Posted on 11/14/2005 3:08:28 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet
PARIS — President Jacques Chirac said Monday that more than two weeks of violence in the poor suburbs of France is the sign of a "profound malaise" and he ordered new measures to reach out to troubled youths and fight the discrimination believed to be at the root of it.
In his first address to the nation since unrest erupted Oct. 27, the president said the laws of France must be obeyed and values rekindled in youths living in the poor, mostly Arab and African immigrant suburbs ringing French cities.
He spoke after the Cabinet approved a measure to extend a 12-day state of emergency until mid-February if needed. The emergency measures empower regional officials to impose curfews on minors, conduct house searches and take other steps to prevent unrest.
About 40 French towns, including France's third-largest city, Lyon, have used the measure to put curfews for minors into effect.
Chirac, speaking with a French tricolor and European Union flag behind him, said that discrimination should be fought.
But he appeared to rule out U.S.-style affirmative action programs amid a debate over whether France's strict adherence to the principle of equality has caused it to fail in acknowledging and addressing racial tensions.
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Jacques Carter!
The last President I heard talk about a malaise was Carter.
Look out for killer rabbis...
Basically CHIRAC has told the French non-muslims, they are RACISTS.
No once has he mentioned the words...MUSLIMS.
The comments I hear from different french forums...People are not happy.
K.
It's only a matter of time now before we start hearing about "le stagflation."
You're right, and they are equally failed leaders that led their nations into the "malaise"...
A POX on both their asses.
Semper Fi
I don't think it means quite the same thing in French, even though it's the same word. More like "weakness." I don't think there is the moral element that we associate with the English use of the word.
Is that like a national funk?
1. A vague feeling of bodily discomfort, as at the beginning of an illness.
2. A general sense of depression or unease: “One year after the crash, the markets remain mired in a deep malaise” (New York Times).
[French, from Old French : mal-, mal- + aise, ease; see ease.]
It figures, the French invented the word.
This was a creation of the media.
Was Chirac wearing a sweater?
Profond Malaise.
Deep social unrest...in the context of Ben SHIRACK.
Of course, du to the non-muslim french. they are to blame.
He defended the YOUTHS.
Sickening.
Jean Marie LePen will gain even more votes.
K.
On the positive side, this means the next leader of France will be a Ronald Reagan, if history holds up.
Les lapins sauvage!
We can only hope Chirac get's his kicked too!
You sure about that? That's not the way I remember it.
Google the Maliase speech and check it out. It's an legend. He never said the word.
The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America.
The confidence that we have always had as a people is not simply some romantic dream or a proverb in a dusty book that we read just on the Fourth of July.
It is the idea which founded our nation and has guided our development as a people. Confidence in the future has supported everything else -- public institutions and private enterprise, our own families, and the very Constitution of the United States. Confidence has defined our course and has served as a link between generations. We've always believed in something called progress. We've always had a faith that the days of our children would be better than our own.
Our people are losing that faith, not only in government itself but in the ability as citizens to serve as the ultimate rulers and shapers of our democracy. As a people we know our past and we are proud of it. Our progress has been part of the living history of America, even the world. We always believed that we were part of a great movement of humanity itself called democracy, involved in the search for freedom, and that belief has always strengthened us in our purpose. But just as we are losing our confidence in the future, we are also beginning to close the door on our past."
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/filmmore/ps_crisis.html
A profound one. You took the words right out of my mouth.
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