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There's been massive strikes/riots in France. in fact, i think there's one going on right now. 1.5 million people expected througout france. strasbourg is really pretty peaceful and it didnt' really occur to me the seriousness until my friend in Aix said she hasnt been to class in 3 weeks. and alas, classes at one school here was cancelled thursday. All i have to say is that the French really have a totally different mentality, i'll just sit back and observe. plus, if the students do get the government to suspend or withdraw the law, it's a powerful example of democracy actually at work since they are the majority. this kind of hands on democracy you never get to see in america.