tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post4919850615644917547..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Sarkozy May Break French Rail StrikeDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-58704497420161437402007-11-25T20:52:00.000-08:002007-11-25T20:52:00.000-08:00I hope it continues.I hope it continues.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-66506187862114454282007-11-25T20:45:00.000-08:002007-11-25T20:45:00.000-08:00Darren - It should be remembered that previous gov...Darren - It should be remembered that previous governments tried to slip past reforms past the unions and the voters. Sarkozy this time around was VERY explicit about what he was going to do, and why it needed to be done. The French electorate voted for him anyway.<BR/>The strikers cannot claim that Sarkozy is trying to pull a fast one on them. If the voting public there did not want reforms in France, Segolene Royal would be president, but she is not. To me, it is a combination of Sarkozy's honesty, and some growing up on the part of the electorate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-35112957569865673072007-11-25T07:20:00.000-08:002007-11-25T07:20:00.000-08:00The diminishing public support for the strike fits...The diminishing public support for the strike fits with my observation of the eroding support for the left which, like the future, may be here but isn't evenly distributed.<BR/><BR/>It's kind of neat that some of the physical altercations were between students intent on getting to class and lefty students intent on trying to shut down the school as a means of using the school as a platform to support the strike. <BR/><BR/>The lefty students don't expect to pay any price for their noble exertions since it's all just good fun for them. Some serious push-back from their peers is probably an unpleasant surprise and if what you're interested in is some fun, who wants serious consequences?allenmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02892084607361361603noreply@blogger.com