[Nono]

Quote by: Steve Nono, if you disagree with Tiny on something or you feel he's not saying something clearly, why don't you offer him some help instead of simply saying he's not making sense.

Because tiny simply isn't making sense. On the one hand she expresses her horror at those who have been protesting the new law, and simultanrously grinds on about this awful law. Sorry, just can't make head or tail of her views (except to note that they sweep hugely complex things into microscopic piles -- one of her specialties).

You're right that the French need only hit the streets in huge numbers to put the fear of God in the government, which well remembers May '68. This works for rightwing Catholics just as it works for leftwing unionists.

As for the law itself -- sorry but it's yet another gift from a rightwing government to the business elite. Maybe some employers will use it to hire more young people. Others will use it to rip them off.

What I'm saying is that it's another step in the dismantlement of a system that has given France unparalleled prosperity over the past half century. The French are a nation of skeptics, and they don't believe every word of market-fundamentalist propaganda fed to them.

Using "daddy"/government to give you a nice job is a cop out, so your teasing Tiny over "daddy's money" seems hypocritical to me.

What?!! *I* don't work for the government I'll have you know, and I work plenty hard to earn my bread. So speak for yourself. The only sugar-daddy relevant to this discussion is the one keeping tiny (her ethnic affiliation notwithstanding) in splendid indolence, which affords her the leisure to bitch against hardworking Frenchmen. What bullshit.

And by the way, for a coupla years I worked for the (government-owned) post office. Nothing cushy there. And I've also worked in private industry (of the relatively 'unfettered' North American variety). I could tell you tales of inefficiency and cushiness that would curl your toenails.

So let's abate the ideology-driven bullshit. Markets are imperfect and need regulation for the general good. Regardless of who owns or runs an enterprise, the same laws apply. You can't defy gravity. The question is how the proceeds should be divided up.