"You really don’t want to piss off the French." That's right and don't anyone ever forget it. They stand up to short-sighted self interests and have a long tra

"You really don’t want to piss off the French." That's right and don't anyone ever forget it. They stand up to short-sighted self interests and have a long tradition of going out to the streets to protect their rights. After all, that is why they are not a feudal empire but a democratic republic. There is a lot we can learn from the French and the Swiss. Governments should be afraid of their people, not people of their governments.