Paris 'smashers' shift attacks from property to people

Scotland on Sunday ^ | April 2, 2006 | RUTH FREMSON

[dogcaller]

Liberal will be liberals...they make silk purses out of sow's ears to live in their idealistic dreamstate. Remember that Jefferson was enamored of the French revolution when everyone else recognized it as an indiscriminate bloodbath...thus the rank and file liberal matter little but their leaders and opinion-makers are among the most dangerous people on earth.

[Flavius]

[voletti]

What the hell is wrong with CNN? They compare the rioters' cowardly, nearly anarchic exploitation of freedom in France to the heartbreaking courage of the Chinese students who silently petitioned for an easing of government oppression. Are they simply too stupid to see the difference, or what?
Well said my friend.
Below is what I always say is Exhibit A in the honor roll of recent day political courage. No constitutional protections, no legal guarantees for those protesting kids in Tienanmen. That is courage, not waving Mexican flags in LA or protesting against Tony Blair in London.

[Gimme]

"You have to keep in mind that France is our Mexico."

That's exactly what I was thinking however in France the demonstrators are citizens/legal.

[Savage Beast]

Sarkozy may be deeply worried, but not deeply enough. Within a few years, a majority of the population of France will be "casseurs". When the "casseurs" take over the country, today's unleashing of violence will look like a teaparty.

"'In France, we always imagine violence to be political because of our revolutions, but this isn't the case,' said Sebastian Roché, a political scientist who specialises in delinquency in the suburbs.

'The casseurs are people who are apart from the political protests. Their movement is apolitical. It is about banal violence - thefts, muggings, aggression.'"

And for this, Sebastian wins THE OSTRICH AWARD of 2006!

(Marie Antoinette won it back in 1789.)

This violence is absolutely political--nothing else!

And this guy "specialises in delinquency in the suburbs"???

Obviously Roché would consider the 1789 Revolution "apolitical" too! The impending "apolitical" Revolution threatens to make the 1789 Revolution look like a stroll in the garden.

The French are really good at a few things: cuisine, wine, and denial.

[Savage Beast]

Oh yeah. And the French have a real flair for coining cute phrases. (Merci, TS.)

[FReepaholic]

...This country is unbelieveable! A month and a half vacation for a new hire! What kind of crack are they smoking over there?...

What you're seeing (the riots) are a manifestation of the "entitlement mentality".

Same as the "immigration protests" here. The illegals feel they're entitled to come here and "enjoy" the benefits.

[Buffettfan]

Isn't diversity and multiculturalism wonderful? A sign of things to come here in the good old USA as brown separatists carve out their chuck of the USA known as AZTLAN.

[Savage Beast]

That looks like a good plan. You can loose the weight you gain from stuffing yourself in Bologna and Venice when you get to Ireland.

Or, alternatively, you can slim down in Ireland (it'll be easy to pass on the food) and then gorge on the delicacies and wine back in Italy, with a clear conscience.

(Save room for paella when you get to Spain.)

[willyd]

Not only that...once someone is hired, you can't fire them. Even if they are performing poorly. In order to let someone go, you have to provide documentation to the court that your company is currently losing money in that employee's section.

[Savage Beast]

"Are they simply too stupid to see the difference, or what?"

CNN? Yes. They are simply too stupid.

Remember: The Left is the venue of sociopaths and morons. Most Leftists are morons. The sociopaths lead them (they're always ready to exploit the stupid, and they do it so well).

[expatpat]

President Jacques Chirac, who was prime minister at the time, withdrew the initiative; the education minister was forced to resign.

The French talent for surrender is unequalled.

[6SJ7]

...violence that has marred the protests has been by young men, largely immigrants or the children of immigrants, from tough, underprivileged suburbs, who roam in groups... Some of the youths even share instant war trophies: photographs and short scenes of violence and vandalism they have captured on their mobile phones.

Underprivileged... with the latest picture cell phones.

[andyssister]

In case you're still thinking of a vacation in Paris.....

[Right Wing Assault]

Because they beat someone to death 20 years ago, the police stand around and do nothing. Good Plan.

If the citizens had guns, there would be a lot less car burning.

[bboop]

We were last in France in 2001. Our son said, "Please, let's not go to Paris. It is so awful." I think you missed 'good Paris.'

[HadEnough]

Remind you of anything...like Los Angeles 1992??

[bboop]

My music teacher spent some time with the Paris Symphony some years ago. He said the musicians were so lazy, because they have jobs for life, they would miss rehearsals, read and play cards at rehearsals, slouch and just not care in the least. He had always wondered why the Paris Symphony was so bad.

[Ben Chad]

It's no wonder the British dug the channel to keep the French out. ;-)

[EQAndyBuzz]

"It's a pity, because I actually wanted to be able to visit France before it degenerated into a third-world country."

Too late.