# French Protestors 1, French Government 0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-protestors-1-french-government-0/352055 "2006-04-10T08:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-protestors-1-french-government-0/352055/1 "2006-04-10T08:57:31Z")
France’s government has [scrapped](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=a8hWLrEizme8&refer=top_world_news) its controversial youth-labor law after two months of protests. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-protestors-1-french-government-0/352055/2 "2006-04-10T10:44:55Z")
_Bon._ ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-protestors-1-french-government-0/352055/3 "2006-04-10T11:32:07Z")
I’ll take predictable political results for $100, please, Alex. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-protestors-1-french-government-0/352055/4 "2006-04-10T11:50:57Z")
French Protestors 1, French Driver 10. [http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2006/03/21/1498849-ap.html](http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2006/03/21/1498849-ap.html) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Clam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-protestors-1-french-government-0/352055/5 "2006-04-10T12:02:59Z")
Hurrah! Now my friends in France can get back to preparing for their exams (having been blocked from attending lectures till now.) ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-protestors-1-french-government-0/352055/6 "2006-04-10T12:14:22Z")
Unless they’re unemployed of course. In which case they can go back and rot in the unemployment queue. French university students 1, French unemployed 0 Way to show courageous leadership Chirac! ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-protestors-1-french-government-0/352055/7 "2006-04-10T12:36:14Z")
[QUOTE=Rune] Unless they’re unemployed of course. In which case they can go back and rot in the unemployment queue. French university students 1, French unemployed 0 Way to show courageous leadership Chirac! [/QUOTE] As opposed to the older workers being unemployed I suppose. And sometimes, believe it or not, good leadership is admitting when you’re wrong… ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-protestors-1-french-government-0/352055/8 "2006-04-10T12:42:13Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] French Protestors 1, French Driver 10. [/QUOTE] What I don’t understand is why most of the French drivers (except this intrepid fellow!) just accept having their road (insert: airport, railroad, ferry, etc.) blocked. Or why the students and teachers just silently accept having their schools/universities blocked, unless the vast majority agree with those doing the blocking. If I were to find my way home blocked by a bunch of fools I completely disagreed with, it’d piss me off to no end. I sure as hell wouldn’t just silently accept it. ---
**Author:** ![Rune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-protestors-1-french-government-0/352055/9 "2006-04-10T12:46:44Z")
[QUOTE=Martiju] And sometimes, believe it or not, good leadership is admitting when you’re wrong… [/QUOTE] …except he didn’t admit he was wrong. He just buckled under pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-protestors-1-french-government-0/352055/10 "2006-04-10T12:58:28Z")
[QUOTE=Rune] If I were to find my way home blocked by a bunch of fools I completely disagreed with, it’d piss me off to no end. I sure as hell wouldn’t just silently accept it. [/QUOTE] What would you do about it? Stage your own protest? It’s not like you can run them down. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Clam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@Happy\_Clam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Clam)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-protestors-1-french-government-0/352055/11 "2006-04-10T13:41:43Z")
I think Chirac should practice saying the following: I for one welcome our new student overlords. In other news, left-wing looks good for the next French presidential elections, _non_?