Le frogs are in Le touble…

Oh the humanity, the frogs are at it again. Well, this time it’s mostly the tadpoles.

When faced with the thought of actually having to work for a living at a job where, if they don’t perform for whatever reason, they can actually be fired, the youth of France takes action.

What’s that, you say? They unite under a common voice to debate the government leadership about the law and stage peaceful sit ins and non-violent protests? Oui?

No.

They riot. They break. They destroy their own country from the inside out. They show their leaders and the world around them what they’re made of. This new united generation of French youth are making a statement to any who would oppose their will: “We will not tolerate anyone who takes away our free meal ticket”.

For the full effect read this.

The saddest part of this whole thing is that the French government is, well, being French about the whole conflict. They’ve already folded. In this the French government is making another in a long line of statements to the world about what they’re made of. They not only get in bed with any third world despot who will funnel money and goods to them (no matter who gets murdered for it) but they’ll run and hide from any threat, no matter the origin. It makes me wonder what kind of oath if any the French President takes upon entering office. American Presidents take an oath to defend their country. But hey, who am I to compare apples to oranges?

If you have any doubt about the outlook of these young people and whether or not they realize what they’re doing, check out these quotes:

"We're sick of being treated like idiots," said Emilie Spituel, 18, among thousands at the Paris march.

"This is our big chance as a generation, because we're all united. Me alone, I can't do anything, but all of us together are going to achieve our goal," said Ivan Dion, a 17-year-old high-school students at the Paris march.

So let me get this straight: You are being treated like idiots because the employers you work for don’t want to have to put up with your sorry ass if you don’t work for what they pay you? And therefore you riot and destroy your own cities and towns?

Brilliant.

There you have it folks. Look at the wonderful effect unions have on society. We live in a time of unprecedented comfort both in our jobs and home lives. Over the past 100 years governments around the world have adopted laws which protect workers and allow for redress of conflict when needed. But there are those (in this country and others) who think that unions are still a necessary thing, that without them “evil corporations” would surely take advantage of them and turn them all into 19th century bobbin boys.

Like everything else in this world, it comes down to power. The unions and their members know that they can pull strings they shouldn’t even be pulling because of the collective bargaining power unions provide. In short, unions can be bullies and so they are, there is no disconnect, the ideas are not mutually exclusive anymore.

If you ever need a real world lesson on how ‘great’ unions are, just look at the airline industry in America, or the entire country of France. Even more frightening than the unions themselves is what they represent, an idea that most don’t even recognize…mob rule. There’s another word for mob rule:

Democracy.

Pure democracy is NOTHING more than mob rule, mob law. When asked what kind of government the United States operates under you’ll hear one great misconception; that we are a Democracy, not a Republic. So many people don’t even know the difference. Well, if you still need to know then look at what unions do to companies. Want to drive down production and drive up costs? Allow your workers to unionize. Want to plow a well oiled corporation into the ground in 5 years? Let the unions in.

I mean, why not? France did it on a national scale and look at all their success…

Pardon me while I leave my non-union job to go home and laugh my ass off. France disserved this one big time.

Captain.