The Times is an English publication, not an American one. England and the United States are two different countries.

Nor are “the English” calling you monkeys. A single English journalist has uncoupled the “surrender monkey” expression and given “monkey” a life of its own. He deserves to be roundly condemned. Have at him.

//…the foul swine.//

Charmed, I’m sure.

[Yes it is a bit offensive. But he is quoting the american term that was used during Chirac's opposition to the Iraq War. They are not his words. It would have been better to put the word in quotes. Or better not to have used it at all.CB]
http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2008/07/post-5.html?cid=123409400#comments

What do you think ?

ps hors sujet: monsieur chazelle. Je doute fort que ce soient les 15 (petits) messages par mois grand maximum que je poste sur votre blog qui sappent votre energie de bloggeur. Vous vous faites vieux voila tout. ;)

[Yes it is a bit offensive. But he is quoting the american term that was used during Chirac's opposition to the Iraq War. They are not his words. It would have been better to put the word in quotes. Or better not to have used it at all.CB]
http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/2008/07/post-5.html?cid=123409400#comments

What do you think ?

Anyway, it’s weird how someone can lie that much only to sell a book.

So true. It’s funny, I saw this excellent exposition in the National Library of Madrid not long ago; it was an exposition of historic prints from the Spanish war of independence (ita est, the war against the rule of Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte, king of Spain). The prints were from all nationalities, and all were quite acid and critical (especially the Spanish prints, which were understandably hostile to foreign rule) — nevertheless, the British prints were different.

Indeed, the British prints had something revoltingly racist and scornful about them which gave me a very bitter aftertaste.

For not only did they portray the French, their enemy, as sub-human beings; they also portrayed their so-called allies, the Spanish, as black-faced Don Juans from the XVIIth century. That’s the thing with the British — they’ll be “friends” with the “filthy wogs”, but will always look down upon them as “dirty dagos”, little better than monkeys.

The clearest example is that of their long-time historical ally, the Portuguese…

In the USA and in Britain, Irish immigrants were compared to monkeys and caricatured as such in the local and national media. This is why I find the Arby’s line dancing Irish Monkey ad reprehensible and racist, but given the historical amnesia of most viewers, it has not encountered much criticism.

The depictions of Barack Obama as a monkey have been met – rightly – with outrage and shock [Obama Sock Puppet] – [Mulligan's in Georgia]. Given the fact Anti-French comments / actions are not and cannot be qualified as racism for semantic and more obvious reasons, this animalistic depiction will fly below the radar, but in its core, it is eerily similar to Anti-Irish and Anti-Black caricatures of yesteryear and today.

Voyons si il condamne ou pas ces ignobles attaques francophobes ?

I invite you to do the same.

There! You see, it’s not merely the “grease monkey” connection — the Americans are actually calling us monkeys…

…the foul swine.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article4380820.ece

“The latest gastronomic sensation in France is the burger – and not just any beef patty in a bun. Only the McDo will do. You can ignore anti-globalisation protests, French cultural snobbery and antipathy over Iraq, the monkeys have not merely surrendered but are prostrating themselves at the Golden Arch. “