You notice, no shots were fired. They may have them, but they apparently don't use them. Fortunately this was resolved that way.

Another dumb stereotype, what are you, 5 years old ? The Kaiser, eh ? Or is it the Fuhrer ?

Remember Lafayette, google him if you have to.

Lafayette?

That's the best you have? :)

The last time the French were an effective military/world power was when a Corsican named himself their Emperor.

They should have popped a cap on his ass any way. Save court costs.

calm down Wyatt Twerp.

Yes lousy reporting.What is this guy¨s name.? What did he have against the hostages or the school? We need more details!!

That's because France has not outlawed guns.

Only hunters can have guns in France I believe. You cannot own handguns and automatics.

raddave is correct. The rest of the posters are wrong and have no clue of what France allows.

It was Bush's and Dick Channy, wait, no, no, no, it was OBAMA, yeah, it was OBAMA's fault, he's the one who cut the fuel line to Iran...

What planet are you from? Why don't you move to syria.

Huh? One of us needs more coffee to understand what the heck you are trying to say.

If we didn't have so many well-armed criminals, the police probably wouldn't have to shoot so often. We talk about people being justified in their fear and mistrust of the police; well imagine police officers' experience with the scum of our society and how that influences their behavior too.

No thanks (not the top leaders in science), and that really would have nothing to do with shoot and kill by US and French police would it?(both countries totally overloaded with battling other religions, even though they have several other Christian versions killing the world worst by far so far (2000 years)!--And I have been a lot to all western countries, most do not shoot and kill the public daily!

when you say both france and US are overloaded with 'battling other religions' I'm confused because they are countries, not religions. The US has gone to war with too many countries, most recently Iraq, but I'm not aware of them ever going to war with a religion.

Also, are you really going to resort to dusting off the history books to condemn Christianity? We're living in 2012 and the facts of today are that Christian religions, like other religions, are largely peaceful. Individuals claiming to be Christians might commit bad deeds and murder, but those are overshadowed by the crimes of our Muslim brothers. We know history, but we live in the present.

Probably, an obama protected species.

Sammie--I agree, very likely--the same in Denmark, and Germany!

RL---Did you Obama haters hear that Tex now is number one with 25 % without health ins? It always is so sad to hear when government needs to hire more police to hold back the population when they want to share in the collected taxes!--But I have seen Austin, College station (AM) and Huston/Dallas are doing well with beggers everywhere, imagine when they get sick!-Never mind the 50,000 veterans up and down the west coast--just about everywhere!

PS I am not for Obama either, I want to have a country that works as the instruments, planes and computeres I have designed for the globe!--ALL POLITICS is simply stupid, and never solves anything!

And if you are into English, do not bother, I have enough trouble with my other 5 languages, it is not that important compared to what I do!

So now you can start!--Should I go back to Denmark number one on the globe--but then I would wonder why USA spent a lot of time getting me to come here--

Have I started feeding your usual ranting?

Bundgaard-1210892

Did the Government want to get you here, or was it a private corporation? Big difference.

And while I agree that Denmark is a very lovely place, you didn't mention that about 13% of it's population is also living below the poverty level of the country.

You also note health care in TX. How many of that 25% that you note are illegal aliens?

It's easy to compare Denmark to the USA, but remember that the population of New York City alone is greater than the entire country of Denmark. Your comparison isn't even apples and oranges. At least apples and oranges are both fruits.

Thanks for the early laugh ; )

I'm an American. And I don't do any of those things. I work, pay taxes and obey the law. Never been arrested, not even a speeding ticket. In fact, there's a lot of Americans who are like me. I bet you're not so innocent.

Nice of you to notice. On the other hand, what makes you so special and where do you buy your sanctimony?

I just like honesty, rather than the B.S. programming that the US tries to train everyone to believe. There is a lot of quasi law, and unwritten social law that hems most in here. All I have to do is listen to the angry, state of nature, survival of the fittest rhetoric that the typical American mindlessly spews...and I know exactly how civilized they are. Also, I can tell by the way this country tries to ignore certain bullying and harassment (every kind except when it involves a female), and by the way many Americans respond to victims of wild animal attacks.

By lumping over 300,000,000 people into one neat, despicable package you make your opinion worthless. Try not to stereotype next time.

Timmy...maybe my opinion of Americans would improve if these "exceptions to the rule" ever had the balls to stand up against the barbaric majority, but after reading the US History books I see it is probably a lost cause. The Civil Rights Movement was inspirational, but it resulted not from others having the balls to stand up for what was right. It resulted from centuries of waiting, toil and struggle...until the day blacks had enough power to force the majority into giving them their Constitutional rights.

American "pooper"...the biggest problem the USA has is people like you, hateful, enjoying the freedoms others have fought and died for, let us know if we can escort you to the door. Say these things about many countries and the death penalty is likely. Your welcome.

pauper - read some more history books and see how most societies have plenty of reasons to be ashamed of their behavior. Most also have much to be proud of, including Americans. If you're so dismayed about how long it took for blacks to get their civil rights here, go to a Muslim country and try to advance women's rights or Christian rights or gay rights and then tell us how terrible we are.

