Hopefully the time for negotiations is past

It’s uncommon but it is a thing https://www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1540

The head of state of Canada is no longer in a EU state.

I rather like to think of it as “not yet again”

If you’ve only experienced french protests through international medias, you probably have a very skewed view of both the actual damage they create and their effectiveness.

That still doesn’t mean french cops are not also dangerous during protests. I’m not trying to say they’re more dangerous than your brown shirts, I’m saying that protesting also isn’t risk free in France, and claiming that french cops follow the rules is simply incorrect.

If you think french cops follow the manual I have a bridge to sell you

“I’m feeling lucky” or something like that?

A large meteorite

You are allowed proportional force in defending yourself, so if Timmy tries to hit you you are indeed allowed to hit him back insofar as it pertains to stopping harm being done to you or others.

The existence of crime is not a proof of the inexistence of law. Not that I disagree with the general sentiment that international law is applied to the convenience of whoever is stronger, but the US doing something wrong and not getting punished for it has very little to do with France doing something specifically allowed

Flying false flags is a valid reason for a country to board a ship, according to UNCLOS.

Well, as long as you’re willing to be a victim of what you’re preaching, I suppose it’s a fine position to have

The way you would execute people reflects more on you than on the people you would execute

It’s the volume of a cylinder, pi times height times radius squared