Tokyo governor Ishihara sued for insulting French

French teachers and researchers in Japan sued outspoken Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara on Wednesday for calling French a "failed language", demanding compensation and a public apology.

In a suit filed at the Tokyo District Court, the 21 plaintiffs, many of whom run language schools or teach French, said Ishihara's remarks had disgraced them. According to the suit, Ishihara said last October: "I have to say it is no surprise that French is disqualified as an international language because French is a language which cannot count numbers." The governor made his remarks at a gathering in support of a new university in Tokyo, apparently to explain that there was no point to pursuing French, said plaintiff Brendan Marcus, who teaches at a private French school in Tokyo.

Simeon Says...

Je ne sais pas ce que voulez dire vous au sujet du Français étant un tel baisé vers le haut de la langue, vous devrais essayer le japonais. Translated directly by Babel Fish as "I do not know what want to say you about the French such being kissed to the top of the language, should test Japanese to you." Go Figure! Actually it read "I do not know what you mean about French being such a fucked up language, you should try Japanese."