[extropy-chat] Re: riots in France

[David Masten]

On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 11:21 +0800, Jack Parkinson wrote:
> >Or would it be more moral of me to fire 99 workers out of 100 and pay the
> >remaining ones 7$ an hour,
> 
> Yes...

But this is part of the reason for the riots. French laws ensure
excellent working conditions for those who have jobs, but as a
consequence they have high unemployment with the unemployed having
little to no hope of gaining employment. It is the unemployed who are
rioting.

How is this more moral?