Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Posted on 01/01/2008 9:34:24 AM PST by bahblahbah
PARIS - Vandals torched 372 cars as France celebrated the New Year, down on the figure last year after a night the police described as "relatively calm".
Cars are burned fairly regularly in France and the image of vehicles in flames in poor suburbs became symbolic of riots in 2005 when angry youths set fire to thousands of cars.
There is usually an increase in the number of cars torched on New Year's Eve compared to other days of the year.
"The night was relatively calm, without notable incident, there were very few direct clashes with the security forces," said a spokesman for the national police.
At 0500 GMT, the Interior Ministry said 372 vehicles had been burned -- 144 in the Paris region and 228 in the rest of France. That was down from 397 last New Year's Eve.
At the height of the 2005 riots as many as 1,400 cars were attacked in overnight violence. In protests over President Nicolas Sarkozy election last May, demonstrators set fire to 730 vehicles.
Police had stepped up their presence on French streets in anticipation of the year-end celebrations and the sale of petrol in cans was banned in some places.
Just another "normal" situation.
The deal is you get your car insurance from a government owned (or otherwise heavily socialized) insurance company. It pays off without investigation if your car is destroyed (that is, "burned") in one of the Moslem villes that surround the big cities. No one is going to go in there to check!
So, if you need a new car, and want a downpayment out of the proceeds of your old beater car, you just pay a Moslem "yout" to take it over to the ville and burn it.
Costs just a few Euros for the service, and in a few days you'll have your downpayment.
Leastwise, that's the way it's been explained to me, and I have no doubt there's some truth to it 'cause France is a country with a Normal Background Level of Burned Cars ~ makes the place Unique!
Muslim “youths” and their riotous conduct aside, the following should be pointed out:
Most of the vehicles burned were probably French-made cars. As such, this *could* be considered legitimate automotive criticism.
(evil grin)
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
“the sale of petrol in cans was banned in some places.
Great move in an educational sense as it’s a good way to teach the physics/techniques of a siphon.
France, I applaud your efforts to educate youth!
The cost of car insurance in France must have skyrocketed in the past 5 years.
French methods of confrontation are well documented in history.
“The prime minister announced Sunday that a ban on smoking in schools, offices and other public buildings will start in February, while restaurants, dance clubs and some bars have until 2008 to comply.”
Pretty soon there won’t be any girly shows or wine making in France in order to appease the muslims.
Is that you, Robespiere?
The judge let the guy go because he was unemployed and suffering economic depression (his words).
The perp was not Amish.
Interesting analogy
I used to live literally right next door to the Amish community in Sarasota Fl. I would take my children to the park in that community and I was shocked to see how the young people (teens) were acting.
Cursing worse than sailors, smoking. Then I understood what "Rumspringa" was all about
In the Islamic community they also treat there young males very similar. They pretty much do what they want without consequences until they reach the age of accountability. I worked with a Muslim guy and his young son (6 years old) was a holy terror when he come by. He actually finally got in trouble when his kid called one of the black workers a "nigger" to his face. He said it as normal conservation and didn't realize he said something extremely rude and bad. when I got on his fathers ass for his kids behavior, he told me it was the Muslim tradition to give young makes a lot of space when it comes to behavior.
Moselms perhaps ?
Why not call em what they are ?
They probably want to "keep the peace"? With 20% of their yoot population, um, "immigrant" (and growing) and 15-18% of their military "immigrant" (and growing), the French have themselves a king-sized problem larger than the torching of a few hundred, or thousand, or million, cars.
Yes, my community is like that as well. (Mizrahim.)
LOL!
Remains to be seen what Sarkozy will do to what he called "scum" during his campaign for president.
The "scum", aka, "youths" should be thrown in jail, French Citizenship stripped/deported, property replacement/penalty fines, etc.
You may be astonished how some European countries could turn on a dime, disregard/suspend their Constitutions in "extraordinary circumstances"!
Happy New Year!
No, but France might need another soon to rid itself of these "peaceful Muslims"
As long as Frenchmen need downpayments for a new car there’ll always be Moslem Yout’s on hand to burn their old ones to collect on the insurance.
This is for sure a good way to stimulate the domestic automotive manufacturing industry. Perhaps Peugeot even encourages this hooliganism. It contributes to the next several months’ sales (offset, as was pointed out, by certain higher auto insurance rates).
Relative to what, Baghdad circa 2004?
As Rush says, being a liberal is the most gutless choice a person can make. It obviously leads to apathy whereby not even the burning of vehicles on the streets is considered “relatively calm”.
We Americans don’t put with such criminal acts.
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