tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post1489385579150967481..comments2023-10-29T10:40:34.638-04:00Comments on A CS Professor's blog: First impressions of Paris after a transatlantic red-eye.Claire Mathieuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957755706440077623noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-71254668401236235982011-12-24T18:46:53.703-05:002011-12-24T18:46:53.703-05:00Yes, something like that is missing in the Roissy ...Yes, something like that is missing in the Roissy airport. Ads for perfume and haute couture and porcelain and tires and nails and nuclear power plants, for example... "Welcome to Paris, the city of lights. Most of our electricity for lighting comes from nuclear power. French nuclear power is the safest in the world. We have the best engineers in the world. We trust nuclear power. The proof? Our closest nuclear power plant is only 50 miles from Paris! Welcome to the country of nuclear power!"Claire Mathieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957755706440077623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-19577807042099878332011-12-24T15:18:12.339-05:002011-12-24T15:18:12.339-05:00When landing in Toronto you are greeted by the off...When landing in Toronto you are greeted by the official slogan "Ontario: open for business" and countless advertisments from HSBC. This may not be the right be place for a Disneyland, though.Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201150679841329835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-55879363013830106622011-12-21T09:55:11.263-05:002011-12-21T09:55:11.263-05:00Yes, Anonymous, I decided to remove that paragraph...Yes, Anonymous, I decided to remove that paragraph. I would need to first vet it with friends to check whether it might be offensive. No one appropriately sensitive to such issues at hand with whom to discuss it, so it's safer to remove it. Sorry about that!Claire Mathieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957755706440077623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-53832007540289229792011-12-21T09:15:41.702-05:002011-12-21T09:15:41.702-05:00In the US, men can dress well too and it doesn'...In the US, men can dress well too and it doesn't imply anything about their sexual orientation. Sheesh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com