Daniel> Try to talk about thing you know or understand, because what you’re saying shows even more your ignorance. Unemployement has been lowering in France for several months now, and we didn’t even need this stupid law that gave right to throw off people without even having to care saying why. And just in case you don’t know, this law was just about extending this to every company, because there’s already another law like that, but that only applies for small companies (less than 20 people working or so). INSEE’s study recorded that almost no job was created thanks to this law, which proves it was as stupid as unnecessary.

As for what Mike wrote, though I think he concludes a bit too early about “Folks who are caught sharing music or movies in France may now face jailtime and huge fines”, it’s true that sometimes I have the feeling that our Parliament doesn’t know anything about what they’re debating.

I cannot read the URL you passed, but I did notice other percentages above the 9% in the title… its not conclusive to me whats in the article..

Amazingly, not all Americans are beer-swilling couch potatoes that don’t travel, and have no interest in world events. Some of us are even able to understand (when we DO travel) that the tourist traps set up for the unimaginative are not necessarily representative of the entire country, and that it’s OK to speak languages besides English.

Even without leaving one’s house, it is possible (through the internet) to talk to people in places across the entire globe.

I love my country (GASP!! A patriotic American? How churlish!!!) and I do honestly believe that we are one of the greatest nations that has ever existed. In some ways though, we’re victims of our own success. Easy living and government corruption have contributed to hordes of people who are content to think what the Media tells them to think, buy what they’re told to buy, and generally, do what they’re supposed to do. (Work, go home and watch ‘Reality TV’?)

It’s easy for people to bash the French. In the eyes of many other countries, they are arrogant self-centered snobs that eat funny food and hold themselves as being somehow superior to everyone else, without having any cause for that.

400 lb. guys with beer guts, sitting on a couch while their litter of children run around the house, allowing them to collect welfare have no right to brag about how great and superior Americans are compared to the rest of the world either.

I happen to know that the 4th of July is celebrated because of the sacrifices that brave men made in the war of Independence (from the British Empire).

And to the French, I pity you for your bungling leaders almost as much as I pity us Americans. When it comes to beaurocracy, and the triumvirate of Politicians, Media, and Big Business, I feel like an awful lot of the people in charge of our world could take a long walk off a short cliff, and the world would become a much better place.

Ever hear of the Ten Commandments? The Golden Rule? (Do unto others as you would have done to you)

If you’re Wiccan, you might know it as “An it harm none, do what you will.” Even if you happen to be Muslim, unless you’re a terrorist, the Khoran has similar sentiments as well. Almost all major religions seem to have this basic, core tenet. Why aren’t more people trying it?

hello, My name is Mohammed, Also known as Sandbomb to Techdirt and other Online users, i usually paste comments on boycotts of original RIAA and MPAA products..but after reading over this page…i have realised a few things….how awfully racist everyone is and how everyone is missing the point.

My father is sudanese, but my mother is Kuwaiti, her mom was iraqi. When My grandmother had kids…no one gave them a Kuwaiti passports, so they were stuck with no identity and tossed out by te Kuwaiti society just because they didnt have a a green passport with “Kuwait” on it. My Mom’s side of the family struggled to live and co-exist with the Kuwaiti society, but they managed to find their way. My father who is Sudanese, met my mom and Married her, a few years later, they had me. Ofcourse i enherited a Sudanese passport, but i lived in Kuwait. (born during the Iraqi invasion in 1990-1991).a few years later my father (who has put his life on the line in the war to protect Kuwait) was deported because he punched an officer who made fun of his nationality. my mother, who had no passport, no money, no help from the government, struggled harshley to bring me up. now, not only do i have 5 brothers and sister, but we have enough money to keep us supported for te next 50 years. and my mom got a liberian passport. but me and her have no sense of belonging to any country, I never payed attention to the sudanese goverment that probably never cared about me nor did i give attention te Kuwaiti government that casted us out because of who we were.

but even though i am 15, i have learnt that a person is not who he is because of which country he falls under, not which continent. nor which colour, or what he eats or what he wears. but who he is, a person is his own self. not belonging to anyone. and i find that people who use actions of their heroic ancestors as an excuse to be better than anyone else is rediculous. you are not better than anyone, and your country is as good as the rest of the oter countries. And the same goes to anyone who judges a country by the way their ancestors acted. people should realize that no one should follow anything but be his own self. and use his own sense of morality. so just because you’re in america does not mean that you ave the right to offend anyone who is from France. i have met many french people who were extremely nice and the opposite of the stereotypes given to them. same goes with americans and asians.

in short, its hard to predict the future…but this kind of racist behaviour that made me loose faith in the future at such an early age. Anything can happen and everyone is their own self.