# Holy shit, Jacques Chirac is a fucking shitface **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 18, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-jacques-chirac-is-a-fucking-shitface/155880 "2003-02-18T14:04:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-jacques-chirac-is-a-fucking-shitface/155880/61 "2003-02-19T19:01:05Z")
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**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-jacques-chirac-is-a-fucking-shitface/155880/62 "2003-02-19T20:37:26Z")
Thank you for the link and exact words clairobscur. I feel that “shut up” is stronger that what he actually said. Truth Seeker, I think most of the French people just don’t want a war. I believe most people don’t know too much, I chose to know more because I live in the States and was concerned with all this. But I am pretty sure that I wouldn’t know the ties France has with Iraq if I was still there (I am not very interested in politics). I believe most French people don’t want a war as they are worried about he “human” factors and don’t want innocent killed (like any others not in favor). I don’t think they see a threat as the US do… ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-jacques-chirac-is-a-fucking-shitface/155880/63 "2003-02-19T20:37:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by clairobscur \* > \*\*I assume that the guys who translated Chirac’s rant are professionnals and have done a better job than I could ever do. I gather from this thread that some have translated “se taire” by “keep quiet” and others by “shut up”. I would lean toward the first one since “se taire” isn’t particularily offensive, but there’s no way to translate exactly the nuances of a language into another \*\* Quite right. I just thought that since you provided the French version there was some sort of nuance or connotation that the translation got wrong or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-shit-jacques-chirac-is-a-fucking-shitface/155880.md?page=3)