On Dec 28, 2009, at 12:42 PM, TurquoiseB wrote: > But NONE of these things compares to being there > on the streets of Paris during a General Strike. > > The POWER of it astounds. Millions and millions > of people just saying "NO!" And being willing to > put their asses on the line by *living* "NO!" > > No cabs. No taxis. No buses. No subways. No planes. > No trucks. As a result, no deliveries to markets. > No food. (People shared what they had.) No health > care providers, because they were out on strike, > too. (In reality, they volunteered their services > to take care of emergency patients, and never > charged for it.) No power and light. (Again, volun- > teers made sure that anyone who needed these things > had them.) The world just stops, because a people > decides to collectively say, "NO!"
The Day Paris Stood Still I agree Barry, in theory at least, but in practicality how do you get 300 million people (or at least the percentage that's actually working) to do anything en masse? Sal
