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** YMMV on that one. Many Americans have long considered the French to be the [[Ungrateful Bastard]]s, since France has long been one of the most anti-American countries in the Western world, despite the fact that America rescued France in both [[World War I]] and [[World War Two]], and helped rebuild France after the second, ''and'' defended France from the Soviet Union during the [[Cold War]].
** Furthermore, whatever debt of honor the US owed France for the aid given us in the Revolutionary War would be to the French monarchy, which France overthrew in 1789. France is trying to cash in a marker owed to a previous regime that they themselves rejected the legacy of. (Justifiably so, really, but still.) Can't have it both ways, France. If your government does not consider itself as inheriting the karmic debts of the House of Bourbon, neither can it claim the karmic debts owed to said house.
* TV Tropes is very much this. The admins tend to ban even contributors who have been members for years and have been extremely helpful for simple mistakes. They are also this in regards to ban evaders. Once they find out someone is ban evading, they will permaban their new account on the spot even if the new account has done nothing but help out and correct mistakes.
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