It was reported this
week that both France and Germany have their panties in a bunch about the NSA
spying scandal extending into the phone calls and online communications of
their government leaders. Well, apparently they’re going to the U.N. to try to
get it stopped. Which shows they’re really not serious about anything other
than making a few news headlines. Because really, apart from shutting down investigations into
their own corruption and malfeasance, when was the last time U.N. was able to
get anything accomplished?
But France and Germany
really ought not to be upset over this stuff. I mean, at least we find them
interesting, right? In fact, I think they’re just jealous. But Germany should
be glad we’re spying on them. After all, we’ve all seen They Saved Hitler’s Brain and The
Boys from Brazil, and we already know what they make it look like Germany’s
up to, so shouldn’t they want us to spy on them, so we can see they’re not secretly
doing such things? And France is just mad that they’re not competent enough to
do any effective spying: Every time the French try to spy on anyone’s
communications, they can’t resist the urge to interrupt their targets to
correct their grammar, ridicule their pronunciation, and/or critique the
content of the conversation and laugh contemptuously at their lack of culture
and sophistication.
So come on France &
Germany: Get over it! We know all about your private stuff, and we’re still
willing to be friends with you. That’s more than you’d do for us if you knew us better: that’s why
you’re lucky you can’t spy as well as us! (Seriously, count your blessings! You
don’t want to know any more about our
government officials; and neither do we, even.)
