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2007-05-10 Europe

French minister condemns anti-Sarkozy protests

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Posted by Fred 2007-05-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Will the USA dev its own version of the GENDARMERIE, which iff I recall correctly is still a special or unique Corps with the French Army. WAFF.com Poster > IS A UNITED STATES POLICE FORCE NEEDED? aka FEDERAL POLICE or US NATIONAL POLICE, ec. *AFTERMATH OF FORT DIX INCIDENT???
MSNBC TV > in aftermath of anti-Sarkozy riots, PERT > FRANCE'S GENDARMES > GENDARMES EXIST TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE FRENCH STATE, NOT THE RIGHTS OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE, ergo have even more "liberal" = intense/stronger? US PATRIOT ACT-STYLE rules regarding suspect detention, public and personal surveillance, investigation, and interrogation. IOW, DESPITE EURO COMPLAINTS ABOUT ALLEGED PATRIOT ACT ABUSES BY THE USA, OUR PATRIOT ACT IS LITE COMPARED TO THEIRS.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-05-10 00:44|| 2007-05-10 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 OK, they've had their fun. Bring out the water cannons and sweep the streets and regain calm before the Parliamentary elections.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-05-10 01:08|| 2007-05-10 01:08|| Front Page Top

#3 About the slogan "Sakozy, fascist, the people will have your skin". In French have the skin from someone means to kill him.

Notice, the respect for democracy exhibited not only by the far left but also by some Socialists who are supposedly part of the "Constitutional left".

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-05-10 05:07|| 2007-05-10 05:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Mr Mendiola.

You have it all wrong. The founder of gendarmerie a such Napoleon Bonaparte didn't want a that gendarmerie engage in dishonorable acts who would have ended tainting the honor of French Armed forces as a whole. Therefore Gendarmerie is supposed to serve the law and is not allowed to operate out of uniform. That means no spying, no infiltrating, no shady deals with truants. This is the realm of the "Police Nationale" (civilians). The tacit rule is gendarmerie serves the law first and governemnt later while for police nationale it is the opposite.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-05-10 05:18|| 2007-05-10 05:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Water cannon, rubber bullets, baton rounds, CS gas, batons and, mass arrests . Order can be quickly restored if these are applied.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-05-10 06:05|| www.sockpuppetofdoom.com]">[www.sockpuppetofdoom.com] 2007-05-10 06:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Sarkozy can start his administration out the right way if he says his government will not interfere with the protesters calling for his skin provided they do not break the law while simultaneously using as much force as needed to arrest all rioters, looters and arsonists.

Posted by Jolurt Peacock2816 2007-05-10 06:32|| 2007-05-10 06:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Leeftists, more and more, remind me of a certain religious element whose slogan seems to be, "My way or the die way."

Posted by Bobby 2007-05-10 06:36|| 2007-05-10 06:36|| Front Page Top

#8 Events like this are not necessarily bad. They show the real face of, so called, activists. Those activists gained a reputation of acting from position of higher moral ground. In fact it turns out they are just old fashion left wing extremists, hard line communists and terrorist supporters.

Activist are very loud and a lot of people hesitate to argue with them, partly because they are agressive, partly because of their reputation. In a couple of situations I was in a situation to openly chalenge their views, and, being given an example, other people started to challenge them, too.

I think that it is important to speak out and expose their propaganda.

DG

Posted by trenchsol">trenchsol 2007-05-10 06:57|| 2007-05-10 06:57|| Front Page Top

#9 If they cant get their agenda approved at the polls, they go directly to to courts and attempt to bypass the voters. When the courts fail to uphold their ass-hatery they are left with no other intellectual tool other than violence.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-05-10 10:12|| 2007-05-10 10:12|| Front Page Top

#10 Violent protests

IOW: riots.

Posted by xbalanke 2007-05-10 13:10|| 2007-05-10 13:10|| Front Page Top

#11 Nothing a "whiff of grapeshot" won't fix

Posted by Rob06">Rob06 2007-05-10 14:01|| 2007-05-10 14:01|| Front Page Top

#12 Remember to fill the water cannons with indelible UV fluorescent penetrating dye. This makes it easy to sort out who was on the front lines throwing those firebombs and stones. When the water runs out, reload with raw sewage.

Also, blaming the "far-left" for disturbances with some "200 cars torched" is dissembling at best. We all know who the Car-B-Que chefs are and they ain't leftists.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-10 19:12|| 2007-05-10 19:12|| Front Page Top

#13 Congradulations Mr. Sarkozy, do what's right and you'll do just fine. Learn from the previous administration's mistakes.

Posted by Uleremble Bluetooth1148 2007-05-10 23:56|| 2007-05-10 23:56|| Front Page Top

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