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Paris Louvre Museum Closes as Staff Protests Epidemic of Pickpocketing
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| 04/11/2013
| By Olivia B. Waxman
Posted on 04/11/2013 2:58:26 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
And people wonder why I’ll never visit France.
To: SeekAndFind
Isn't Le Louvre a living and breathing museum that can get with the times? Just needs to switch out some old renaissance stuff for the new...
![](http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/337705/1/The-Pick-Pocket.jpg)
![](http://goingon80.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/pickpocket-cu.jpg)
![](http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium/the-pickpocket-paskalis-anastasi.jpg)
![](http://www.artmajeur.com/files/eefineart/images/artworks/650x650/2625505_EI061S_pick_pocket_pic.jpg)
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posted on
04/11/2013 3:02:54 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: SeekAndFind
To: TheRhinelander
Don't bother... been there once and once was enough. They positively HATE Americans. We saved their butts TWICE and they still hate us. Some creative FR needs to post a picture of a monkey with a white flag.
One More thing, Charles Degal (sp?) Airport is the worst airport I have ever been in, in my entire life, and that is saying a lot.
My heart goes out to the families who lost brave GI's taking France back from the Germans... what a waste.
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posted on
04/11/2013 3:05:51 PM PDT
by
Jmouse007
(Lord deliver us from evil, in Jesus name, amen.)
To: C210N
This lady will always be the star of the museum (just watch your pocket while you are enjoying the picture)
To: Jmouse007
Judging the French based on Parisians is like judging Americans based on New Yorkers.
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posted on
04/11/2013 3:08:39 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Universal Background Check -> Registration -> Confiscation -> Oppression -> Extermination)
To: SeekAndFind
The vote was unanimous....with one abstention...
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posted on
04/11/2013 3:09:22 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SeekAndFind
My B.I.L. had his wallet stolen on the Paris subway.
Interestingly, the French cops recovered it with the money still in it. They turned it over to the American Embassy.
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posted on
04/11/2013 3:11:18 PM PDT
by
yarddog
(Truth, Justice, and what was once the American Way.)
To: SeekAndFind
Gypsys, tramps, and thieves
We’d hear it from the people of the town
They’d call us Gypsys, tramps, and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down
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posted on
04/11/2013 3:19:10 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
To: TurboZamboni
GYPSY COMMUNITY IN NANTES
To: SeekAndFind
My guess: Gypsies. It sounds like their M.O. by having children along for the ride.
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posted on
04/11/2013 3:23:16 PM PDT
by
roostercashews
(Having a gun doesn't make you safer, but knowing how to use one does.)
To: Jmouse007
We spent several weeks in Paris and the Loire Valley last year. The French couldn’t have been nicer or more helpful. And that included a trip to the emergency room.
Moreover, practically everyone spoke some English.
I don’t know how the “French hate Americans” meme got started, but in my experience, it’s not true.
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posted on
04/11/2013 3:27:08 PM PDT
by
Blue Ink
To: Mushroom Gravy
That is for sure. The Parisians hate everybody including their fellow French. I was in the south of France and they were all very courteous and friendly. They hated the Parisians as well.
To: Mushroom Gravy
I was in Paris once and couldn’t find a rude Frog to save my life. It wasn’t Disney (what do they give those people?) but, at the very least, it was better than NYC or Atlanta.
My sister DID manage to find the worst Greek restaurant in Paris, though...
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posted on
04/11/2013 3:31:54 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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posted on
04/11/2013 3:37:19 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(My faith and politics cannot be separated)
To: SeekAndFind
I’m glad that I visited Paris when it was still relatively safe, and unpolluted by human detritus.
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posted on
04/11/2013 3:38:23 PM PDT
by
Windflier
(To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
To: SeekAndFind
Thanks for the good pictures ... now I’ve seen all I need to of the Louvre and don’t have to visit France!
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posted on
04/11/2013 3:52:15 PM PDT
by
Fast Moving Angel
(A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
To: SeekAndFind
LMBO!!
Diversity is their strength!
To: C210N
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