Please don't make cheap jokes that can only take the thread wildly and predictably off-topic. It's not worth it, and it isn't OK on Hacker News.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

In my experience French people are much happier to talk politics than Americans. Possible they are sick of hearing about burkinis right now though.

the burkini ban was issued by a few mayors and strongly rejected by the judicial system. most french people could not care less.

It's so yesterday, it's racist restaurants now.

Not to be confused with Burkina Faso which is incidentally a francoPHONE country (most puns intended)