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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 10:37 AM
I think France may very well implode.


between this new law regarding young working people and that bit with the muslims recently, there sure is a lot of unrest in this country.


Motorist Drives Through Crowd in Paris
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PARIS - A motorist drove through a crowd of students protesting the government's new youth jobs law Friday near the Sorbonne University, injuring seven people.

Furious demonstrators overturned the car and tried to kick its windows out, while police in riot gear and helmets worked to disperse the crowd.

The incident came after high school students spent the afternoon disrupting traffic outside the Sorbonne by picnicking on a busy boulevard. They were heading away when a frustrated motorist tried to burst through the crowd.

Several dozen youths turned the car over and unsuccessfully attempted to drag the driver out before police and onlookers intervened.

Firefighters said seven people suffered light injuries.

French students have been protesting for weeks over a new law that will make it easier for companies to hire and fire people under age 26. While most demonstrations have been peaceful, some have seen violence from a radical fringe.





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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 11:15 AM


Fuck the French.
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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 11:15 AM


I know. And the dirty punk rockers are making it even worse. France is getting weak.



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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 01:05 PM


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Fuck the French.




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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 01:12 PM


Only thing good about the French is the toast and they sold us some of America for a good price.






I know the toast is not from France it is a joke.




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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 01:14 PM


Lady Liberty's French.



Well, its this place where nobody works, and the pigs don\'t give you any shit. Everyone smokes weed and gets drunk all day. Its a place where cunts like me and you can truly take it easy and relax. Know what I mean?
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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 01:49 PM


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Lady Liberty's French.




yeah well one gift doesnt make up for it




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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 01:57 PM


There's the one car I see about a block away from my house that has a "BOYCOTT FRANCE" sticker in the window and american flags everywhere. I just have to laugh. It's kinda like the whole "freedom fries" thing. Just completely ridiculous.
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There's the one car I see about a block away from my house that has a "BOYCOTT FRANCE" sticker in the window and american flags everywhere. I just have to laugh. It's kinda like the whole "freedom fries" thing. Just completely ridiculous.




i dont think so
i would support a boycott of france anyday




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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 02:10 PM


as anybody been in France, or just views based on media or so?



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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 02:24 PM


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as anybody been in France, or just views based on media or so?




i would not go to france




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as anybody been in France, or just views based on media or so?




i would not go to france


I've been to marsailles (sp?) ...............Fuck the French
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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 02:29 PM


If there ever happens to be another war where they look to the US to bail them out of trouble again, I will become a concientious objector and refuse to fight for the liberation of their country.
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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 02:30 PM


i wanna go to war with france
france is the evil empire
of frog eaters




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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 03:30 PM


Fuck the French. Indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 09:22 PM


I don't care about the French one way or the other... all joking aside, everyone, even snooty French assholes deserve to live free.... except French Canadians.



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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 10:02 PM


Ya the French Canadians are pretty bad,. Fucking rude fucker fucks



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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 10:46 PM


i spent about a week in france in 98, and my wife lived there for a year, but i don't really have an opinion of them one way or the other. as a fat guy, i appreciate the food, but that's about it.




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[*] posted on 4-7-2006 at 11:12 PM


I like the wine. and a nice French roast coffee from STARBUCKS



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[*] posted on 4-8-2006 at 07:07 AM


If you think the Fench from France are annoying, try shacking up with an Acadian.

On the original topic, this obviously seems to have alot more to do with an underlying anger than an objection to any one law/policy. It's hard to get decent coverage of the actual protests/riots but from what I can see they don't seem to be particulary focused against any target. The anger might be real and arguably legitimate but the powers that be will never feel the brunt of it, the disposessed will, look at Detroit 40 years later.
I also have to think that of all the countries in the world the French don't have all that much to riot in the streets about- it's not like their government is engaging in warrantless wiretapping of it's citizens, flagrantly violating the Geneva convention, holding people captive for years without the right to due process (habeus corpus, schmabeus corpus), drawing the condemnation of the united nations, kidnapping citizens of sovereign countries such as Canada and flying them to be tortured oversees, sending it's own soldiers into battle zones without the equipment to protect themselves and dropping the ball supporting soldiers and their families, exercising no accountability to the public or congress (magna carta, schmagna carta) and funneling billions of dollars into the pockets of their friends while bankrupting the country and destroying social services... citizens of a country like that have something to riot about.
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[*] posted on 4-8-2006 at 07:35 AM


me & the girlfriend are going to Paris/Venice in 2.5 weeks, for vacation, if i see any riots i'll be sure to get some pic/video of it.



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[*] posted on 4-8-2006 at 01:00 PM


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There's the one car I see about a block away from my house that has a "BOYCOTT FRANCE" sticker in the window and american flags everywhere. I just have to laugh. It's kinda like the whole "freedom fries" thing. Just completely ridiculous.




i dont think so
i would support a boycott of france anyday




Maybe Im just missing something then. I dont really understand all the hate towards France. Is it because theyre arrogant? Yeah... well so are Americans. Just look at the "we're gonna have to bail your ass out of another war" comments. I know there was some backlash when the French said that they wouldnt support a US invasion of Iraq, but they werent the only country saying that, and anyway... look at the results. Maybe they were right that we shouldnt have gotten involved?

I dont really spend time dwelling upon France, so if someone could throw some info out there to enlighten me as to why I should hate them then maybe I'll be able to understand. Overall it doesnt really matter to me in the long run though.
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[*] posted on 4-8-2006 at 02:38 PM


berets...



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[*] posted on 4-8-2006 at 02:38 PM


and mimes.



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[*] posted on 4-8-2006 at 07:17 PM


if it werent for france you wouldnt have won the revolutionary war. also, the values and ideas that your precious constitution is written upon comes from the FRENCH REVOLUTION.



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