Sinister: French fries, French bread, French dressing...

[Philippe Garnier]

Erin wrote :
>Hey kids,
>     Philippe writes the most beautiful letters, doesn't he?  I just 
>want to say thank you to Philippe and Mark C and everyone else who says 
>they like Americans.  I have experienced the "I hate all Americans, but 
>I guess *you're* okay..." and it's so nice to think there *are* 
>welcoming arms in every country.  I know America has a bad rep 
>sometimes, especially what we read of France's opinion of us.  I know 
>many people who are scared to visit France, for fear they all hate us.  
>If there are even five boys and girls in France as nice as Philippe and 
>the other Sinisterines, I will have to take a holiday there.  Let's have 
>a picnic, I say.
>

Scared to visit France ! Why ?
The truth is that sometimes America seems awful to us. I can only tell my
feelings, not the point of view of all the french people. I like America
because of blues, jazz, rock, writers. Because I love Cormac Mc Carthy,
Paul Auster, Woody Allen, Bill Evans, Jim Harrison, John Cassavetes, John
Coltrane, Lambchop, etc...
But there are also many things that I dont like : all the bad movies coming
from Hollywood, puritanism, death penalty, trash TV, Mac Donalds, Kenneth
Starr...

I will come to the US next year, and I will live there at least one year.
I will certainly miss Europe, and France. I love my country, but I dont
sing our national anthem every morning. I am not particularly proud to be
french: I'm not responsible for being french, I didn't choose. Let's try to
take the best from all the countries. From Scotland, I take Belle &
Sebastian !

And tonight I will watch Doctor Carter, Docter Green, Doctor Ross on TV...
it's an emergency :)

Philippe, the french boy
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