[extropy-chat] riots in france

[Dirk Bruere]

On 11/5/05, scerir <scerir at libero.it> wrote:
>
> From: "spike"
>
> > Specific question: they keep saying these
> > are the worst riots since the 1968 student
> > uprisings. What were they rioting about
> > in 1968?
>
> In 1968 French students (and workers) were rioting
> against the old politics (Gaullism), the 'establishment',
> the old culture, and all that. But the same happened
> in Italy, in Germany, in California (remember Marcuse? and
> Angela Davis?), etc.
>
> Now *immigrants* (not just the old 'Pieds-Noirs', but also
> arabs and people coming from east) are rioting, around Paris,
> because they cannot get a job, because of money. The economy
> in France (but the same thing in Germany, and in Italy, etc.)
> is in bad condition. Our growth is < 1%. Your (US) growth is
> well > 3%.



More succinctly, Moslems don't integrate and still want the fruits of
integration.
It's trouble that is only going to get worse.

Dirk
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