I have one questions for American, I heard in a report (I think its Bowling for Columbine by Mickael Moore) that American their doors close when they are on their house, or when they sleep, its true or false ?

My girlfriend and the kid was insane when they heard that, but i not sure it's true :)

Thank you

I close my doors and lock them. I live in a bad neighborhood.

I close my doors and lock them. I live in a bad neighborhood.

And it's for everyone ? or its just about your "bad neighborhood" ?

I have one questions for American, I heard in a report (I think its Bowling for Columbine by Mickael Moore) that American their doors close when they are on their house, or when they sleep, its true or false ?


I'd say yeah, but it's not a fear issue like Moore tries to make it. Most people I know keep their doors closed all the time because it's more efficient for the air conditioner or heater. And yes, we lock the doors when we're sleeping because even in a good neighborhood on very rare occassion you may have a thief roaming around trying doors. Even if it almost never happens, better safe than sorry if it does. That's not a US thing, that's just a unfortunate part of life.

By the way, Bowling for Columbine is a huge load of crap. Take a look at the review I wrote (http://www.epinions.com/content_132403924612) not too long after the film was released on DVD.

And it's for everyone ? or its just about your "bad neighborhood" ?
during the day, if I'm home, I keep the door unlocked. And if the weather is nice, I'll keep the windows open, but they all have screens. But mostly, the people I know keep their doors closed, and locked when they're not home or sleeping.

If I lived in the country, and didn't have much to worry about, then I wouldn't probably lock up at night. But, leaving the doors and windows completely open would let the cats out and the bugs in. :eek3:

I'd say yeah, but it's not a fear issue like Moore tries to make it. Most people I know keep their doors closed all the time because it's more efficient for the air conditioner or heater.
:confused:

For more efficient for the air conditioner ? I think you dont need close the door with key for that, just push the door, and its okay ! It's not a good argument, no ?

By the way, Bowling for Columbine is a huge load of crap. Take a look at the review I wrote (http://www.epinions.com/content_132403924612) not too long after the film was released on DVD.

Moore bases his view of the entire United States on one small town in Minnesota where hunting and gun ownership is popular, and the entire country of Canada on the city of Ontario (where, in his attempt to show how safe people feel there, he points out how most people don't lock their doors during the day. Err... I thought most people in the US didn't lock their doors during the day either, but maybe that's just me...).

So ... you dont know if it's true or false ? Do you believe sincerely that American is scared of their neighbors or to be made burglarize when they sleep ?

Better question : Do you believe you are able to check if your neighbors doors are opened or closed without being to worry to take a bullet or that somebody calls the police force ?

during the day, if I'm home, I keep the door unlocked. And if the weather is nice, I'll keep the windows open, but they all have screens. But mostly, the people I know keep their doors closed, and locked when they're not home or sleeping.
Okay, Thank you !

If I lived in the country, and didn't have much to worry about, then I wouldn't probably lock up at night. But, leaving the doors and windows completely open would let the cats out and the bugs in.
Okay ...

Better question : Do you believe you are able to check if your neighbors doors are opened or closed without being to worry to take a bullet or that somebody calls the police force ?

I would never dream of doing something like this, unless there was screaming for help or something. Even then, I'd knock first and yell that I was coming in and who I was.

Maybe it's just a cultural thing. Do people in France just walk into neighbors houses?

I would never dream of doing something like this, unless there was screaming for help or something. Even then, I'd knock first and yell that I was coming in and who I was.
Yep, i understand !

Maybe it's just a cultural thing. Do people in France just walk into neighbors houses?
Not "walk into neighbors houses" (its a private proprety) but come in for to ask milk, salt, or eggs for the dinner for exemple, yes, of course !

(Or better exemple : for to invite to make a barbecue in the garden and make knowledge your neighbors ahah :D )

But you knock or ring the doorbell first, right?

But you knock or ring the doorbell first, right?
Depend !

In Apartment (apartment building) yes, for open the door in bottom of the building, but in my house, if you want come in, you come in (and we dont have a doorbell so ...)

We lock our doors at night. (thieves are opportunistic) but not usually during the day. They stay closed however when the weather is too hot or cold. If its nice and I am home then every screened door and window that has a screen is open. Otherwise the cats try and make a break for it.

Ok, thank you :)

It all depends on where you live. My dad built his house in 1956 and finally got around to putting a lock on the front door in 1988. It wasn't to keep thieves out either. It was to keep my younger brother from throwing parties when he was away.

I live in that house now, and it's never locked, but i live in a quiet, rural area.

Anyone who lives in an American city and doesn't lock their doors is probably insane.

The french sure do have a knack for making us look bad, eh? Anyway, yeah I lock my door most of the time.

