Riot in Paris

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:12 pm

Students and union workers rioting in Paris live on tv right now.

Benjamin · Post by **Benjamin** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:37 pm

Those crazy French! :wah:

SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:53 pm

More information required to gain my concern.......................

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:55 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/inter ... paris.html

StupidCowboyTricks · Post by **StupidCowboyTricks** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:56 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: Why?

(at least god doesn't hate eggs)

Sorry, that was a title I misread earlier.

I thought I read yesterday that the French were going to Honor Jerry Lewis this weekend......maybe they are acting out scenes from the errand boy or something.

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SOJOURNER · Post by **SOJOURNER** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:08 pm

Ah ha!

Well that's a big concern for them. How might it impact the USA?

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:10 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4860632.stm

Protesters are bitterly opposed to the CPE, which allows employers to end job contracts for workers under 26 at any time during a two-year trial period.

posted by sojourner

Ah ha!

Well that's a big concern for them. How might it impact the USA?

Not at all the US is kind of irrelevant in all this.

On the other hand this will no doubt be portrayed as somehow beinmg anti american

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=5880

except theres a bit more to it.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=5901

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=5893