Paris, France
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- uan1
- NBQ007
- quite normal for europe in times of protestsuan
- They look strong enoughhelloeatbreathedrive
- that's someones job, someones business and someones xmas ruined.shapesalad
- xmas is ruined because some rich cunt didn't get another bvlgari watch?Milan
- Well as a designer, imagine you can't work, because you need to board up your iMac as some people in yellow vests are marching on your desk.shapesalad
- ^ well as a person with a working class background who had to start working in a factory at 14 to help my parents...oey
- ...and myself, someone who worked all the way until finished my second design degree I still prefer the people over my mac.oey
- and the right to protest. and if a protest turns violent, well isn't it a form of violence how the elites rule the world? I'm not saying violence will solve itoey
- but it can happen. and these brands, well most can actually go fuck themselves.oey
- besides, it doesn't seem they will quit business at all. so what's the issue, what's your point, where do you stand, which side are you taking, etc...oey
- i didn't mean "you" particularly.oey
- Paris est mortutopian
- i bet oey's got QBN stickers on his guillotine.hotroddy
- boohoo, oey. I was washing dishes at 12 and my dad didn't own a pair of shoes until he was 18. being WC doesn't entitle one to be a cuntGnash
- Looting isn't a prerequisite when protesting. (and they're not just targeting lux brands)Gnash
- "...and if a protest turns violent, well isn't it a form of violence how the elites rule the world?" So you get to smash stuff because "elites"?cannonball1978
- hey Gnash, i didn't defend anyone being a cunt.oey
- besides I was not criticizing anyone to use wood planks either defending looting.oey
- I was not defending or justifying violence. I wrote "I'm not saying violence will solve it". I think some people read with filter glasses, like you know...oey
- stereotyping :-)oey
- my Dad went to work in a factory when he was 12 and had to walk 15km along woods barefoot...I can't imagine myself in such a situation.oey
- one time I was in a demo throwing pavement stones in at the police vans with reinforcements when i was 15oey
- when i looked to my side my father was right there too...that was weird.oey
- anyway...yes, I had t a guillotine but Tatcher is dead already so I sold mine to Morrisseyoey
- Dynamite will doi_was
- somehow you get to smash stuff because of elites yes...I wonder how this is connected...I mean social injustice, privilegeoey
- where do the elites become their money, how does capitalism works, which are the consequences?oey
- how does exploration work...why do people have to work 100 hours a week to feed their children and put them to schooloey
- or you believe that people are rich and that's it? and other people are poor because you know it's how things are?oey
- who profits from exploitation? poor designers that can't work at Saturdays cause of the yellow vests...oey
- buuuuuu!....oey
- lets organize a demonstration in favor of the designers and hopefully we don't smash windows. okay, designers that work on apple can smash windows.oey
- @ Gnash sorry to hear that you had to go wash dishes at 12...must have been hard for you.oey
- all those dishes piling up for 12 years waiting for you ;-)oey
- @ i_was: now we're talking!oey
- I best it's the an tifaoey
- to make something else clear, I don't even know if I defend the yellow vest protest at all. I see lots of confusion. and nationalism and populism in the mixoey
- I shouldn't have written so much, it's not even worth it. probably will be taken too serious and misinterpreted. oh fuck it!oey
- If you're a designer, do you really believe smashing other peoples stuff solves your pain? Do you really believe there is some virtue or valu in your suffering?cannonball1978
- Sorry, why didn't people in the 50s have shoes??Nairn
- ^ tiny village, poor farmers. first shoes when he left the country and came to canadaGnash
- All because they wanted to raise gas taxes to take a step in curbing green house emissions???wagshaft
- NBQ003
I hear Paris is a great place to visit at the moment as a tourist.
lol
- If i had spare cash I'd go.mugwart
- what about business travel?Fax_Benson
- sted0
see how every single person coming out of this starbucks steals some shit- wrong vid?fadein11
- I guess there prefer McCafe...shapesalad
- they*shapesalad
- Always looking for excuses to "smash American capitalism".NBQ00
- The thing I hate most about riots is the senseless destruction of Manufactured Stuff. It's probs the Calvinist in me (oo-er) but I loathe seeing such waste.Nairn
- utopian0
Paris on lockdown
- Hot news anchor MILFNBQ00
- Isnt that blonde a MAN? Honestlyhelloeatbreathedrive
- api0
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The Paris Agreement isn’t working out so well for Paris. Protests and riots all over France. People do not want to pay large sums of money, much to third world countries (that are questionably run), in order to maybe protect the environment. Chanting “We Want Trump!” Love France.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 8th dec. 2018
_although, Macron should give People more alternatives and his plans are maybe too ambitious or maybe not, but sure Its always easier not to do energy reforms. And when we speak about that Mr. Trump he also fucked up without doing the reforms with Coal Industries that did not worked out to bring it back.
