> Imagine an internet made up almost exclusively of French people.

I'm not sure I would want to imagine that. But then, I'm German.

A fox would not want to imagine an internet made up almost exclusively of hens? ))

Those dastardly Frenchmen used to always try and conquer my ancestors.

The long line of Louis didn't get all that far (but their interference in the 30 years wars probably made things worse), but Napoleon finally managed to take a big bit out of German lands for a while.

Thank you for that perspective. We never realize how ignorant we are of other peoples' situations. I say that as someone who has spend the last eight months trying to understand the perspective of the people who call themselves my enemies.

How expensive was it to participate in message boards. My parents used it so sparingly and with the idea that any minute was addding up. I read 60 francs l'heure, so about 10 euros or more like 17 with inflation. Even spending an hour a day would be a costly hobby.