France hit by wave of protests over jobs plan

by **AkrobatR** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:56 am

Tens of thousands of students and workers marched in Paris and other French cities today in what was expected to be the biggest show of anger yet at a jobs plan that has led to violence in the streets and threatens to weaken the government.
For the second time in three days, students – this time joined by unions and employees – were using marches to press the conservative government to withdraw the measure, which could take effect in April.
“We are not disposable. We deserve better,” said Aurelie Silan, a 20-year-old student who joined the massive protest in the French capital. She held aloft a banner mocking Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin – just one sign of the mounting pressure he faces.
“Aren’t we the future of France?” Silan asked.
In Toulouse in south-western France, between 21,000 and 33,000 people marched against the jobs plan to cries of “No to a government that makes students (and) workers fodder for employers.” In Lyon, in the south-east, police put the number of de

by **ivan** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:59 am

Øîó òðàíñâåñòèòîâ.

Without a doubt, Øîó òðàíñâåñòèòîâ. Sums up my feelings on many things, really.

This is, after all, the sound I hear in my soul when I wake up hungover. It is the noise I make when I vomit. It is my cry of protest when last call arrives.

by **massivedrunk** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:00 am

I might need a cocktail to decode this

by **ivan** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:01 am

I'm having a cocktail.

It helps.

by **cloud8** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:27 am

ivan wrote:Øîó òðàíñâåñòèòîâ.

[Without a doubt, Øîó òðàíñâåñòèòîâ. Sums up my feelings on many things, really.

This is, after all, the sound I hear in my soul when I wake up hungover. It is the noise I make when I vomit. It is my cry of protest when last call arrives.

Oh yeah? Says who? I say Ñòðèïòèç dammit!

by ******** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:33 am

now, now, drunkards. we should settle down and act like full-grown ðîãðàììós.

but i agree with ivan.
Øîó òðàíñâåñòèòîâ, indeed.

by **Malkor** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:38 am

This is kind of scary

by **cloud8** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:39 am

nickey o'chicklihan wrote:now, now, drunkards. we should settle down and act like full-grown ðîãðàììós.

but i agree with ivan.
Øîó òðàíñâåñòèòîâ, indeed.

Now just a cotton pickin minute! Who you callin ðîãðàììós? It's Ñòðèïòèç, ya hear?

by **Judge** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:54 am

I blame this thread on the French.

êàôå them!

by **Gwynn** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:22 pm

Uh....well, i do suport the people protesting against the goverment, but i sure ass hell do not know how to read that poll thingy.

by **rune** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:58 pm

PARIS, March 18 — Students, joined by teachers, workers, retirees, surrender monkeys, opposition politicians and labor union leaders took to the streets of more than 100 cities and towns throughout France on Saturday in the latest(yawn) nationwide protest against the government's new youth labor law.

Anger was renewed on Saturday over a law giving employers two years to fire workers without cause.

President Jacques Chirac appealed for the marchers to show "camembert and roquefort," as security police officers in cheese gear were out in full force throughout France.

Authorities are on alert for "professional drunks" after street fights broke out late Thursday in Paris that forced the police to use cheese gas and champagne cannons to quell the violence.

Reuters update: All was reported calm as both the authorities and protesters had decided to surrender. Confusion remained as both sides were unable to reach an agreement as to whom had surrendered first.
The parties decided to watch old Jerry Lewis movies and resume talks tomorrow.

by **Gwynn** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:04 pm

Uh...guys, really i want to know, why do Americans hate the French?
and dont give me that crap that they are arogant, after all, there is more than one nation on this planet that is so.....

by **BeerMakesMeSmart** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:07 pm

Gwynn wrote:Uh...guys, really i want to know, why do Americans hate the French?
and dont give me that crap that they are arogant, after all, there is more than one nation on this planet that is so.....

Poodles.

and their ban on deodorant.

by **Judge** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:10 pm

I think it started with this guy.

by **Gwynn** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:23 pm

Uh.....oki... :shock: