Le Kulchah Superior, donchanooo
seems Paris Is Burning...
Rioting has spread to more suburbs of Paris on a sixth night of unrest in the outskirts of the French capital. At Aulnay-sous-Bois, cars were torched as gangs of youths hurled stones at police in riot gear, who responded by firing rubber bullets. ... at least 60 vehicles had been torched
bwahahahahaha *ahem* sorry—ungracious of me. Let me start over:
So… what is the dealio—it’s not like they have the terrible race problems like in icky old America.
The unrest was sparked by the death of two boys whom locals think were fleeing police, despite official denials.
Ok—I’d give that an hour—tops. There must be more.
Correspondents say anger has been fuelled by a tear gas canister hurled into the town’s mosque on Sunday night, and arrests.
uh oh.
The authorities have denied rumours that policemen were chasing the two boys who were electrocuted on Thursday after entering an electricity sub-station. Flowers now lie near the spot where Ziad, aged 17, and Banou, 15, died. An official investigation into the boys’ deaths is under way.
ah.
“If they [special police units] didn’t come here, into our area, nothing would happen,” [an area resident] says. “If they come here it’s to provoke us, so we provoke back.”
The French Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, has promised to send in special police units to “occupy” difficult estates, describing urban gangs as “scum”.
So… ya’ll riot because the police are paying special attention to ya?
“We’re not scum,” says the man, “we’re human beings, but we’re neglected."
Ah… you riot because no one pays enough attention to you. er....
Most families on the estate [translation: “projects"] are originally from [Muslim North] African countries. Unemployment is high and the area is poorly served by public transport.
..."It’s the French mentality. They still haven’t understood that even children with foreign origins have their place in society,” says [area resident] Boubaker. “They still think we’re cleaners, and that’s not good."
[Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy] is also an advocate of positive discrimination for ethnic minorities, and of voting rights for foreigners.
Yeeeeszzz. I can see that’s worked out well…
“I speak with real words,” Sarkozy told Wednesday’s Le Parisien newspaper. “When you fire real bullets at police, you’re not a ‘youth,’ you’re a thug."
“speak with real words”—must be an idiom. ...or an idiot. Hard to say; the rest of the statement rings true.
France-Info said about 150 fires were burning in suburbs of the Seine-Saint-Denis region.
Sarkozy - blamed by many for fanning the violence with tough talk and harsh tactics - met in Paris with youths and officials from Clichy-sous-Bois in an effort to end days of rioting.
But the unrest spread even as they met.
Paris ‘Youth’
Now—sit right down and tell me about how well-regulated immigration and a country’s insistence that legal immigrants be personally invested in their new country and able to function well within their new country is “racist” and “mean,” hmmmm?
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