The "traditional" New Year's Eve fun was had by "youths" in France again last night -- 425 cars set on fire to ring in the new year! Welcome 2006! Those "rowdy revelers" -- gotta love 'em!
"In Nice on the French Riviera, firefighters were pelted with stones when they responded to an anonymous phone alert, officials said." That's Nice!
"Outside Paris in the suburb of Argenteuil, a small fire was reported at a cultural center." Ah, culture.
Are we talking French or Muslim culture, I wonder?
As you may recall, rioting by mostly Muslim "youths" has been a teensy, tiny little problem for France since around October 27, 2005, when car arson became a widely observed nightly "tradition" for weeks on end. One night, 1,408 vehicles were set on fire (much to the appreciation of the cars' owners, no doubt.)
Fortunately, France's fearless leader Jacques Chirac has matters firmly in hand. In a New Year's Eve televised address, he "urged the French to do more to fight racism and a lack of opportunities in poor neighborhoods — problems that fed frustrations among young rioters."
Isn't it clear that all France needs to do is to give more opportunities to the arsonists? And who wouldn't want to do that? These car-bombing "youths" clearly are go-getters. Personally, I always like to see evidence of recent criminal activity on the resumes of the people I hire. We do know this much -- these "youths" enjoy working with fire. Maybe they can become firefighters.
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