Wednesday, July 01, 2009

The Land of Freedom

A few years ago, because of some great and important slight, there was a movement in the US to re-name all things with the word 'French' in their name. 'French' was replaced with the word 'freedom.' Though on its face, this seems rather petty and childish, in reality it was quite masterful and a very advanced PR technique. The only problem with this plan was that it was lacking creative energy and burned out after changing 'french fries' to 'freedom fries' and 'french toast' to 'freedom toast.' We shouldn't have stopped there when there are so many more phrases that could be modified to really drive home the point about French cowardice (especially after we saved their asses in WWII).

I have come up with a few more terms that I think we should modify so that we can really drive the point home.

'French bread' should become 'freedom bread.'

'French wine' should be come 'freedom wine.'

'French kisses' should be 'freedom kisses.' (I don't know about you, but I know I don't feel free until there is at least a little bit of tongue).

In a similar vein, 'French ticklers' should become 'freedom tickers.'

On maps we should replace 'France' with 'Freedom' and then refer to the country formerly known as 'France' as 'freedom' or 'the land of freedom,' and if I know freedom-mens this will really get under their skin.

One of the most important changes is to turn 'French class' into 'freedom class.' No longer will people speak 'French,' now they will speak 'freedom.' Some might even have a freedom accent, presumably this is likely if freedom is their mother tongue.

A little more controversially, I think we should change 'French-Canadian' to 'Freedom-Canadian.'

Let's not forget that we need to modify the 'French Foreign Legion' so that it is the 'Freedom Foreign Legion.'

Most importantly, 'Frenchy's' should become 'Freedomy's.'

Some of you may think that it is a little odd that we might want to associate our most prized value with everything associated with the group we are trying to slight. Though the logic is not necessarily intuitive, it really does make sense. Through osmosis the French will eventually learn to value 'freedom' and understand that instead of making their own decisions and standing up to a more powerful state that they should actually do what they are told (don't they know what's best for them?). Only by associating 'freedom' to all things 'French' will the residents of France ever come to truly understand what 'freedom' means in our modern world (hopefully people in the US don't make the reverse association and connection all things French with freedom).

Surely we should now redouble our efforts to make up for lost time. Only through vigilance and continued effort will we ever be able to make sufficient progress on this front.

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