[marklgr]

> It seems to me you are just the typical example of "French Bashing" : always complaining and seeing the bad side of things.

I think it is partly brought on by the strong political turn that any discussion takes over here. Any topic becomes a Left vs Right debate, and since the country is still mostly divided between the two (or at least used to be till recently), you got highly polarized opinions, like, "we suck because of the other guys".