Mock the French all you want

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

And attitude galore......Still mad about not being able to sustain an empire anymore

So they did what we should be doing and took care of business at home?

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

So they did what we should be doing and took care of business at home?

Your statement assumes the contraction of their empire was voluntary. For the most part it wasn't.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by goof2

Your statement assumes the contraction of their empire was voluntary. For the most part it wasn't.

I wasn't making any such assumption...contrary to popular belief, I did actually stay awake during history class. (granted, that was over a decade ago and I hear that most of history has been re-written since then)

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

I wasn't making any such assumption...contrary to popular belief, I did actually stay awake during history class. (granted, that was over a decade ago and I hear that most of history has been re-written since then)

The way I read it was you stated "They did" when it wasn't anything they actually did. The dwindling of their empire was done to them, not by them. Maybe I was reading too much in to your phrasing.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by goof2

The way I read it was you stated "They did" when it wasn't anything they actually did. The dwindling of their empire was done to them, not by them. Maybe I was reading too much in to your phrasing.

I was just talking about what they've done since, but according to some of these other posts, they aren't even doing that right.