RC said it best-Euro riders don't like contact!

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This thread is awesome stupidity. Totally biased shit without any proof. French people are indeed awkward, and I think a lot of it comes from their past. You know, being a colonial powerforce competing with the Brits and so. Some of that mentality lives until today. I think there isn't even a 2nd language in french school, either. I dont like France very much myself, but I'd never make those, dare I say racialistic, comments. But that's just my opinion. Keep waving...
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3/1/2010 11:59pm Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 9:07pm
"I think there isn't even a 2nd language in french school, either."


Not true.


Get your facts straight if you want to demonstrate something.
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Oh boy a lot of funny things in this post! #

MXFrog I can't believe you read and believe a guy like Ping who just talks shit out of his ass everytime it comes to France or Europe and for some reason (probably got beaten up by some french exchange student at school) as started this propaganda about "Pourcel not liking the US". And there you go just jumping on the bandwagon "lets send him back to his pile of crap country" dude use your brain!!

Have you actually heard / read somewhere Pourcel bashing the US? No he said he was really enjoying being out there. He bought a house in the US, says he loves Florida, built some tracks, probably shag a lot of American girls, has a pick up truck and hasn't been back to France in ages and he's the first one to bash the GP and saying the US nationals are so much better.

What else do you want him to do to show "respect" to the mighty USofA??? Join the force in irak??

As for RC comment he mighty be the GOAT that doesn't make him God and you have to believe everything he says... That was a bit of cheap generalisation.
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Xavier wrote:
"I think there isn't even a 2nd language in french school, either."


Not true.


Get your facts straight if you want to demonstrate something.
True. I wrote "I think", not "I know" or "I'm convinced". Nothing wrong about my comment, just my opinion.

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Xavier wrote:
"I think there isn't even a 2nd language in french school, either."


Not true.


Get your facts straight if you want to demonstrate something.
JackLHyde wrote:
True. I wrote "I think", not "I know" or "I'm convinced". Nothing wrong about my comment, just my opinion.
What's wrong with your comment is that... it's simply wrong (so it does not help to prove anything).

French boys start learning a 1st foreign language by 7 y-o (soon 5 y-o) and a second foreign language 3 years later.

It's usually English-German or English-Spanish.

However, it's commonly recognized that French students are not very good at foreign languages on average and, individually, those who have ridden a motorcycle for most their lives (that's Pourcel's case) and have been homeschooled may even be worse.
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D day at Daytona! This could really get entertaining. If the ama will stay out of it that is. If I want to watch clay court tennis,,,,, well, scratch that. Let 'em race! CP's #1 plate means very little to Stroupe or, Ballroom Blitz Barcia.
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Ask Tedesco if the Euro riders don't like contact.

mx-frog: Have you ever been to a foreign country ? Maybe SH105 can come in here and tell us how hard it is to adjust.

Stop trying to hate the Euro's buddy....your grandparents are probably European anyway.
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3/2/2010 7:58am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 9:07pm
Let's face it if Christophe Pourcel was lanquishing back in midpack none of this nonsense would have started.
Because he's solidly whooping America's best riders week in week out, people like Ping have to make up stuff about him. I re-read those comments from Racerhead and nowhere is their a direct quote from CP!!! It's all hearsay and inuendo!
Ping is after all the manager of a top lites team competing against Pro Circuit.
I would have thought in the 20 years since JMB dominated in the US people's bigoted opinions would have matured into just accepting CP as the god given talent he is on a bike, without looking for ways to slight him.
Coming back from semi paralysis and overcoming ongoing digestive issues is pretty much hero material in my book. No wonder he looks up to Superman!
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adamdf wrote:
In my opinion, we just summed everything up...
Hey, great minds think alike! Smile

I think this whole discussion is about, identity where the collision between to similar way of approach identity is obvious. I'm referring to France and USA. As a Swede, I suggest you are born Swedish, the blood makes you a Swede, and it really doesn’t matter how much you hate the government, or the taxes, your neighbours or whatever, you are still a Swede. In US and France this is not the issue. You became French or American when you adapt to their system. A person that accepts the constitution, the flag etc in USA is more likely to be accepted than the same guy doing the same in Sweden. This means problems for the Yank going to France and the other way around. For me as a Swede, or for a German who are “born with our identity” we might be better of going abroad in adapting because we are more “safe” in our identity because we are still Swedes.

For a guy like CP it’s impossible to combine being French and American, because the day he salute America as no 1, he automatically rejects France.

For me, I can say US is a better country, but people in Sweden, including myself will still recognize me as a Swede.

This is why French and Yanks have these issues.

You get my point?

