Thread: Thousand cars torched in latest French riots

Ditto, Though Im not aware of any IM'ers in France? At least not in open chat(where my office is based:P)

If anyone wants a long read, I posted this on another board earlier.. I figured this board has had enough politics but since it came up..




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http://www.sltrib.com/ci_3185693?rss
follow up article -
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051106/...france_rioting


"The violence erupted Oct. 27 following the accidental electrocution of two teenagers who hid in a power substation, apparently believing police were chasing them."

"Attackers doused the woman, in her 50s and on crutches, with a flammable liquid and set her afire as she tried to get off a bus in the suburb of Sevran Wednesday, judicial officials said. The bus had been forced to stop because of burning objects in its path."

"Violence continued into the evening for the ninth night in a row with troublemakers firing bullets into a vandalized bus and setting a warehouse ablaze in the Paris area."
And Ill bet my hard earned money those bullets didnt come from a legally possessed firearm.

"In one attack, youths in the eastern Paris suburb of Meaux prevented paramedics from evacuating a sick person from a housing project. They pelted rescuers with rocks and then torched the waiting ambulance, an Interior Ministry official said. "

These poor, impoverished kids..
"But within gangs, he added, youths are communicating by cell phones or e-mails. "
High cell phone bills forcing them to live on Mcdonalds.. they're probably living in fear of getting fat. Damn you T-Mobile, Damn you.

"The anger over the death of the teenagers spread to the Internet, with sites mourning the youths.
Along with messages of condolence and appeals for calm were insults targeting police, threats of more violence and warnings that the unrest will feed support for France's anti-immigration extreme right."
Yup, wouldnt want to discourage France from letting everyone in, its worked so well this far.




So anyways, the part that has me laughing..

"Children's photos clung to the blackened walls, and melted plastic toys littered the floor. Residents gathered at the school gate, demanding that the army be deployed or suggesting that citizens band together to protect their neighborhoods. "

Yes, quickly, call the,"professional target shooters" to defend your neighborhood!

That may be their best, but also only option as I would strongly suggest against them standing in the streets with pitch forks(Are those legal in France??) and baseball bats. Shockingly enough apparently the criminals(aka rioters) are known to have illegally aquired firearms.. If you wanna be in the street with a baseball bat, at least go prone

For those of you not familiar with France's laws, heres the last update I know of-

"The state could authorise gun ownership only for:

Members of the military.

Members of a certified sporting association. -- Professional target shooters.

Individuals who require a weapon to exercise their profession.

Individuals whose physical safety is seriously threatened."

I wonder if anyone in Paris is trying to obtain permission to buy a firearm right now, due to their physical saftey being seriously threatened? They're probably being turned away on the premise that,"By the time your paperwork is done the riot will be under control" .. "lol owned"


Reminds me of the story of the LA riots, where two Korean people were standing on the roof of their business with AKs and suprisingly enough it went untouched. :shock:

(Just for note, Im not implying that I laugh at the victims of this riot, but rather all the French who politically supported their,"gun control" to this level)

I put the firearms focus in this post as this is from a forum reguarding firearms laws.

My bad, I didn't see your post.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

My bad, I didn't see your post.

No no, you posted it here first, I mean I posted that on a different forum.

Since Im too lazy to rewrite another post on this topic, I copy-pasted it to here

"The deaths 10 days ago of two youths apparently fleeing police ignited pent up frustrations among young men, many of them Muslims of North and black African origin, at racism, unemployment, their marginal place in French society and their treatment by the police."

The circumstances of those deaths:

"The two teenagers were killed and a third seriously injured on Thursday night when they were electrocuted in an electricity sub station as they fled from police investigating a break-in, media reported."


"many of them Muslims of North and black African origin"

Why am I not surprised?

I also like the spin the news tried "The deaths 10 days ago of two youths apparently fleeing police", trying to make it sound like the police killed them.

All major news organizations are not to be trusted.

They havn't torched mine yet

hehehe about 1500 cars have been set on fire around paris it's not cool there now

How do they do it so fast? Molotov?

It is sad, Paris is such a beautiful city.

Originally Posted by cfs3

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"many of them Muslims of North and black African origin"

Why am I not surprised?

I swear I knew you were going to do this.

Originally Posted by HANK-VISSER

hehehe about 1500 cars have been set on fire around paris it's not cool there now

You're awful!

