FRANCE ROCKS ... AND RIOTS

When Bad Things Happen To …

I can’t help it … I love reading about any kind of trouble in France. If you haven’t been keeping up with the latest from the land that gave us the Statue of Liberty and aren't speaking German because of it, here’s a snapshot summary, paraphrased from AINA, the Assyrian International New Agency.

“Riots have now continued for eight days in and around Paris. Thursday night, November 3, Muslim rioters burned 315 cars. In the previous week, they torched 177 vehicles and burned numerous businesses, a post office, and two schools. They have rampaged through 20 towns and shot at police and firemen. In an episode that summed up the failure of France's efforts to create a domestic, domesticated Islam, when moderate Muslim leader Dalil Boubakeur, head of the Paris mosque, tried to restore calm, his car was pelted with stones and he had to rush away.

The riots began on October 27 when two Muslim teenagers ran from police who were checking identification papers -- why they ran is as yet unclear. The police did not chase them, but evidently the teenagers thought they were being chased; they eventually hid in an electrical power sub-station, where they accidentally electrocuted themselves.” (You couldn’t make that up if you wanted!)

“Of course, all the news agencies have either omitted or mentioned only in passing that the rioters are Muslims at all. The casual reader would not be able to escape the impression that what is happening in France is all about economics – and race.” The article goes on to state that Muslims are the only poor ethno-religious group rioting.

Makes you feel all warm and cuddly, eh? Vive la France ... or as Samuel Clements once noted, "France has neither winter, nor summer, nor morals. France is miserable because it is filled with Frenchmen, and Frenchmen are miserable because they live in France."