Just saying of course! Smile
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joe101uk wrote:
Ask Tedesco if the Euro riders don't like contact. mx-frog: Have you ever been to a foreign country ? Maybe SH105 can come in here and...
Ask Tedesco if the Euro riders don't like contact.

mx-frog: Have you ever been to a foreign country ? Maybe SH105 can come in here and tell us how hard it is to adjust.

Stop trying to hate the Euro's buddy....your grandparents are probably European anyway.
I love how these treads take a direction of there own! Were did I say I hate Euro riders? Were did I say they don't like contact? I can see where Ping gets a kick out of ruffling some feathers. I have many friends in Europe thru mx and in fact sent 2 vintage mx bikes to the UK in the last months. Like I said I've followed GP's for a long time and seen one sided threads and articals from guys MXGeoff/McCread ect big deal! CP recovery from injury is very cool,kinda like a French Doug Henry. And I think for the most part CP has been excepted with open arms in the US. Everyone see's his talent and desire, I guess how he acts in the future will determin if Pings artical has any truth?
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3/2/2010 10:54am Edited Date/Time 3/2/2010 10:54am
mx-frog wrote:
When your living this country have some respect! If it's that bad get the hell out!
jmar wrote:
What are you talking about?
mx-frog wrote:
Read in Racer-X about CP complaining about how he dislikes the US.
That's OK, more than a few people in the US dislike France.
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joe101uk wrote:
Ask Tedesco if the Euro riders don't like contact. mx-frog: Have you ever been to a foreign country ? Maybe SH105 can come in here and...
Ask Tedesco if the Euro riders don't like contact.

mx-frog: Have you ever been to a foreign country ? Maybe SH105 can come in here and tell us how hard it is to adjust.

Stop trying to hate the Euro's buddy....your grandparents are probably European anyway.
mx-frog wrote:
I love how these treads take a direction of there own! Were did I say I hate Euro riders? Were did I say they don't like...
I love how these treads take a direction of there own! Were did I say I hate Euro riders? Were did I say they don't like contact? I can see where Ping gets a kick out of ruffling some feathers. I have many friends in Europe thru mx and in fact sent 2 vintage mx bikes to the UK in the last months. Like I said I've followed GP's for a long time and seen one sided threads and articals from guys MXGeoff/McCread ect big deal! CP recovery from injury is very cool,kinda like a French Doug Henry. And I think for the most part CP has been excepted with open arms in the US. Everyone see's his talent and desire, I guess how he acts in the future will determin if Pings artical has any truth?
Well in a different thread i'm sure i read a comment of yours that said " SX doesn't need the French around here - it would smell better ". So what's your problem ? Your lucky that you have a rider like Pourcel racing your series.
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I guess my humor is like Pings? Like when Lynyrd Skynyrd said" Old Neil put-her down,Southern man don't need him around" or some thing like that. But to be honest SX doesn't need the French,no rider is bigger then the sport. It will do well if he's here or isn't ! Add's flavor and another element, and that's good.
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robkinuk wrote:
Let's face it if Christophe Pourcel was lanquishing back in midpack none of this nonsense would have started. Because he's solidly whooping America's best riders week...
Let's face it if Christophe Pourcel was lanquishing back in midpack none of this nonsense would have started.
Because he's solidly whooping America's best riders week in week out, people like Ping have to make up stuff about him. I re-read those comments from Racerhead and nowhere is their a direct quote from CP!!! It's all hearsay and inuendo!
Ping is after all the manager of a top lites team competing against Pro Circuit.
I would have thought in the 20 years since JMB dominated in the US people's bigoted opinions would have matured into just accepting CP as the god given talent he is on a bike, without looking for ways to slight him.
Coming back from semi paralysis and overcoming ongoing digestive issues is pretty much hero material in my book. No wonder he looks up to Superman!
Rob- about the JMB deal,you Euro's have made it onto a bigger deal then it ever was and like any story it grows with time. Yes-JMB was booed at a few SX races,but you have to remember SX is a show as much as a race-announcers put JMB vs American type deal much like Monster trucks GraveDigger vs Big Foot for HYPE! Most of the fans at a SX aren't die-hard moto-fans, alott of those people never been to race or Monster Truck people make up alott of the crowd. They've been taught from wrestling/Monster trucks there's a hero/villian and some cheer or boo for both-it's a show to them. I went to many ourdoor Nationals and never saw bad things done/said to JMB. Has CF been booed-,NO. RC has been booed more then once,did it hurt him? To say the people of the US fans are bigots for one artical or cheering for or booing for someone is wrong it's their right as a paying spectator.I don't believe it bothered JMB one bit and he maybe even feed off it. For the record I talked to JMB in the pits after a race,he was all by himself and treated me very nice.I sure Lackey and the first Motocross/DES Nations riders can tell stories about the EURO teams/fans that would make JMB deal look like childs play,it adds to history. Get over it,JMB did!

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