Yes Molotovs are the main weapon of arson so Ive read.

Nick+, you're in France?
You live close to Paris?

Originally Posted by min0 lee

I swear I knew you were going to do this.

Because cfs is always trying his best to emphasize the fact that muslims and Africans are discriminated against, and forced to live in impoverished conditions whereever they go

It's just Detroiters on vacation...

Originally Posted by Chain Link

You're awful!

Yes Molotovs are the main weapon of arson so Ive read.

Nick+, you're in France?
You live close to Paris?

I live an 8 hr drive from Paris. But only 2 and a half hours from Toulouse , where they are also roasting cars.

So these kids were obviously not doing anything wrong. I know that when I have not done anything wrong my first instinct is to run from the po-po.

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

It's just Detroiters on vacation...

Teaching them the works.

Originally Posted by Chain Link

Because cfs is always trying his best to emphasize the fact that muslims and Africans are discriminated against, and forced to live in impoverished conditions whereever they go

Like they are forced to live in impoverished conditions in Africa...

Originally Posted by Chain Link

Because cfs is always trying his best to emphasize the fact that muslims and Africans are discriminated against, and forced to live in impoverished conditions whereever they go

The NAACP will definitely give him an award.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

The NAACP will definitely give him an award.

What does college basketball have to do with this?

The riots began just days after Sarkozy's launch of a controversial crackdown on crime in the country's tough suburbs.

The minister's aggressive language, in which he referred to rioters as "scum" and vowed "to clean out" troubled suburbs, led to accusations from both the Socialist opposition and from within his own party that he was fanning the violence. Police unions have also joined the chorus of criticism, castigating Sarkozy's decision to end neighbourhood policing and complaining that his declared war on delinquency is making their job increasingly difficult and dangerous.

But Sarkozy stubbornly defended himself. "I speak with real words," he told the popular daily, Le Parisien. "When you fire real bullets at police, you're not a 'youth', you're a thug."

The media-hungry Sarkozy has also been accused of trying to capitalise on the situation to boost his own visibility ahead of the presidential race.

But in the suburbs, young residents are united in their anger over the interior minister's incendiary language and his "lack of respect".

"Sarko must shut up. Either he apologises or he resigns, instead of coming to spread chaos in the suburbs like Bush in Iraq," one 16-year-old said.

"When I see what is happening now, I always come back to this image: Sarkozy in Argenteuil [a troubled Paris suburb], raising his head and saying: 'Madame, I am going to clean all of this away.' The result? By playing the superhero, the control freak, Sarko has made everyone go crazy. He showed a total lack of respect to everyone," said Christophe, 22, a student.

Franck Cannarozzo, a deputy mayor of Aulnay-sous-Bois, added: "We see among the rioters kids of 13 to 15, who are swept along, who are encouraged to take all the risks, and the others, the ringleaders, who are used to creating trouble - they terrorise everyone, and don't want to stop. Rather than playing on their PlayStations, they attack the police."

http://news.scotsman.com/internation...?id=2200912005

Originally Posted by Dale Mabry

What does college basketball have to do with this?

Originally Posted by min0 lee

The NAACP will definitely give him an award.

Originally Posted by cfs3

Like they are forced to live in impoverished conditions in Africa...

I would say moreso forced, and moreso impoverished than anywhere else in the world! But we're talking about France where people have the ability to move out of that.. Besides, statistics show men are 9 times more likely to be forced to live in impoverished conditions than women.

Originally Posted by Chain Link

I would say moreso forced, and moreso impoverished than anywhere else in the world!

Forced by whom?

BTW, I like the pic.

Men.

whitey.

Bad shit and all but this is no way to solve anything.
It's a matter of time before the army will come in and kill everyone that lights a car on fire, burns down a school(!) or kills a police man.
so what are they gonna do then? if they where realistic about doing this shit they would take a place where they could hide like a headquarters, something like a big museum or a castle, well at least something with a lot of expensive stuff in there, but do not carry guns ( well just don't show or use them unless they come in and threaten your life, then you can pull out your g3a3 and shoot a couple of coppers, with is always a good thing as long as you get away with it!)
and whats this shit with all these other places that are getting hit also?

Originally Posted by Chain Link

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You noticed that everyime there is a thread about blacks CFs3 is sure to lurk around. Well he's also been photographed infiltrating black activities. Look below.



At a black beauty pageant.