paris: the city of rude?

in recent attempts to make the french capital more friendly to the millions of visitors the economy depends on, the mayor has instituted a paris tourist day. the project placed welcome wagons at five of the most popular attractions. city officials passed out parisian water, orange juice, and pamphlets. they are encouraging citizens to be more open, polite, welcoming, and english proficient with the guests. they encouraged visitors to openly embrace the french lifestyle instead of 'heading to the first starbucks.' there are so many things i see wrong with this i'm not even sure where to begin. i guess asking why the fuck there are starbucks in paris is a good place to start. the corporate hounds don't do enough damage in this country so they feel the need to spread their wings to suffocate the rest of the world. starbucks may have decent coffee, but i can guarantee that a coffee at any small cafe would be ten times better, and served in a real cup instead of a paper one. wow, save the earth and have better coffee, what a concept. i have traveled throughout france and several other european countries and have found that the people are very polite, hospitable, and helpful. sure they may get frustrated dealing with stuck up, incompetent fools, but so does everyone else. also, why on earth should french people be expected to learn english? it is not their native language and there is nothing mentioned in the new campaign for foreigners to learn french before they arrive. i guess i forgot about {or was hoping it has disappeared} the great american elitist attitude that anyone who immigrates to this country better damn well learn english and likewise, anywhere we travel the countrymen best learn english in order to meet my every beck and call. how about tourists learn some of the language, culture, customs and politics before visiting so that they can get a taste of the foreign land instead of traveling thousands of miles just to have their usual triple grande no whip latte. besides, isn't exploring and embracing the unknown what travel is all about?