--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 12/7/05 10:45:16 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> God *help* the French administration that >> tries to fuck with what the French consider >> "basic rights." The last time an adminis- >> tration tried (in 1999), the French staged >> a nationwide general strike. Nothing moved >> in France -- no trains, no planes, no taxis, >> no Metros, no trucks, nothing. There were >> no services like garbage collection; only >> the hospitals and emergency services were >> excepted from the strike. >> >> The result? The French government caved in >> and abandoned its plans to change the disputed >> policies in less than two weeks. > > > I think this proves the French can argue well among > themselves, but could the French stand up to and > defend themselves against an external enemy?
Good question. It hasn't come up recently because the French don't insist on classifying countries that don't agree with them as 'enemies.' :-) > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore. http://us.click.yahoo.com/abEMxA/sbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
