French police arrest nearly 600 people in post-election violence [730 vehicles torched]

AP ^ | May 7, 2007

[Red_Devil 232]

It is Ramadan any time they want it to be Ramadan.

[Reaganesque]

They give off a fresh minty odor when they burn?

[Rummyfan]

The French love their violent political movements. See 1789 for example.....

[Ieatfrijoles]

Do all the French cars look like the one Columbo drove?

[monkapotamus]

[subterfuge]

Memo to Nicky: Crack heads, baby.

Sadly, I thing they're going to have to start shooting people if they want this behavior to stop.

[Political Junkie Too]

But since these rioters and hoodlums are either Leftists and/or Muslims...

I believe the accepted term for them is "youths." ;-)

-PJ

[Comus]

Maybe we should send over the LAPD riot squad.

[Political Junkie Too]

But even if it were only one state with 750 cars burned, I don’t think we’d be considering this just another day in the neighborhood.

What about NBA Finals week?

-PJ

[wideawake]

LOL! “Proud To Be Socialists” T-shirts!

[livius]

In what state does car-torching happen at NBA finals week? I know I don’t pay a lot of attention to these things, but I didn’t realize this was going on anywhere in the US. Thanks.

[Dumpster Baby]

Google "french riots". I got 1,860,000 hits!

[hophead]

How dare they use the derogatory term “rioters”. They need to be more sympathetic to the disenfranchised “youths” who are just showing their dissatisfaction with the election. France needs to work with them to fix their grievances.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Come on now. Wouldn’t you have the same reaction if you knew the new sheriff in town was going to make you get a job?

[GOP_1900AD]

Ditto that ....

[Dumpster Baby]

A YouTube.com search for "french riot" got 214 hits. Here's one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJA-4-vqK_I

[johnandrhonda]

700 Americans would not stand by while their cars (or especially—pick up trucks) got torched.

[Ron in Acreage]

Those french lefties sure are tough when it comes to parked cars. But what pansies they are when standing up to terrorism.

[Sopater]

SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CONSERVATIVES RISE TO POWER? THE WHOLE COUNTRY FALLS APART! THEY RUN AROUND ARRESTING EVERYONE AND STUFF! DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN IN YOUR COUNTRY! ELECT ONLY LIBERALS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE PEACE! FOR THE LOVE OF... UM... god.

/sarc

[trisham]

Mr. Trisham and I have been discussing our next trip to Europe, and have decided that Ireland and Scotland are more to our liking than France. Or as I put it, I wouldn’t give them (the french) a bloody dime.