Actually, all of guiszonde's posts here, and in other threads, have simply re-enforced my exceedingly high opinion of him as a forum member. He has an immensely valuable point of view to share with all of us, unique in having been raised in France - a very fine country, as first world nations go, of late. And he has not only survived living in the US, but has completed his education here, and in that time span, has kept his sanity. This is no small accomplishment. I have described the US to even Australian nationals as fucking well being a virtual Mars - another planet. Having McDonalds in your home land does not adequately prepare you for just how fucking idiotically schizo this place really is. Guizonde has kept his identity intact after all that as a modern French man, and possesses the inherent wisdom and talent to be able to see through all the shit and yet glean the best of both very divergent world views for our collective forum-member edification.
tldr: guizonde is the shit, and he's very patiently and politely explaining difficult, French, out-of-US-cultural-paradigm CONCEPTS that just fucking press our buttons, through no fault of his own. Yet, over all, France is the more Democratic country of the two, faults included. How do we scream about anti-hijab laws, when Baltimore burns for home-grown, even more fucked up reasons?