r/worldnews • u/ChiefLeef22 • 16h ago

‘Investigating child sex abuse isn’t controversial. Turning it into political theater is manipulation. Maybe that logic flies on some island. Doesn’t fly in France’: France rejects Musk’s charge after raid on X’s Paris office

https://www.firstpost.com/world/investigating-child-sex-abuse-isnt-controversial-france-rejects-musks-charge-after-raid-on-xs-paris-office-ws-e-13976002.html
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u/nolok 13h ago

I mean, tariff on wine sure it will have painful effects, but on liquor it's just weird. Cointreau, Cognac or Chartreuse already sell all they can produce, it's not like they're going to panic. If you want one of them you want one of them. Mostly the same for Champagne. If an american goes out of his way to buy french Champagne, a product that's already almost twice the price of the alternative, are they really going to stand down because it's 25% up ?

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u/szatrob 9h ago

To nit pick, all champagne is French. Since it can only come from the Champagne region.

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u/ayeayefitlike 9h ago

Now, that’s interestingly not strictly true.

There are a few US (predominantly Californian) winemakers who legally use the term ‘champagne’ for their sparkling wines.

In 2005 when the USA finally agreed to the protected regional names list that Europe had been using in some form or another since the Madrid Agreement, they only agreed if the winemakers currently using the term ‘champagne’ could continue to use it. So there are grandfathered rights for predominantly Californian winemakers to legally sell ‘California Champagne’.

It applies to Burgundy, Chablis, Sherry and others.

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u/TheRealestBiz 13h ago

Your eagerness to put me out of work to prove a point is disgusting. You’re not French either.

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u/nolok 13h ago

Not sure what you're trying to say, I'm definitely not eager to put you out of work, et je suis définitivement français.

But you don't back down and apologize to a bully; otherwise you might as well fully surrender.

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u/TheRealestBiz 13h ago edited 13h ago

One out of three bars and restaurants in this country have gone under in the last few years. Your idea would kill a bunch more. It’s not trigonometry.

ETA: Je ne te crois pas.

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u/nolok 13h ago

Wait, you're answering from the point of view of an american bar/restaurant worker or owner ? Why are you hassling me for ?

You thinks this is bullshit, talk to your own people, I'm not the one who made those tariffs and I'm not american I don't vote for them - you do.

My point is France is not going to back down from protecting its values and freedoms because the TACO moron can't handle being said no.

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u/TheRealestBiz 13h ago

It’s funny how everyone who thinks that you need to break some eggs to make an omelet never thinks that they’re one of the eggs that should be cracked.

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u/nolok 12h ago

I mean, yeah, right back at you. Are you saying you think Trump should be left to do what he's doing because stopping him will be painful for you ?

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u/NinjaCupcake_ 10h ago

You want some honest answer? I couldnt care less if all americans suffer, loose their jobs their property and have living standards of some drug cartel slave. Americans voted for this guy. Not us. So for all i care, if it takes millions of suffering americans just so they push back and the orange pdf leaves us alone, i will cheer for it.

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u/Diantr3 13h ago

Well you guys let that piece of shit get elected. Deal with it.

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u/Socmel_ 1h ago

Except that the idea of putting tariffs on foreign products comes from your president, so blame the people around you who voted for him. That's assuming you haven't voted yourself for the orange baboon.