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French do not deserve lashing

I am writing in response to Brent McIntosh's ridiculous and extremely offensive article ("Confessions of a Francophobe," 3/15/96) entailing all the ways he hates the country of France. I have two questions: What is this guy's problem and what has France, or any French person ever done to him? He even states right in his own article that he really has no reason to hate France, he just does. I've read for weeks now as McIntosh has put down everything and everyone he can think of, but this article was just too much.

Making fun of the French language, calling the people whiny, insulting their soccer team ... is this what he has been reduced to? This article is so ludicrous and without merit, it's really quite comical. First of all, none of it is true, and even if it were, does he have nothing better to do with his meager journalistic talents than attack a country that basically won us the Revolutionary War?

I don't care if this article is meant as a joke or not. As someone who happens to be part French, I don't appreciate it and I would encourage McIntosh to make better use of his column space in the future by concentrating on something that's either true or amusing. He can take his pick.

JEREMY LASEUR