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Entries Tagged as 'France'

Access To Internet A Human Right?

June 19th, 2009 · Comments Off

From the UK Times Online:

The [French] Constitutional Council declared access to the internet to be a basic human right, directly opposing the key points of Mr Sarkozy’s law, passed in April, which created the first internet police agency in the democratic world.

Les sages – the wise men – as the council is known, took [...]

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Tags: Absurd · Crime/Law · France · Government · The Left

France In Flames, 2006 Edition

October 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off

An average of 112 cars a day have been torched across France so far this year and there have been 15 attacks a day on police and emergency services. Nearly 3,000 police officers have been injured in clashes this year.

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Tags: France · Islamofascism · Media · Terrorism

France Calls A Retreat Before It Even Sends In Their Military

August 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off

Despite expectations that France would provide the bulk of a planned 15,000 strong UN force, Paris said it would only send 200 troops to reinforce the UN mission in Lebanon, and then only when safety guarantees are made.

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Tags: France · Islamofascism · Lebanon · Uncategorized

Aren’t The French Socialists Funny?

March 25th, 2006 · 2 Comments

In America, most of us would call the French young people’s attitudes “childish”, “immature”, or “spoiled.” The dispute has galvanized aggressively leftist student unions, which tend to be dominated by middle- and upper-class young people who are not the primary victims of unemployment.

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Tags: Absurd · Employment · France · Government · Money · Taxes · The Left