Posted on 11/13/2005 4:37:25 PM PST by generalhammond
THE French have had enough of the riots that are sullying their international reputation as the land of civility, as well as liberty, equality and fraternity. By the end of last week, there was a collective sense of relief as the nightly toll of burnt cars, and torched schools, nurseries, gyms, warehouses and small businesses rapidly diminished. A few hundred - as opposed to well over a thousand - incinerated cars and a significant drop in violence in the troubled suburbs of Paris signalled for most French citizens a welcome break from the fortnight of violence that had threatened the whole concept of law and order in the republic. With the imposition of an unprecedented state of emergency authorising local authorities to slap curfews on unruly young people, hopes grew that the untamed youth of the suburbs would quietly return to their housing estates. Many commentators on French television and the major newspapers whined about the gross exaggerations of the riots in the foreign media...
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Thank you!--
I wouldn't use the "CarsBurned" metric as an indicator.
There are fewer burned cars for one of two reasons:
Anyone with half a brain has stopped parking on the street.
All the other cars are already burned.
Many commentators on French television and the major newspapers whined about the gross exaggerations of the riots in the foreign media...
The French and our American liberals do have a lot in common. They complain about everything except the actual problem.
"THE French have had enough of the riots that are sullying their international reputation as the land of civility, as well as liberty, equality and fraternity."
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