Top News Article | Reuters.com This has been going on for a week and is hardly mentioned in the US Media out of political correctness. Riots that last this long are problematic.
PARIS (Reuters) – Hundreds of youths clashed with police overnight and shots were reportedly fired at police as unrest in poor Paris suburbs entered a second week, piling pressure on France’s conservative government.
Youths rampaged in nine poor suburbs north and east of Paris, home to North African and black African minorities frustrated at their failure to get jobs or recognition in French society, leaving a trail of destruction behind them.
Police said some 40 cars and two buses were set alight, police and fire crews were pelted with projectiles. A school and a shopping center were also damaged in violence that police unions said was escalating.
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Shane — you’re so easy to set up, dude. I presumed in advance you’d try to switch the discussion into one or another straw man. I neither advocated burning anything nor did I say anyone participating in a civil rights march was acting in a hostile manner. The violence generally resulted from bigots, official or unofficial. Even if you don’t personally accept non-violence as a philosophy [and I don't], you can be objective and ethical about accepting it as a tactic [which I often have].
That doesn’t mean I didn’t have a shotgun handy for any Klan member who might assault my home and family. Especially when living within the context of cops who were as often Klan members as not.
You don’t think you can differentiate between one kind of violence and another. Are there are wars and unjust wars? Are you a pacifist rejecting all violence as unjust? Are you a war lover who considers anything your government sanctions as just? Those are two widely separated extremes; yet, you make noises like you can only be on one side — and it’s the one you get to pick out for everyone else.
Move on!
I would say its more principle than theory. In principle, no government created by the people can be granted powers that the people themselves did not first possess. If the people themselves do not possess the power of compelled charity, then how can the government they create legitimately possess that power? How can the government possess and bear arms while denying the people themselves the right to do so?
For some reason people love to mistake race or religion arguments for poverty arguments. The cause of this riot is poverty.
What the French people should be asking how these people got this way? How is it that they have no jobs and perhaps no skills with which to make a living? Let’s not forget that we in the US have engaged in voluntary urban renewal on more than one occassion (e.g. LA 1994).
And my lone comment adds more than anything you’ve spewed, Eideard.
Once again, end the rhetoric. It’s not a request.
Fortunately, James, it’s great living in a land where free speech and thought are encouraged. You may be accustomed to some poor economic serf tugging his forelock in response to your declarations. In your own mind.
Otherwise, your dedication to 19th Century analyses and 14th Century conclusions are laughable.
The media is not broacasting this because the ones rioting are french and not white.
There are currently 24 armed conflicts in the world today. 22 of these are Muslims unable to co-exist peacefully with non-Muslims. Islam itself is the root cause of all of what is happening. It is a religion whose central tenet is that all of humanity must bow before Islam, & those who do not convert must be killed or forced into Dhimmitude which is a state of grovelling subservience so horrific it makes any other historical oppression pale by comparison.
Islam is not in any way similar to any other world religion.
Do you notice that Hindu’s & Christians can co-exist peacefully? Buddists & Jews? Wiccans & Taoists? Athiests & Catholics?
Why is it ONLY Muslims that become violent & oppressive as soon as they think their numbers are sufficiently large?
Remember, when Muslims say theirs is a religion of peace, they do not understand peace in the same way as others. To them peace is DEFINED as total submission to Islam.
PS I do realize their are modern Muslims that have put this 9th century way of thinking behind them, but they are a small & powerless minority within Islam, & know perfectly well what other Muslims will do to them if they speak out.
PS the Media here in America is totally ignoring the signifigance of these riots, & even Fox news is grossly underreporting on this issue. This is why ANY censorship of the Internet must be vigorously opposed. Without it we would have no means of finding out the truth.
PPS Do you think maybe the French might take a short break in critisizing America & its policies NOW?
Sooooo… Your saying bring on WWIII??? We got it wrong with the Jews, it’s the Muslims this time we need to wiped-out?? This is the way the world is heading. The anti Muslim sentiment is spreading. Take a good look at the REAL history of the holocaust……. In reality most of the world was silently cheering due to the smear campaign against the Jews. Is this the future we want? Take Australia for example…… The new “terror” laws were passed ALMOST CARBON COPY fashion to similar laws in Nazi Germany. Very similar “events” surrounded the passing of the bill……….
Why is the world blaming the religion such as Islam? just because there are a number muslims in the world who happened to misintepret the truth of the religion and use that as a weapon to destroy peace in the world and it is the religion’s fault. People must be smart enough to define and understand why such groups resulting to violence and abusing the religion, it is not the fault or teachings of the religion for people to resort to terrorism, it is the people who are crazy and misinterpret the truth. No religion in this world teaches people to engage in crimes and destroy humanity. Only American and Israeli government believes that for the sake of wealth and power and pretend that they’re innocent and are the police of peace inthis world. Not about religion eh..it is about mentality of greed!