tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post7585819330062174165..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Manifestations à Paris en avril 2006Ken Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-57383204882922832322021-01-10T07:44:26.652+01:002021-01-10T07:44:26.652+01:00The recent DC event was more a terrorist attack th...The recent DC event was more a terrorist attack than a demonstration. The one in my photos here was a "manifestation" of people's support for rejecting the proposed law.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-44654463808501048992021-01-10T07:42:35.664+01:002021-01-10T07:42:35.664+01:00Agreed. These kinds of demonstrations are party po...Agreed. These kinds of demonstrations are party political and part fun. They often take place in springtime, after the long rainy winter.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-86633413511431091242021-01-10T07:41:20.178+01:002021-01-10T07:41:20.178+01:00That's interesting, Evelyn. I never had that f...That's interesting, Evelyn. I never had that feeling, but my first trip to Paris was a few years later than yours, and after the "events" of May 1968. Maybe things changed.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-67138673733486083292021-01-10T07:39:24.977+01:002021-01-10T07:39:24.977+01:00True. These kinds of events in Paris are usually a...True. These kinds of events in Paris are usually approved by the authorities and very well planned and monitored. They still make their point.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-87186795135593490642021-01-10T05:50:41.452+01:002021-01-10T05:50:41.452+01:00Some might even say that the enragée who peeled of...Some might even say that the enragée who peeled off to look at glittery sandals had her priorities straight. It was spring, after all.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-49121224192455732332021-01-09T18:09:12.682+01:002021-01-09T18:09:12.682+01:00The post invites comparison. I don't see any ...The post invites comparison. I don't see any guns or weapons and they're not storming the Palais Bourbon. Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-76806279032041791252021-01-09T16:31:26.602+01:002021-01-09T16:31:26.602+01:00Peaceful protests are part of a democracy. Wednesd...Peaceful protests are part of a democracy. Wednesday's rally was like what must have happened in the lynching era- a carnival atmosphere before committing a crime. The only time I remember being afraid in Paris was in the summer of '66 when the police seemed to hate people my age- twenty somethings. I went the other way when I saw police who looked more menacing to me than the US cops.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-1652806002557841222021-01-09T15:14:15.306+01:002021-01-09T15:14:15.306+01:00I did once stumble not quite into the path of a de...I did once stumble not quite into the path of a demonstration in Paris. I can't remember what it was about, but I noticed that within a few hundred people of the front row, it pretty soon became more of a family day out, and one young enragée peeled off to inspect some glittery sandals in a shoe-shop window.Autolycushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642868944400656922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-18656308640109598962021-01-09T14:53:53.986+01:002021-01-09T14:53:53.986+01:00After watching so many video clips of scenes in th...After watching so many video clips of scenes in the Capitol on Wednesday, I'm immune to feeling any discomfort when looking at street demonstrations like these. One of the capitol policemen died after being struck in the head with a fire extinguisher. Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335063080532127542noreply@blogger.com