7th November, 2005
Riots
It was a good excuse, but it’s fun to set cars on fire.
So said a 15-year old boy in Clichy-sous-Bois, France, referring to the accidental deaths of two boys that occurred last week in the same town.
Sadly, it is now looking as though youths in France are torching vehicles (over 3,300 so far) and buildings for no real reason. Yes, there are concerns of unemployment and discrimination among minorities, but it appears that no one is standing up and saying why they continue to riot and burn. I’m all for public demonstrations, but destroying the property of others isn’t going to win any sympathy votes for your cause. To the youths in France who are participating in this violence: if there really is a valid reason behind your actions, you have the government’s attention. It’s time to put down the torches and start talking, otherwise you will deserve what you will get from the authorities.
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