You wouldn't do that at home? Well, Paris is home!

(Several tips of the cap: Carine, Erik Svane, Valerie de M, and Hervé)

Paris, the City of Lights, the navel of culture and sophistication, and an open sewer for the convenience of all citizen pets.

We have reported earlier on La Mairie de Paris vainly trying to inspire Parisians to pick up after themselves and their pets. Alas, Parisians cannot be bothered.

The aldermen commissioned a special fleet of little green mechanical brooms, "moto-crottes" (scil., turd motorcycles, a play on the word "moto-cross") The little broom is also known as the "Chirac-lette" ("chi" is pronounced as "to shit", "raclette" means "squeegee") in honor of former mayor Jack, visionary poo fighter -- "He saw the poo."

["Chirac-lettes"] have operated for 20 years. ... Studies later showed the machine not to be very efficient, as they only actually picked up about 20% of the turds. The overall expenditure by the hygiene department for this purpose, of USD $12-$18 million, worked out to about $7 per lb of shit, or roughly 60 cents for each turd.

Today Paris remains immerded to the hock. What to do? Why not graphically elevate the problem underfoot with slick posters of steamy hot crottes! Brilliant.

One can only imagine the great fun had during this photo shoot.

It seems to us something is missing, the message is not complete: The poulette exiting the tub firmly plants her foot in the geometric center of the freshly shat crottes. The whole Paris experience.

There's more. Paris apparently also serves as an all-purpose trash can for its citizens. The whole series can be viewed here.

PFFT (What is this?): Civic pride 0 | Artful tastelessness 4 | Rayonnement français 0

I visited Paris when I was 6 yo. The main impression I had of Paris was the dog poop and litter. I lived in Detroit at the time so it must have really been a mess by comparison.

Thank you for the gift of a fabulous word. "Immerded" is a splendid addition to any lexicon.

How fitting.
France: The doormat of history.
They sure know how to lead out there, no?

Maybe FEMA could teach the city of Paris a thing or two about cleaning their shit? At least Parisians don't have to worry about being shat at, excuse me, shot at in the process...

zoomerex,

Several days late and many euros short. Snipers in New Orleans were rumors started by hyterical journalists and politicians. Most shots fired were from people on roofs signaling for help. Per retraction from NO "Times-Picayune."

M. Zmx,

I see you have posted here to have your little laugh over the Katrina disaster in America's southeast. And of course it is a superior laugh. Whence does such a laugh issue?

We think back to August of 2003 where France -- the socialist paradise, the liberal European model -- could not muster enough family piety or republican compassion or logistical competence to prevent the largely preventable deaths of 15,000 of her citizens.

We did not laugh.

DGB

Logistical incompetence you said (and rightly so)?

Now I'm really laughing.

We did not laugh.

Oh look, Saint Damian is showing compassion!

Only because you chose not to touch the topic. it's heart-warming to see that some bigots have limits, that's commendable. I'd bet your salary however, that a bit of a "superior laugh" crossed your mind when you read the news of the tragedy, pas vrai ?

M. Zmx,

What I said was France could not muster, et al., enough logistical competence to prevent 15,000 preventable deaths. Why this sets you to "really laughing" remains a mystery. One expects an entirely different reaction.

I did not chose not to touch the topic. At the time of the heat wave I was not a Pave author. The relevant post was make by Mike Krempasky, and can be found here, to wit:

I'll be the first on this site to say that these innocent people and their families are in my prayers, and should be in all of ours. May God grant them peace.

Yes, well, this isn't the first time (vid., Posted by: zoomerx on May 27, 2004 04:20 AM) you simply assert your prejudices as matters of fact.

I already stated in Pave's editorial voice that I did not laugh. So it appears you owe me my salary. Oh, but the fix is in. You have taken the precaution of assigning yourself as the ultimate authority on the course of my thoughts and have satisfied yourself that you need pay nothing. A typical French wager.

I do mock and sneer at French incompetence and selfishness. I do not pretend to be a saint. And of course you can't.

