--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
[snip] > Gotta agree. I currently live in France, which has MORE > than its share of problems. They're *also* a remarkably > Self Important culture. But one of the things they are > NOT is apathetic. If a president of France had tried to > fuck with the French people basic rights one tenth as > greviously as Bush has fucked with Americans' basic rights, > the entire population of France would have been out on the > streets in protest. Having a 25 hour work week (or whatever the maximum hours the French unions have negotiated for themselves) is NOT a basic human right, Barry. Neither the judicial system nor the basic rights and freedoms of the French come close to what Americans enjoy. You simply don't know what you're talking about. >The country would have shut down and > would not have moved again until the government rescinded > its actions. > > The French may *be* the drama queens of the planet, but > in times like these, drama queens can be counted on to > man the barricades, whereas your everyday American can't > even be counted upon to make it to a polling place on > election day. > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
