kyser_soze
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Not surprising - remember, this is a country where during the last Prez election the Socialists hung a banner saying 'Vote for the Crook, not the Facist'
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Not surprising - remember, this is a country where during the last Prez election the Socialists hung a banner saying 'Vote for the Crook, not the Facist'
nino_savatte
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guinnessdrinker said:I think some of them are carried away. channel 4 said even the Eiffel Tower was targetted. that's an awful ot of metal for your average anarkids to burn down
I thought so. I also get the feeling that what we are seeing on telly isn't the full story. I actually saw the same piece of footage being used last night that was being used last week.
nino_savatte said:
it should also be remembered that burning cars are nightly occurrences in the banlieux, only, suuddenly now, does it become a news item to head the news.
nino_savatte
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guinnessdrinker said:
I guess there aren't enough exicting domestic news stories. All we have at the moment is the Tory leadership contest, Blair loses terror vote, new security measures for railways stations and the usual crap about anti social behaviour and drug taking models. It's a shit time to be a journalist.
nino_savatte said:
and a good reason to have a go a the french, especially if you're the telegraph or american media
nino_savatte
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guinnessdrinker said:and a good reason to have a go a the french, especially if you're the telegraph or american media
Agreed.
I like the way the telegraph blame the french for all they've done to the immigrants and the rough deal they get, blah, blah....
coming from them, it sounds a bit rich....
coming from them, it sounds a bit rich....
nino_savatte
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guinnessdrinker said:
That's The Torygraph for you: the little Englander mentality in black and white.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
International Herald Tribune is saying France needs affirmative action (illegal in Europe right?). Not sure if that worked in the states, even.
One of my students yesterday was saying that she'd heard a) separate muslim schools was an issue, b) girls not wearing hijabs were attacked.
Anyone else heard this?
One of my students yesterday was saying that she'd heard a) separate muslim schools was an issue, b) girls not wearing hijabs were attacked.
Anyone else heard this?
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Mears, didn't you make that point earlier in the thread and have it totally misunderstood?
mears said:
hmm, are you advocating some form of discrimination involving ethnic origin?
Despite the fact that the majority of rioters are French Citoyens, there is an under representation of ethnic minorities in the French National Assembly. Whether simply "allowing" the "cream" to take their places their under the auspices of the established parties is the solution is another issue entirely...............
Members of Chirac's government are suggesting that polygamy is one factor in the recent riots http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4441246.stm
I cannot believe this sort of explaination
I cannot believe this sort of explaination
jonH said:
it's another excuse to have a go at africans and get a few votes. they might as well blame single mothers with several kids (not that I do, anyway).
spring-peeper
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mears said:
I agree.
The more I find out about France and it's way of thinking, the more that I'm seeing a similarity to Quebec, Canada.
Quebec did exactly what you are suggesting, created a separatist party and ran it in the Federal elections. They call themselves the Bloc quebecois, hold seats in the Federal parliment and fight for their people.
kyser_soze
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guinnessdrinker said:
I would imagine that it's simply the point that ethnic communities in the UK have made inroads in to being elected as representatives in the National Assembly.
How you got +discrimination from that boggles the mind somewhat...
nino_savatte
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mears said:
I have actually seen quite a few non-white faces on French television.
kyser_soze said:
it's the way a dodgy poster phrased it that made me suspicious. [pedant mood] and anyway, do you mean the House of Commons? [pedant mood over]
spring-peeper said:
that's different. the Bloc Quebecois wants independence, french people of north african origins want to be fully french, not a separate entity.
mears said:
see my post above. are you suggesting that french ethnic minorities should have their own party based on their origin?
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