No one is holding his breath for your compassion (vid., Posted by: zoomerx on December 16, 2004 10:12 PM). Everyone understands you are a bigot without limits. Pave leaves you to your "superior laugh" over the victims of Katrina.

DGB

Pave leaves you to your "superior laugh" over the victims of Katrina.

Oh Damian, you're so predictable. Accusing me of laughing at the victims when I'm only refering about the absolute incompetence of the city of New Orleans and of course, good old American violence. Nobody's perfect.

I do mock and sneer at French incompetence and selfishness

(laughs)

A little like saying Hitler never personally killed any Jews.

M. Zmx,

How fitting in a post on sh*t that you should show up and provide the atmospherics.

Hitler, huh? Talk about predicatable. Oh, do draw the lines between your great big points. You do realize that an argument's premises are supposed to have some hang? Please explain how an American mocking and sneering at the mockable and sneer-worthy objects of France is remotely "like saying Hitler never personally killed any Jews." But then you are the bigot without bounds. You need only call out "Hitler" and everyone, everything, is vanquished to your satisfaction. Sequiturs be damned. Who can answer to your mighty "Hitler" smear?

And, being French, you have a more natural affinity to Mr. Hitler and his ways, most of which became French ways, many of which remain French ways to this day. So we are left to surmise some deft insight, some special French thing, behind your simile. Please, connect the dots between Pave's mocking France and, say, Frenchmen killing Jews at Mr. Hitler's behest. Please, explain where amongst the capacious vacuities of your mind sneering at Jack Chirac has come to be "like", say, the Milice soaping Mr. Hitler by enthusiastically rounding up Jews for extermination. We are keen to know what passes for an enthymeme in your gummed up thinking. If you are making an argument you have lost us.

But, M. Zmx, it is plain that you are not interested in an argument, rather, you are here to showcase your extravagant opinion of your limited wit.

But then as you recognize in others and make wholly manifest in yourself, nobody's perfect. I believe Philippe Pétain made a similar defense.

DGB

Please explain how an American mocking and sneering at the mockable and sneer-worthy objects of France is remotely "like saying Hitler never personally killed any Jews."

"I do mock and sneer at French incompetence and selfishness" is what you said three posts ago. Your usual fondness of twisting quotes (even your own) to an absurd degree therefore makes it impossible for me to answer your tedious question.

But then you are the bigot without bounds.

PAVE's Web-Meister pontificating on the subject of bigotry. Precious.

And, being French, you have a more natural affinity to Mr. Hitler and his ways, most of which became French ways, many of which remain French ways to this day.

Such as segregating "colored" people, torturing and humiliating Eye-rabs, beating up the elderly to a pulp (the video was seen in France and in the UK, by the way) and fondly remembering the good old days for instance? It's a shame indeed, isn't it Damian?

And for the record, my uncle was executed at the Buchenwald German camp and my great-uncle was a WW1 Croix De Guerre recipient, so save the inevitable WW2 Vichy France cliché for yourself.

You're right, the Hitler analogy was a bit over-the-top. You're more like an Il Duce actually. A self-important buffoon.

M. Zmx,

You leave us to speculate about your method of argument. How have we twisted our quote that you can't answer to your claims? Let us make it a simple question for you: How is mocking and sneering at French incompetence and selfishness "A little like saying Hitler never personally killed any Jews"? We expect you can parse that. We are keen to have your explanation.

Let's see: Hitler, Jews. These were your introductions. In this context of your own design, as a Frenchman, you think Vichy France is a cliché, a trifle spoiling your wicked wit. How convenient for you to reserve the cliché Vichy France, which speaks to the character of the French, to me, an American, for whom it has no relevance. And what do the heroics of your kin have to do with your blundering discursus? Are they meant to exculpate the whole of cliché Vichy France? Or do you trot them out only to hide behind? If they are worthy of honor, then you dishonor them with your cheap exploitation. But answer this, your uncle who was executed at Buchenwald, was he put there by a Frenchman?

And what is the purpose of your tu quoque ramble? That France has not segregated "colored people"? That police brutality is unknown in France? That France is without fascists and bigots? Other than being standard Zmx cant, is there some disguised but relevant point you are attempting here?