Anyone who lives in an American city and doesn't lock their doors is probably insane.
insame not, but scared, its sure ! The TV news work very ... very well :)

I have the answer has my question, thank you very much ! ;)

The french sure do have a knack for making us look bad, eh? Anyway, yeah I lock my door most of the time.

this is what you believe ...

You say "french sure do have knack for making us look bad" and after "i lock my door most of the time" Its a joke ? or you like paradox ? I think i have a better opinion about American, that yours, about French ...

I think he means "lock" the doors. It wasn't America it was Canada

this is what you believe ...

You say "french sure do have knack for making us look bad" and after "i lock my door most of the time" Its a joke ? or you like paradox ? I think i have a better opinion about American, that yours, about French ...

Haha...no sir, I like the French and french culture. I think the fact that you don't have to worry about locking your front doors and we practically have a panic attack if we don't says a lot about our society vs. yours. (It says bad things about ours.) I think you guys make us look bad in other ways too, such as with your health care and vacation time, and the fact that your government fears you rather than you guys fearing the government. (We fear our government.)

Also, I have a question for you, I heard that in France you guys don't have the same courtship rituals that Americans go through, is that correct? Such as dating, going out to dinner, over and over, etc...From what I understand there really isn't "dating" over there, if two people like each other they just become boyfriend/girlfriend? Is that true?

Haha...no sir, I like the French and french culture. I think the fact that you don't have to worry about locking your front doors and we practically have a panic attack if we don't says a lot about our society vs. yours. (It says bad things about ours.) I think you guys make us look bad in other ways too, such as with your health care and vacation time, and the fact that your government fears you rather than you guys fearing the government. (We fear our government.)
Im totaly agree !

Also, I have a question for you, I heard that in France you guys don't have the same courtship rituals that Americans go through, is that correct? Such as dating, going out to dinner, over and over, etc...From what I understand there really isn't "dating" over there, if two people like each other they just become boyfriend/girlfriend? Is that true?

Ok, I am truly sorry, but i dont understand your question (same with a translator)

Can you put your question once again, differently, please :( (and sorry again)

Ok, I am truly sorry, but i dont understand your question (same with a translator)

Can you put your question once again, differently, please :( (and sorry again)

I used a translator for this, I don't know how accurate it is.

En France, si un homme s'est romantiquement intéressé dans une femme, c'est commun pour un homme d'inviter à sortir une femme, obtenir son numéro de téléphone, l'appeler, et alors la prendre hors une date, peut-être au dîner et un film, et répéter le procédé à plusieurs reprises avant qu'une relation développe?

In English:
In France, if a man is romantically interested in a woman, is it common for a man to ask a woman out, get her phone number, call her, and then take her out on a date, perhaps to dinner and a movie, and repeat the process several times before a relationship develops?

I have one questions for American, I heard in a report (I think its Bowling for Columbine by Mickael Moore) that American their doors close when they are on their house, or when they sleep, its true or false ?

My girlfriend and the kid was insane when they heard that, but i not sure it's true :)

Thank you
Yes everyone in the US closes and locks their doors. My wife cannot sleep with the bedroom door closed (she was born in Czech Republic incidently), but mostly americans like to keep their doors closed and locked.

Moore bases his view of the entire United States on one small town in Minnesota where hunting and gun ownership is popular, and the entire country of Canada on the city of Ontario (where, in his attempt to show how safe people feel there, he points out how most people don't lock their doors during the day. Err... I thought most people in the US didn't lock their doors during the day either, but maybe that's just me...).


I consider Moore to be america's most brilliant documentary film maker. No one else has a firmer grip on the american condition than Moore. Incidently, I disliked Bowling for Columbine because it did not focus enough on the crime and why it was committed. Moore preferred focusing in on the gun issue. It was a decent film but missed several opportunities to discuss teenage alienation and bullying.

Farenheit 911 and Sicko were far superior films.

Yes everyone in the US closes and locks their doors. My wife cannot sleep with the bedroom door closed (she was born in Czech Republic incidently), but mostly americans like to keep their doors closed and locked.my back door isn't locked unless i'm out of town. my front door is locked because it doesn't quite close right, so it pops open if its not locked. everyone who knows me at all though knows they can pretty much walk into the back door anytime. my garage is usually unlocked too. admittedly though, i live in a pretty good area. plus, i have a big dog. ;)

this was forwarded to me in one of those funny email things about living in texas. i thought i was fitting.

If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave
both
>unlocked, you may live in Texas

Also, I have a question for you, I heard that in France you guys don't have the same courtship rituals that Americans go through, is that correct? Such as dating, going out to dinner, over and over, etc...From what I understand there really isn't "dating" over there, if two people like each other they just become boyfriend/girlfriend? Is that true?
It would be cool !!! But it's wrong... we also need to date, to go to restaurant, to speak about himself, to lie about all ex-girlfriend, to lie about our propriety, etc, etc, ... :D
Sometime, you can find an "easy" girl when you are lucky or when the girl is drunk...

