French marchers say 'non' to 2007

[Thue]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6222153.stm

Parodying the French readiness to say "non", the demonstrators in the western city of Nantes waved banners reading: "No to 2007" and "Now is better!"

The marchers called on governments and the UN to stop time's "mad race" and declare a moratorium on the future.

The protest was held in the rain and organisers joked that even the weather was against the New Year.

The tension mounted as the minutes ticked away towards midnight - but the arrival of 2007 did nothing to dampen their enthusiasm.

The protesters began to chant: "No to 2008!"

They vowed to stage a similar protest on 31 December 2007 on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris.

[BeBMan]

Now this is something we all should support!

[Provost Harrison]

If it brings immortality, I'm all for it

[Dinner]

It is nice to see some people in France understand how lame some of the protests held in their country are. Parodies.

[Dauphin]

Did Nantes also declare itself to be in Africa now?

[-Jrabbit]

This is exactly the kind of random, meaningless gesture our world needs more of.

[Last Conformist]

[Dinner]

Last summer I was in Berkley, CA and I got a kick out of the "protesters protesting the consent stupid protests."

[Will9]

[Will9]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070101/od_afp/newyearfrancenonoffbeat_070101062619

NANTES, France (AFP) - Taking the French love to say "non" to a new extreme, some 600 people gathered in the western city of Nantes not to ring in the New Year, but to protest its arrival.

Lashed by rain, the organisers joked even the weather was against 2007, as they milled about under banners reading "No to 2007!" and "Now is better!"

"The world will come to understand that it must stop this mad course towards the future and we demand the governments of the world and the United Nations declare a moratorium to stop this December 31 the future," said one of the organisers.

WTF?

The tension mounted as the minutes ticked away, but the arrival of midnight and 2007 did nothing to dampen their enthusiasm as they began to chant "No to 2008!".

Organisers vowed to resist pressure from watchmakers and calendar printers to hold the event for a third time on December 31, 2007 on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.

Read the what's out to the side: http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070101/p...311d41aea8524#

[GrumpyOldMan]

They need a sense of humour - so they can live with being French.

[Heresson]

Originally posted by Oerdin
It is nice to see some people in France understand how lame some of the protests held in their country are. Parodies.

Originally posted by Dauphin
Did Nantes also declare itself to be in Africa now?

Nantes if the historical capital of Bretagne region, which the evil French nationalist-capitalist-imperialists put in the Pays de Loare or whatever region, to destroy Bretagne

so, being not as quite French as Reims or Orlean, they can have a better perspective.

Les nationalistes francaises qui opressent (?) Bretagne, Corse, Alsace, Lorraine, Les Basques, Provence, Languedoc etc

[Drogue]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
This is exactly the kind of random, meaningless gesture our world needs more of.

QFT

[Pekka]

Only in France.

You see, they even don't want the year to change. How can we expect to .. actually deal with these people?