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French Stage Sit-In to Protest Violence
AP Wire ^ | 11/11/2005 | JAMEY KEATEN

Posted on 11/11/2005 1:44:27 PM PST by right-wingin_It

PARIS Nov 11, 2005 — Police tightened security in central Paris on Friday with riot forces and bomb squads along the Champs-Elysees, and angry residents of riot-torn suburbs staged a sit-in Friday near the Eiffel Tower, calling for an end to more than two weeks of arson and vandalism across France.

The moves came as the wave of violence that spread outward from Paris's impoverished outlying neighborhoods appeared to be calming in other French cities but remained persistent in the capital.

"Stop the Violence," read one banner draped on the Wall of Peace near the Eiffel Tower. Some of the 200 demonstrators a small turnout in protest-friendly France waved white flags...

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cesm; france; frog; protests; riots; surrender; surrendermonkeys; violence; whiteflags
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Figures..eh? Got a laugh out of this one!
1 posted on 11/11/2005 1:44:28 PM PST by right-wingin_It
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That'll show them!


2 posted on 11/11/2005 1:46:00 PM PST by LauraleeBraswell
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To: right-wingin_It

LOL!

Yep, what they really need to do is ... stage a sit-in to protest Jihad.

A serious train-wreck is coming with that one. It'll add a whole nother meaning to the phrase "flaming liberal."


3 posted on 11/11/2005 1:46:53 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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I heard the French police have now been authorized to yell, "Stop!" at the rioters.


The gloves are off...


4 posted on 11/11/2005 1:48:26 PM PST by libertarianPA
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To: right-wingin_It
Some of the 200 demonstrators a small turnout in protest-friendly France waved white flags.

How unusual.

/sarcasm

5 posted on 11/11/2005 1:48:40 PM PST by Jagdgewehr (Red County - Notoriously Blue State)
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Some of the 200 demonstrators . . . waved white flags
6 posted on 11/11/2005 1:49:03 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: right-wingin_It

Kumbaya my Lord..... Kumbaya....


7 posted on 11/11/2005 1:49:18 PM PST by smith288 (Peace at all cost makes for tyranny free of charge...)
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To: right-wingin_It
Stationary targets in the open!

Fire for effect!
8 posted on 11/11/2005 1:49:22 PM PST by airborne (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't!)
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Great this is the best way to fight the young muslim men who will be the future Al Qaeda and Al Jamaa Islamia terrorist recruits. (extreme sarcasm).
9 posted on 11/11/2005 1:49:41 PM PST by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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"Stop the Violence," read one banner draped on the Wall of Peace near the Eiffel Tower. Some of the 200 demonstrators a small turnout in protest-friendly France waved white flags.

Like Dr. Strangelove, the Frogs just can't stop themselves from waiving those white flags!


10 posted on 11/11/2005 1:50:15 PM PST by Bertha Fanation
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angry residents of riot-torn suburbs staged a sit-in

So that's what they do when they get angry? What would they do if they got really angry -- lie down?

Stick a fork in France.

11 posted on 11/11/2005 1:51:56 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (Hurl the invective!)
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France and White flags.

Another sign of Truth being stranger that fiction.


12 posted on 11/11/2005 1:51:56 PM PST by TheShaz (Shhhh! We don't want Dean run off yet!!!)
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To: libertarianPA

"The gloves are off..."

"HALT!!! Or we'll stage a sit-in, all 200 of us, and we'll wave tiny little white flags in your general direction... ALL of us! And you really don't want to force us to do THAT."


13 posted on 11/11/2005 1:53:11 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: right-wingin_It

Oh, for crying out loud. How silly can they get?


14 posted on 11/11/2005 1:53:11 PM PST by Mamzelle (.)
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To: right-wingin_It

The mistake here is PROTEST!! Tear gas would be more effective!!!!


15 posted on 11/11/2005 1:53:33 PM PST by Irish_Thatcherite (~~~A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!~~~)
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"Some of the 200 demonstrators . . . waved white flags"

I can just imagine all the muslims in France watching this and saying, "Gee guys. Maybe they're right. Maybe rioting is wrong. Maybe we should do more to integrate with French society. After all, we did emegrate from a foreign land. And then maybe we can work to build a tolerant, respectful society based on mutual admiration."

And all that from 200 people waving white flags. (to dream, the impossible dream...)


16 posted on 11/11/2005 1:55:58 PM PST by libertarianPA
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Don't they know that they are just sitting ducks for a devastating taunting?


17 posted on 11/11/2005 1:56:41 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
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white flags work like magic for the French :)


18 posted on 11/11/2005 1:57:44 PM PST by soccer_maniac (www.polipundit.com -- Elections and politics with a Conservative bent.)
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To: right-wingin_It

LOL! That's right, get into one big pile, no need to worry that some Muslim will drive up in a Buick full of explosives, they never do that.


19 posted on 11/11/2005 1:58:37 PM PST by Jaysun (Democrats: We must become more effective at fooling people.)
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A Sit-In???

That's one step from lying down.


20 posted on 11/11/2005 1:58:52 PM PST by BostonianRightist (Justice: A Dish Best Served Swiftly)
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