SHTF in france again, Are we gonna let the french out do us!

[norrin_radd]

Man our protests aint squat commpared to them dumazzès.
I hope our dumazzès dont get diss'd and try to out do em tommorrow.
what a friggin joke.

[ZapThyCat]

This is pertaining to what?

[norrin_radd]

just comparing our little "civil war" protests yesterday (with a little sarcasm) to the crap thats going on in france right now, its on the news. total chaos protesting some labor law. from what I'm hearing its shut alot of the country down. thats all.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060328.wfrance0328/BNStory/International/home

could you imagine that happening here, major shtf in my opinion.

[1952Sniper]

The French have had a horrible labor market for years and years.  This type of thing happens all the time over there.  Their unemployment is way, way worse than anything we've had here in our lifetimes.  Up until recently, the government restricted them to something like 32 hours a week, max.  With their socialist mentality, they figured it was better to have everyone making barely enough to feed themselves than to allow some people to be fully productive.

Their labor laws have always been screwed up and likely always will be.  If I were French, I'd be rioting too.

[norrin_radd]

I'll be the first to admit I dont know much about their laws/labor market. I just wonder if the riots will accomplish anything.
And I hope riots on that scale dont happen here, unless they try to round up our guns... :wink:

I'll have to read about why there labor market is the way it is. Hopefully it wont get that way here in the future.

edit:added emoticon so nobody gets the wrong idea.

[1952Sniper]

I just wonder if the riots will accomplish anything.

Of course it will.  All you have to do is look sternly at the French government and they pee their pants, hoist the white flag, and put their hands in the air.

[norrin_radd]

lol
oh yeah I forgot about that part!
I'm just glad I dont live there.

[Morg308]

Troll alert. This is the same guy if I remember right, who was proud of LA being the murder capital...whatever. Look kid, or cop, or whoever you are, we don't look at things that way here.

[norrin_radd]

wth are you talking about?

edit: think i figured it out, thought you were talking about me
sorry

[DaveyDug]

Troll alert. This is the same guy if I remember right, who was proud of LA being the murder capital...whatever. Look kid, or cop, or whoever you are, we don't look at things that way here.

Take it easy there, Morg.   I think you're still reacting to the whole "Indy" thing. :wink:

[thebigdrewbowski]

I wouldn 't call the french socialist, just make-believing they are.

[Morg308]

Sorry if I over reacted. I have an aversion to 'Gangsta-cool.' I've lived in the ghetto, I knew some bad boys, it's not cool. Killing is not cool. Rioting and looting is not cool. Rant over.

[slingshot]

I've been to France, lived & traveled amongst them, and drew 2 basic conclusions from my own experience. 1. Most of the propaganda you hear about these people is just that - propaganda B.S. 2. These are the most revolutionary people on the planet today, and we would do well to heed their lead. They still build the streets in Paris 100 yards wide - why? - so it will be difficult for the people to barricade them when rioting, yet I saw a picture of one of these wide streets barricaded the other day on Yahoo's news picture spread on the rioting. In some neighborhoods in Paris, the government has come in and removed the cobblestones in the streets and replaced them with poured solid concrete - why? - to deny the people ammo when rioting. I know that 2 years ago some French electricians in a bucket truck cut the main electrical feed to the French Presidential Palace in the heat of summer - just to show their President their displeasure at some trifle they were upset about, the people in the streets were cheering the crew on, and the power stayed off for about a half an hour - try that in D.C.  If Americans can outdo the French in civil disobedience, it will be a day of rejoicing amongst amber fields of grain!