Protests and poop

Never before, have I seen so many people excersise their right to protest. I've seen a few since arriving here and was always too shy to ask what they were for, except for one about chickens. That one was obvious cause they had a giant bloody chicken as part of the display. Although, I'm certain they would have LOVED to have informed me what it was all about. But that's just silly lil' ol' me and my shyness. The first protest I experienced was a little scary cause they were setting off explosives of some sort and I nearly crashed my bike, so I was kinda pissed off. But the one I saw yesterday was kinda neat, amongst the obligatory picketers, was a truck with a band and what I'd guess to be the leaders of the protest in it and they were playing music and protesting. Another thing, I've seen alot of since coming to France, is dog poop. The French seem to have this extreme aversion to picking up after their dogs. I guess they'd rather step in it. What a strange people. I actually saw a dog take a poop right on top of another dogs poop. The interesting thing about it all though, is I never knew dog poop came in so many different colors.
Feb. 8, 2006