oregon, New York or the coast of Washington. I personally dont know any self respecting American hunter that would go to France.
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:56 pm
by chris lavoie
ferj, you'd be surprised!! It was just the two couples wearing the pins. I was okay with it.
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:43 pm
by 1bludawg
Perhaps they were just afraid for the safety of their families .When Americans travel abroad they instantly become targets for the nutjobs who hate us! France has a very large Muslim population and they would like nothing better than to kill some Americans .Of course they're not all like that but some certainly are!
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:06 am
by Ker_man
Whats the point chris? Did you not have a Canadian flag to wear?
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:01 am
by chris lavoie
Didn't have a pin or ever felt like wearing a pin to give my nationality away. Not once did I feel threatened like some in the group did. Went up to a scenic lookout by a tram. When everyone got back on the tram to go back down, there was a commotion in the first car. It was a French tourist who refused to sit with americans in the same car as him. The French tourist was kicked off the tram, he had to wait for the next one. We had problems such as this quite often on this trip.
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 12:38 pm
by Nolte
Would the french tourist be OK with a German sitting in the same tram? You'd think they'd have a bigger objection to that, but then again that would make sense. It must be a lot to ask for just a little respect for the 60,000 buried on french soil.
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 1:46 pm
by slowandeasy
Nolte wrote:Would the french tourist be OK with a German sitting in the same tram? You'd think they'd have a bigger objection to that, but then again that would make sense. It must be a lot to ask for just a little respect for the 60,000 buried on french soil.
Nolte,
When you hit the nail on the head you sure drive it home!! The cold hard truth is, if it weren't for Americans the sorry SOBS would be speaking German. And I guess like always. The truth is always hard to chew fine enough to swallow. And seems like pure hell!!!!
Take care, Willie
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:07 pm
by ferjr
slowandeasy wrote:Nolte wrote:Would the french tourist be OK with a German sitting in the same tram? You'd think they'd have a bigger objection to that, but then again that would make sense. It must be a lot to ask for just a little respect for the 60,000 buried on french soil.
Nolte,
When you hit the nail on the head you sure drive it home!! The cold hard truth is, if it weren't for Americans the sorry SOBS would be speaking German. And I guess like always. The truth is always hard to chew fine enough to swallow. And seems like pure hell!!!!
Take care, Willie
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:56 pm
by 1bludawg
It seems like everyone hates the good ole USA,that is until they need our help.Then we usually give it in the form of our money or the blood of America's warriors! Money we can't afford to give and lives we can't afford to lose and yet they still hate us!
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 3:01 am
by chris lavoie
The only reason that I brought this up is that this was the discussion in the lodge the other night. There were 15 hunters here. I mentioned it on this thread for discussion. I hope I didn't offend anyone!!!
Re: Proud To Be AMERICAN "EH"
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:02 am
by easttntrapper
1bludawg wrote:It seems like everyone hates the good ole USA,that is until they need our help.Then we usually give it in the form of our money or the blood of America's warriors! Money we can't afford to give and lives we can't afford to lose and yet they still hate us!
Exactly right. I gave 8 years of my life to the Army. Been to more than one place that hated us. Until they needed our money or protection.