Pointing the finger here is just stupid! It would be better if he would help and work together on a plan that reduces costs and is good for the environment beside the fucking Coal (USA), Oil-Gas (Saudi, Russia) lobby.
- chukkaphob1
END OF MACRON: French MPs launch NO CONFIDENCE vote amid nationwide anger and riots
- this 40yr old kid isn't ready to play the big boys gamechukkaphob
- Time to go back to ya mummy...ah sorry.. wifeshapesalad
- rightchukkaphob
- funny how only the Express are reporting this, oh wait.fadein11
- 40 yr old kid? aren't you guys 40 yrs old?pango
- ^ yes we are 40 and thusly an authority on how much 40 year olds are kids ;-) Especially ones that marry their mummy aged women.shapesalad
- That is so wrong because?pango
- Pango, we're all 40 and know fuck all about anything, let alone running a country. Exactly the point, mate. LOL!chukkaphob
- Right...pango
- Hayoth-3
I don't understand, the fascists and communists in Europe and the US have been screaming about global warming for years demanding we do something (raise taxes).
Then when France raises taxes to help fight global warming they riot? They have been demanding it.
Enlighten me. What gives?
- Because Nationalism.robotron3k
- There are more than three actors and more than two intents in the world?Nairn
- Eco-fascism?yuekit
- the fuel tax raises hit mid-low income earners and offset tax cuts for the wealthy. I think they've been angry about the tax system for yearsFax_Benson
- do you actually understand fascism?pango
- ^oey
- chukkaphob1
So Macron is a pushover?
- he's Trump's boytoyMilan
- Macron's got mommy issueschukkaphob
- really? mommy issue?
o_Opango - @pango clearly does. No?chukkaphob
- Can't confirm it. Im not a milf expert like Marychainpango
- D4W33D2
Caravaggio's Roman Period
https://www.musee-jacquemart-and…Tadao Ando
https://www.centrepompidou.fr/cp…Carte Blanche to Tomás Saraceno <- don't miss this one
https://www.palaisdetokyo.com/en…
- drgs7
It worked, French PM to announce suspension of fuel tax hikes
https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/f…- cheese eating surrender monkeyhans_glib
- people used to protest against hunger and war, now they tear cities apart for lower fuel prices of their shiny new expensive carsmekk
- this and get cheaper diesel for their old clunky peasant tractors, don't forgetOBBTKN
- yeah nice, riot down everything and conserve the right to pollute. fucking dickheads.mekk
- I get your point, but, first, change the energy model or get a REAL working alternative to fosil fuels, and accesible to this people...OBBTKN
- Don't crush them with expensive fuel prices, knowing they've not got alternatives now, and talk about you're doing this for environmental reasonsOBBTKN
- Macron insists on taxes for Tech Giants like Facebook, Amazon and co. lets see how long? News say protesters get strongly acquisition over facebook. Connection?api
- +1 OBBTKNNairn
- mekk, it has more to do with people being unfairly taxed. Those revolting are far from being able to buy a "shiny new car".dyspl
- I bet most of them don't even have a car.mekk
- at least they surrendered to their own people this time.Gnash
- And that's how you protest to get shit done.Maaku
- unless you live inner city in paris, acar is very much needed. and these protests go way beyond that taxe. it's years of mistakes and austerity governing...dyspl
- This is only a temporary delay in the tax isn't it?yuekit
- One thing that stands out to me is that for the past couple years there has been a lot of handwringing over populism and how to address it...yuekit
- elites admitting they failed to address the concerns of the middle class etc. But now years later, they still have no real solutions.yuekit
- So Macron is a pushover?chukkaphob
- French know how to Party - I'll give them that!mugwart
- since 1798api
- Krassy3
can someone give us the Cliff's Notes on what's going on in Paris?
- I don't think anyone really knows, including the protesters & government. LOLchukkaphob
- Loading communism...pablo28
- boredom perhaps?chukkaphob
- High Deisel Taxes - not enough profits for drivers??...toemaas
- what about the migrants?utopian
- It started as a protest against the fuel price increase and has now become a general protest against the high cost of livingWhiteFace
- Too much taxes, cost of living keep rising, riches getting richer. And nothing is getting better.ApeRobot
- ...and the actual president is a lying douche bag.ApeRobot
- ^ tu as bien saisi la situation, well done.D4W33D
- So Macron is a pushover?chukkaphob
- Haha. I think the Communism floppy disk is broken to be honest. It keeps being passed around and never really loads properly!Ianbolton
- does Macron know what he signed up for?chukkaphob
- Witt0
Just so we are clear on this - you are going to Paris, France? Not Paris, Texas?
jevad
(Aug 9 07, 09:07)thus speaks jevad from Denver, United States of America.
- jevad0
as opposed to teh sewer tunnels of Paris, Texas....
- Witt0
i mean the Catacombs of Paris, France.
- Witt0
- jevad0
Just so we are clear on this - you are going to Paris, France? Not Paris, Texas?