> Well, most of us have heard that a cafeteria in NYC changed "french fries" and "french toast" to "freedom fries" and "freedom toast" in a demonstration agaist France...

TOM, gremlinn, wintermute, and Zarniwoop have all beaten me to saying everything I would have said to this post, except this:

Personally, I think "freedom fries" is the most hilarious, coolest thing ever. It's a joke. It's a patriotic gesture of sibling rivalry, kind of a friendly rebuke of an ally that we still wish to retain as an ally but differ with in the moment. You're not the first person to consider "freedom fries" immature or petty, but I think you're taking it in entirely the wrong spirit. That french fries aren't even French is irrelevant. That it won't hurt France is the point. Use your sense of humor. It's an important thing to have, even -- and some would say especially -- in extreme situations.

I'm with you about those who would dump wine down the toilet. *That* is petty and ineffective. I'm neutral about boycotting products of France. Yes, they are an ally, and yes, I wish them to remain an ally, but I also find them to have not just shirked their responsibilities but actively disbanded them. The United States is currently saving the United Nations Security Council from themselves, as they have chosen not to enforce their own resolutions even after 12 years, thereby practically broadcasting their irrelevance to international relations, all largely due to France. I am not personally boycotting products of France, but I wouldn't blame those who do. As for how ineffectively this will hit France's economy, well, if everyone said, "But my voice is too small to be heard," then nothing great would have ever been done in the history of humanity.