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Fascistic France: Has Sarkozy gone too far?

Is history repeating itself?

By Adem Ozoor

resident Sarkozy is definitely
P= of the politicians of his

time that has sparked a few
controversies due to some of his
personal values. It is often expected
from many eastern politicians to
hold onto strong cultural values. To
a certain extent that is ok. It isn’t
ok though when the fascistic card is
played due to such values.

Up to this day, France has
expelled an average of 8300 Roma
people from the country, of course
under the discretion of President
Sarkozy. Police authorities have

. broken into many Roma households

as early as six o’clock in the morning,
destroyed their homes and gathered
them into camps that are now known
as the “Roma camps”. Roma people
were left in the camps in very poor
conditions until their expulsion. One
man was even shot for crossing out of
bounds.

“This is a situation I had thought
Europe would not have to witness
again after the Second World War,”
said Justice Commissioner Viviane
Reding. “The commission will have
no choice but to initiate infringement
procedures against France on
two grounds. First, infringement
procedures against France for a
discriminatory application of the
free movement directive. Second,
an infringement proceeding against
France for lack of transposition of the
procedural and substantive guarantees
under the free movement directive.”

That being said, Sarkozy has
obviously created a serious problem
in Europe, particularly in France.
France could face discrimination
charges under the European Union
charter of fundamental rights. It
is understandable that Sarkozy
has issues with the Roma people
“living off of France’s welfare”, but
disturbingly gathering them into
camps and eventually expelling them
is beyond contempt. What lunatic
plays such Hitler-like roles in the year
2010? He got the entire nation into
trouble.

Culture-wise, immigration is an
issue in western European countries.
France for example has citizens from
approximately seventeen different

nationalities. One con to that is these
countries in Western Europe who
have had their cultural values for
centuries are being fundamentally
threatened when outsiders come in,
take over employment, the land,

etc. The point is though, why are

the governments taking in so many
immigrants if their fundamentals

are being threatened like this? In
fact, immigration to Western Europe
should really be shut down especially
if it is leading to the revoking of this
sort of violence and extremism.

On top of all of that, there haven’t
been any consequences put in place
yet. Unfortunately, because most
Romas are now expelled, and there
isn’t much that can be done about
that, Sarkozy really needs to resign.
By doing such an act, he has not only
violated European Union and human
rights laws, but also the French laws
of his own country. No president in
the twenty first century deserves to
remain in power if he/she mistreats
citizens this way.

It is frustrating that no
consequence has been put into place
for this issue. Unfortunately, there
may never be one and President
Sarkozy will remain in power for
more time. Even more frustrating is
the fact that President Sarkozy said
that the German Chancellor Angela
Merkal said that Germany is planning
to do the same to the Kosovo people
in Germany. Merkal denied such a
thing. The truth sits in god’s hands.

Canadians are encouraged to
read more about this situation and
follow up on it. Can history be on the
verge of repeating itself? Or is this
just another frightening incident that
is meant to make people reminisce
about the Second World War?

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Guidette for a day

 

Trying to pull of the “Snookie Poof”

 

By Jenn Markham

o I went to this party the other
S day where I didn’t know

anyone. Other than feeling a
little out of place at first, I had a lot
of fun. I played pin the tail on the
donkey, put on a fake tattoo and made
a party hat. People were all very
friendly, and I was sharing drinks
with the birthday girl, so it didn’t take
me long to find people to chat with.
Somehow, although I don’t remember
the exact details, we got on the topic
of a “Snooki Poof”.

I had no idea what they were
talking about. “WHAT?? Have you
never seen Jersey Shore?” No.1 don’t
have cable. I’ve never considered
myself out of touch because of this
fact, but the more I ask around, the
more confused I become. Everyone
dismisses the show, calls it trash TV
and the bane of society, but when I
asked, everyone knew what I was
talking about. Not only that, but when
I questioned further, everyone had a
lot to say as well. So we hate a show
we watch when no ones around, is
that it?

My best friend motivated me to
research it more, and even bought me
a “Bump It” as a present. I wore two
of them in my hair to work the other

day, but apparently my poofs weren’t
nearly as high as Snooki’s. I was
actually accused of half-assing her
look, although I had the height thing
down pat.

After googling her, it’s true.

She had too much bronzer, too
much make-up, outrageously long
hair, a mirco short dress and heels...
all of a sudden, modern trends are
making sense. But which came first,
the chicken or the egg, the trends or
Snooki? And besides that, why on
earth did that become a trend? She
looks ridiculous! All of the pictures
were from trashy celebrity gossip
websites. The one picture I found of
Snooki where she looked normal was
a picture of her without make-up.

When I think about it, I’ve seen
a bunch of these girls somewhere
before...the Mirage! A friend of mine
even told me they had a Jersey Shore
night. In that same conversation it
was remarked, “Isn’t every night
Jersey Shore night at Mirage?”

] just can’t understand what the
correlation is between what Snooki
looks like, and why so many girls
want to copy her style? I still haven’t
seen an episode of Jersey Shore, 1
just haven’t found someone who will
admit to liking it to watch it with me.

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