Finally, personal insults are not arguments. We had heard the French were very adept at insults, so very clever at slicing one up a treat. But you are such a dull boy. Your invective has no sting. Your "Hitler" and your "Il Duce" are the platitudinous of platitudes, the feeblest of the feeble. Oh! How you wound! Where's the Unguentine?

DGB

Did you, or didn't you say: "I do mock and sneer at French incompetence and selfishness." on October 10, yes or no? Whether you like my analogy or not, can you answer this seemingly simple question without your usual tedious détournements ?

But answer this, your uncle who was executed at Buchenwald, was he put there by a Frenchman?

He was taken by German authorities, we know that. But who knows, peharps with the help of a French collaborator? You're free to think so, I would not want to interrupt your wet dream.

As you may or may not know (or in your case, don't want to know), 300,000 French soldiers died in WW2, 110,000 in 1939-40 alone. My uncle was taken prisoner during the 1939 stage, escaped, joined a resistance group and was caught in Grenoble by German police while buying a pack of cigarettes. It is through the French Communist party (which my family was never part of, if you should you ask), that his records were turned to my family after the war.

Your pathetic attempt to discredit the suffering of millions under the Nazi occupation speaks volumes. But I'm sure these brave men and women are "in your prayers" too, as Mr. Kempasky would say so piously.

And what is the purpose of your tu quoque ramble? That France has not segregated "colored people"? That police brutality is unknown in France? That France is without fascists and bigots? Other than being standard Zmx cant, is there some disguised but relevant point you are attempting here?

The truth hurts, Damian?

I was attempting to at least get an explanation of your "Nazi affinity" accusation. It's a bit ironic to make this claim while proofs of sadistic torture hanging over your head, isn't it?

M. Zmx,

Let's see. You arrive and mock and sneer. But yours is a harmless "refering" [sic]. We admit we mock and sneer, and you imagine you have a big club to beat us with.

You introduce Nazism in the person of Mr. Hitler then ask us to answer for it.

Your English is apparently not as aces as you like to think since what we said is in plain view and has gone uncontested. For the benefit of your slow wit we have now reprised it three times. Yet still you do not answer our single original question: How is mocking and sneering at French incompetence and selfishness "A little like saying Hitler never personally killed any Jews"? Still you have no answer. Apparently you do not know the workings of your own argument. Ah, but then smearing is not argument.

Of course we know of the multitudes of French soldiers who died in WWII, as you never miss an opportunity to advertise it. But what does this prove other than French generals had a competency for killing French soldiers. If you knew anything about Guderian's tenuous crossing of the Meuse at Sedan you wouldn't be here exaggerating the defense of France on the strength of dead Frenchmen.

But here you are, the proud nephew of a heroic uncle. This is touching but has not one jot to do with answering to your deranged claims in this thread. Do these relationships give you some special exemption in the construction of logical argument? And what has a "wet dream" to do with your uncle being turned over to the Germans? What possessed you to associate your uncle's memory with spent ejaculate? Perhaps you think crudeness gives your shabby responses some power, some bite. You are the one dishonoring your own, mixing him in with your foul mouth.

As for the truth hurting, just how is your copy-and-paste of our question an answer to that very same question? Apparently it required too much effort to follow the links we provided, or perhaps you cannot bear to acknowledge their truth. Ah, yes, yes, the truth hurts. Still we ask for the point you are assaying and you can offer none.

Zmx: I was attempting to at least get an explanation of your "Nazi affinity" accusation.

Are you being disingenuous or just wholly stupid? What can't you grasp in the previous posted explanation: DGB: And, being French, you have a more natural affinity to Mr. Hitler and his ways, most of which became French ways, many of which remain French ways to this day. Once again, you introduced Mr. Hitler. We know not why. Our surmise, based on France's open embrace of Hitlerism and Nazism, was you have a special French insight. Try to pay attention to your own posts.

Leave the field, you are inept. And you are small. Or rather I leave the field to you. You can offer no argument. You are an empty noise. Howl away.

DGB

Did you say: "I do mock and sneer at French incompetence and selfishness" on October 10, 12:12PM?

Yes or No?