Posted on 04/05/2006 7:34:57 AM PDT by MadIvan
Ping!
Shadenfreud alert!
Yes, I should have said, "Schadenfreude, anyone?" :)
Regards, Ivan
Who is Schadenfreud? Is he related to Freud?
Schadenfreude - the enjoyment taken out of watching the misery of others.
Regards, Ivan
I'm surprised France has gone this long without raising the white flag.
I doubt even they can surrender to themselves.
Regards, Ivan
"There is a widespread belief that the government is on the back foot and will be forced to revise its plans" . . .
That about sums up the reporting in France. Nobody is reporting about root causes of labor unrest. Among the chief causes are crazy French immigration policies that allow illegal aliens to work at much lower wages "off the books" for cash. Also, employers do not have to pay for health insurance or social benefits for illegal workers.
Wait just a minute: That sounds just like what is going on in America! Globalization strikes again. Horrors!
I read a few, and then reflexively asked out loud, "Who cares?" These are they navel gazing questions an aging socialist country always asks....."Now what ______ do we give to the collective." Individual Freedom and Responsibility/Initiative not even a concern.
Strategery + Schardenfreud
A nation of socialists cannot understand why socialism doesn't work. Good riddance to bad garbage.
La France est dans la toilette
Not just sad, but a bit apprehensive. I believe France is ripe for a Socialist Dictator..
You are doomed France. The most important thing is to find the right solution, not a common solution.
Ha!
You know what to do, Gramps. ;o)
"I like to joke about the French as much as anyone does, but to see this once great Western nation reduced to a sniveling mass of fearful sheep makes me sad."
I agree.
The French contributions to the western culture we rightly revere are significant. Their demise, while satisfying on one level, is overall not a good thing for us and civilisation as a whole.
The solutions are simple and obvious, but there is a real Catch 22 as to whether a society reaping the TEMPORARY fruits of the socialistic welfare state can bring itself to end them before it is too late.
A French guy told me theres no problem, they just have to clamp down on Crime.... ..So.. How long is an ostrich's neck?
Once again, we watch European mismanagement bring certain war to the European continent. Same thing as WWI and WWII, just different players/situations. What France needs is a Ronald reagan, but they would never be able to deal with the short-term pain that reorganization would cause. I am afraid they are lost, and the worst part about it is that their large Muslim population is a country with the Atomic bomb.
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