Rob writes:
In the meantime, we need to start doing some food renaming of our own. From now on, American Cheese is to be called “War Cheese”!
Of course, some so-called French foods are actually American as well, including apparently French toast (thanks to Joe Conason for the link). And why has no one demanded that we start pouring Creamy Victory Dressing on our salads? Is it because they realize it’s stupid and that our nation’s leaders ought to have better things to do with their time?
Look, even if I disagreed with the French on this — and I don’t — their representatives to the United Nations are simply executing the will of their people by attempting to avoid a needless and dangerous war. They’re acting like a democracy. Demanding that they follow the company line and bow to pressure from the United States demeans the principles of that democracy. Responding with bad French jokes and renaming foods is nothing but petty and childish.
And, as Neil Gaiman points out, it “will just make them laugh at you.”