Mark Steyn: Early skirmish in the Eurabian civil war

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 11/08/05 | Mark Steyn

[goldstategop]

Eurabia? Europe is dying not just demographically but spiritually as well. The disintegration of the French state will only hasten its eventual disappearance from history.

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[Txsleuth]

I have a feeling that these "youths" in France ...that are being cried about on the talk shows tonight...aren't much older, or are the same age as the "youths"...

that are fighting in Afghanistan, and Iraq...and getting wounded and dying for our country everyday.

YOUTH is not an excuse for misbehavior, when we have terrific examples of what young people can do...and do, do every day!

[tjg]

Unless this is new tactic, this is not the usuall MO of Islamofacism.

I doubt the motivation for these riots is religion, in that the 'youths' involved are no more interested in living under Islamic law than I am. The difference is that I want SOME law, and they want none.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I think that Styne is off base here. I know, I know. It's heresy, but nobody is right 100% of the time.

[Mr. Blonde]

It amazes me that after all this time humans have been on this planet that some still don't understand that if you give in to a tantrum all you are encouraging is another tantrum. When I was a kid a tantrum didn't do much but asking without throwing a fit sure helped.

[Mr. Rational]

Simplest response to this logic is "how would you like the answer in the same language".

[Txsleuth]

Very good...no wonder you are called "Mr. Rational"...lol

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Is there anything left inside a Frenchman? "Is life so sweet? Is peace so dear?

[ChildOfThe60s]

The Sunshine State would just be orange groves and cattle ranches if the Crackers still ran things!

Which, IMO, having been in HS before Disney's arrival opened the floodgates, would be just fine. Although, in fairness, it only hastened the inevitable.

Nonetheless, the crackers were probably classier than the huge influx of the great unwashed we have now. We have had it here. Selling and getting out, looking for property and employment in the TN/KY area. Hopefully by May all Florida will be seeing of me is my bumper as I drive out.

Anyone interested in a nice house in a nice neighborhood in Lakeland, let me know.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Indeed, it's an almost perfect tactic if your aim is to have the entire French establishment dithering in grievance-addressing mode until you've extracted as much political advantage as you can. Look at it this way: after two weeks, whose prestige has been more enhanced? The rioters? Or Mayor Debré, President Chirac and Prime Minister de Villepin?

Hmmm, that's an easy one to answer... the rioters of course. And as for “youth,” they are a bunch of Islamic terrorists.

[Porterville]

Glorious war, cleansing.... when oh when.

[Jalapeno]

"To those responsible for the violence, I want to say: Be serious!"

I have not been able to finish the article yet due to laughing.

[Experiment 6-2-6]

Oddly it turns out there are many Brits buying homes in France to "retire".

I am curious as to how this situation will affect the market.

[Fintan]

LET'S ROLL (OVER)!!!!!

 

[GOPJ]

Thanks for the ping.

[BlessedBeGod]

... the nightly Paris car-B-Q ...

ROFLMHO!!!!!!

[Rembrandt]

"You're right, people shouldn't get to export themselves and bring their screwed up gummint ideas with `em to escape the results of their screwed up gummint ideas."

Kalifornians?

[Rembrandt]

"Though I'd love to see some enterprising reporter track down some of those American "entertainers" who kept threatening to move to France if President Bush was re-elected. Let's find out if they're still so keen to go!"

Seems to me that Alec Baldwin was one of the ones with a bigger mouth than others.

[GnuHere]

OMG! Is Johnny Depp OK???

[LibertarianInExile]

Yep, that's an appropriate class of refugees who've left because they ran their own home state into the ground and would prefer to do the same thing again somewhere else now. See ARIZONA and COLORADO. See also SEATTLE.

[JLS]

I liked the Steyn online headline on this column:

"CHEESE-EATING POSTPONED"