More than a thousand cars torched on New Year's Eve (France)

France24 | Reuters ^ | 1/1/09

[LibWhacker]

Update: The French press reported that the Interior Ministry released a final "verified" count of 1,147 vehicles burned in France over New Year's Eve. The number is up 30.64% from last year's total, 878.

REUTERS - At least 445 cars were torched over the night of New Year's Eve in France, a 20 percent rise on last year, but there were relatively few clashes with police, the Interior Ministry and police said on Thursday.

Car burnings are regular occurrences in France but the registering the New Year's Eve total has become something of a tradition since they achieved symbolic status in the violent rioting that shook many of the country's poor suburbs in 2005.

[JohnBovenmyer]

And in Dearbornistan Ford wouldn’t even have to charge for delivering the replacements.

[rbosque]

The French are paying for their years of “tolerance” and other liberal stupidities.

They deserve it.

[Yaakob]

Back when I worked at Rust Eng. in Alabama, the musses there would get P.O.’d and urinate in waste baskets to show their contempt of the US of A. They were a very childish lot.

[null and void]

They were a very childish lot.

Were?

[El Gato]

I see those Huguenot yutes are at it again. :)

[Allegra]

Try some of that sh!t over here, Ahkkkkmed. We triple dog dare ya’.

Yeah! And try it here, too, punks! Make my day! You don't have what it - oh, wait....

;-)

[guitarplayer1953]

No Nads?

[SuperLuminal]

We agree....{:-)

[Rebelbase]

“He suggested suspending the driver’s licenses of the guilty until they have compensated the owners of the destroyed vehicles.—Does that strike anyone else as a typically wimped-out Frenchie response?”

Well, in their minds it is much more serious than a good talking-to.

[GOPJ]

Perhaps the muzzies are getting blamed for insurance scams?

Good point. I wonder how many new cars are burned - cars with late payments, etc...

[Vanders9]

Car burning, rioting at anything, guns everywhere...the French are a revolting lot.

Literally - I mean they are on their - what - fifth republic now?

[CaptRon]

Yutes of no specific orientation.

[guitarplayer1953]

I never could under stand the point of destroying property in a revolt. Alot of times it’s their own hood that they burn down. Whats the point?

[Vanders9]

As a mob grows in numbers, its collective intelligence declines at a proportionate rate :)

And, as other folk have posted, there is probably an element of insurance fraud going on.

[DeuceTraveler]

Would make a great Onion or ScrappleFace article!