Vas-te-faire Foutre!

Somebody please explain to me what the hell is going on in France? As I understand the situation, the adult government has determined that the country can't afford to continue the policy of retirement at age 60, so have proposed that retirement age be increased to 62.

The responsible citizens respond by striking, shutting down the country and cutting off their own fuel supply. Then the students skip school to protest riot. WTF?

How is paralyzing the country going to change the fact that France is broke and can no longer pay for retirement at 60? Is working two more years so unbearable that you would destroy your country?

If I was Sarkozy, I'd be tempted to let the citizens burn the place down and shiver in the cold all winter.

And since when do teenagers or even 20 somethings think for one second about retirement? Methinks their rage is about skipping school, tearing stuff up then having lots of very smelly French sex.