I also close my door at night...

My doors stay locked while I sleep and while I'm out.

It's hard work keeping your house secure, with having to turn that little latch and all.

I keep my doors locked most of the time. Car doors too. I dont see it as a bad thing.

And the thought of just walking into my neighbor's home without knocking to borrow a cup of sugar is unimaginable. It would just be insanely rude in my opinion. Also it could be kinda awkward if they are in the shower or walking around in their underwear or something.

I'd agree with the posts that note a difference between rural and urban US. My neighborhood is "not so nice", about 6 blocks away from what the police call a "war zone". It isn't the gangsters that worry me as much (they announce their coming & going by blasting gangsta rap, but that's about it). It's their "clients" who purchase their "merchandise". We've had a few come up to the door and ask if they could clean up our yard for a few bucks. A couple of those were obviously intoxicated on something. Another time a woman who had been beaten up wanted in to "call her girlfriend". When I offered to call the cops (this was at 2 am), she freaked out and left. Don't know if she had a pimp or other gangsta crouched by the door ready to invade my house, but her reaction to "cops" was mighty strange.

Old West mentality in some parts of the world. Higher expectation of independence for each citizen, with that might come a bit more isolation and less vigilance for our neighbors. Billy the Kid probably exploited that fact, and our gangsters nowadays can count on it for sure.

I keep my doors locked most of the time. Car doors too. I dont see it as a bad thing.

And the thought of just walking into my neighbor's home without knocking to borrow a cup of sugar is unimaginable. It would just be insanely rude in my opinion. Also it could be kinda awkward if they are in the shower or walking around in their underwear or something.


If my neighbor walked into my home, I'd likely stab him in the eye.

Repeatedly.

:eek3:

If my neighbor walked into my home, I'd likely stab him in the eye.

Repeatedly.

Actually my creepy neighbor just tried to talk to my Brother-in-law's girlfriend.

She told him to get the **** away from her.


I like this girl. :)

Yeah i lock my door, but the question is why don't you. Are there no thiefs in france or do you live in a small town. By the way, responding to a previous comment that i found retarted, I am a american and i don't fear my government.

Yeah i lock my door, but the question is why don't you.

err, because I'm inside ?

err, because I'm inside ?
What if the theifs armed, what if there's more than one, what if he gets the drop on you. In all seriousness what could you do.

armed thief? where the hell do you think I live, the US ? :p I've never seen a thief in my life, nor has anyone I know afaik. So *armed* to boot ?

*edit* wait, I've seen one, once, on a campus I was in, people would leave their doors open, even when they'd be elsewhere, and this guy would lurk around and steal some stuff in the empty rooms. He was caught by 2 guys after a week, who captured him and called the police.

armed thief? where the hell do you think I live, the US ? :p I've never seen a thief in my life, nor has anyone I know afaik. So *armed* to boot ?

*edit* wait, I've seen one, once, on a campus I was in, people would leave their doors open, even when they'd be elsewhere, and this guy would lurk around and steal some stuff in the empty rooms. He was caught by 2 guys after a week, who captured him and called the police.
Well i tip my hat to you and all the French for their near unrealistic lack of crime. Truly you are an inspiration to us all.

Btw anyone who's a thief head to france it's ripe for the picking.

yeah, well, sure, they'll chose my small flat, right in the middle of brest, instead of the scores of large, isolated and unoccupied save for holidays houses on the coast :rolleyes:

You never know!!! Your small flat would have less security. Isn't the saying "Better to be safe than sorry"

armed thief? where the hell do you think I live, the US ? :p I've never seen a thief in my life, nor has anyone I know afaik. So *armed* to boot ?

*edit* wait, I've seen one, once, on a campus I was in, people would leave their doors open, even when they'd be elsewhere, and this guy would lurk around and steal some stuff in the empty rooms. He was caught by 2 guys after a week, who captured him and called the police.wow, such vigilanteism in europe. kanuck would be so disappointed.

I always lock my door and I live in Europe. :eek:
The insurance company pays only, if the door is locked.

I always lock my door and I live in Europe. :eek:
The insurance company pays only, if the door is locked.
They are talking about when you are in your house.
If you must close your door while you are inside to make your company insurance pay... I think you should change !

They are talking about when you are in your house.
If you must close your door while you are inside to make your company insurance pay... I think you should change !

Yep, sure :D

They are talking about when you are in your house.
If you must close your door while you are inside to make your company insurance pay... I think you should change !
I should read the whole thread before I answer :D

Sorry.

Hai............................................

True or False?

I don't know

In England if you leave your door unlocked - somebody steals the door....