Hello. Welcome to my website. It started while I was in Europe for a semester, and I've kept it up since then. I'm now at the University of Chicago Law School, living in Hyde Park, and the story continues. If you want to say hi or visit me, email cfloyd at uchicago dot edu.
"Life is nothing if not the sum of your anecdotes." -Scotty The Body, on storytelling "But it ain't that bad, man. Just figure out the system before the system figures out you." -T. Matthew Smith, on the 1L year "The beer just doesn't taste as good when you're not drinking it with your buddies." -Anon., on being away from good friends "Somebody has to pay the rent around here. Why the hell not us?" -Cotton, on studying for exams
3/13/2003
I had a very interesting conversation with Frenchman last night. First of all, I should say that I have met several French people, and besides that kissy-cheek thing, they have all been wonderful. I think that American and French sensibilities about, say, crossing the street without a signal, are quite similar. Anyway, the French guy asked me what I thought about the coming war in Iraq. I first made sure he wasn't going to bite my head off, and then I told him that I was reluctantly pro-war. He, being a Frenchman, was naturally anti-war, and instead preferred continued inspections. But we got on to the subject of how immature our leaders can be. I usually try to be gracious when the subject comes up, since I don't have homefield advantage, so I suggested that Bush's diplomacy had been fairly weak and short-sighted. He agreed, and then went on a rant about how stupid Chirac is being. Totally oblivious to the plight of the Iraqi people, unconcerned about the economic effect on France of opposing the world's only superpower, and generally pig-headed, were some of his complaints. The moral here is simple: you can't put anyone, even the French, in a box. You never really know what somebody thinks until you ask, and everybody has his or her own opinion. That guy wasn't Jacques Chirac, and I'm no W. We were able to have a civil conversation about the way our countries view each other. It was nice.
3/13/2003 09:34:00 AM