Srich....Unfortunately, you are telling your nonsense to an extensive world traveller who has lived in other countries. May I suggest you kindly go back to watching tv and living off hubby's money. No one died for my "freedoms"....killing poor farmers in Vietnam, Korea, and in other far-flung places has no bearing on my freedom. Also, the US's war with Germany would have been laudable, but we believe in everything Hitler did (except for killing rich Jews....because we are "Christian" and love to help big banks and rich folks). The wars in the Middle East.....if the US didn't want those wars they should have left those folks and their oil alone. I'm certain if the Middle Easterners had come to the US, tried to dictate to Americans how to order their societies, run their businesses, etc...the US would have done the same things as they eventually did to us.

pauper, you're finally making sense. The US should have stayed out of the middle east but the economic interest was too great. Bad decision. The result is the chaos and hatred we're getting from many of those people in recent decades. All the money we spent in the past 60 years on alternatingly supporting and desposing dictators in oil rich nations could have been directed to finding alternative energy sources and maybe we'd be living with more peace today. Your Christian comments are off base though. Helping big banks and rich folks is capitalism, cronyism, greed, economic policy, etc. but it's not a religion, certainly not my Christianity.

Personally attacking me with rude assumptions is so typical for your type of personality. I have worked my entire adult life as a Chef and a Restaurant Manager, but if I "lived off my husband's money" it would be my own business. I too have traveled and lived abroad, I have seen murders up close, and other unmentionable violence. The USA is still a great country, even with it's flaws. What I get from you is that you are a hateful and angry person and there is no hope for you, and no country that can do enough for you. Have the last word- I'm sure it will be even more disgusting....I'm out-

Srich...really? but you called me "pooper" first. LOL Guess personal attacks only matter if someone else is making them against you. What about your attack? Double standards, my friend. I have liked just about every country I've been in...except for the US (it is nothing but angry, over aggressive types...who think everyone cares about their successes and failures).

You are right, I apologize for that. When I'm wrong I'm wrong. The rest I stand by...good day.

Srich....what about your comments concerning "the last word?" LOL. Ahhh...Americans....funny people!

Personally I wouldn't have apologized Srich, this is a troll, he has no idea how to act when someone tries to be decent. The USA caters to people like this, respectful tolerance of anti-American sentiment is at an all time high. We can thank our leadership for that.

AntiFarLeft....I await your stormtroopers. Heil! Heil!

Pauper:

Stormtroopers? Apparently you forget that they represented a party named the National SOZIALISTICHE (socialist) Deutsche Arbeiterspartei.

Even if you claim them as a right group (incorrectly), the vast majority of Governments with 'storm trooper-like' organizations decidedly existed in the Marxist-Socialist side of the spectrum.

Scotless....remember all the "Greatness" (exceptionalism) rhetoric about the supreme Aryan race and all the blinding German patriotism....sounds very Fox-y and Bush-y to me.

Apparently your understanding of history is as poor as your grasp of current events. Nationalism in NO way precludes socialism, hence why their name was National sozialistische.

Keep trying as this is amusing.

Its interesting as well that you point to the 'Greatness' rhetoric without exploring any deeper understanding. I'm not sure if this is intentional obfuscation by you so much as it indicates a more simple ignorance of the subject matter.

Nazi rhetoric was based on a racial standard. As such any who 'qualified' for the racial community based on their convoluted and confused thinking, fit within a 'racial community'. National Socialism then included Czech's, Volga Germans, Danzig Corridor Germans, Estonian Germans and even Germans located in the US. It was a national community based on a flawed and meaningless concept of pure race.

Exceptionalism, as conceived here in no way excludes any ethnic minority. Indeed, that is what makes it so radically different. Although, we certainly have our share of exclusionary policies and descrimination- african slavery, "WOP's need not apply", Jim Crow and so on-unlike most other countries we have embraced the polar opposite of that. I know that's not what you seem to be programmed to believe but the reality is that few conservatives oppose legal immigration. What we do oppose is a porous border in which not only do immigrants sneak across illegally but they are led to the border area in many cases to die, they are led by drug traffickers and indeed, in many instances it is the illicit drug trade itself that gains the most by an open border.

Don't tell me that exceptionalism equals racism. I, as well as many others here know better. You can continue to delude yourself with that kind of lie if you want but many of us see it for just that.

Scotlee...I never expected to overcome your programming. Go, run free through the forests with your blind mind.

Pauper:

that's a nice non response...which is truly typical of someone with no argument to make.

Pathetic. I hoped for at least a little more of an attempt but that was weaker than I could have ever guessed. Your argumentation skills are astoundingly weak. Try again, lol.

That's the point, though, it very rarely happens in france, because of gun laws. In the US, the hostage taking/standoff with police/school shooting is a regular feature of the news/entertainment channel CNN. I think we're overdue for one..