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More than 330 cars torched | |
2005-01-02 | |
VANDALS torched a total of 333 cars in France during New Year's celebrations, according to official figures released at the weekend - an unpleasant annual tradition that is not seen anywhere else in Europe. The total was up nine from last year, prompting the interior ministry to note a "stability in the phenomena of urban violence". More than 270 people were detained for questioning in connection with the blazes, while 19 police officers were slightly injured. In nearly all cases, the arson attacks came in what the government considers to be "difficult" areas on the outskirts of Paris, the eastern city of Strasbourg and its suburbs. Read Muslim areas France is the only country in Europe where torching cars has become a New Year's custom, according to data collected by AFP's bureaux across the continent. French sociologist Michel Wieviorka explained the violence as a "response from victims of social exclusion to our society of consumption".
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Posted by:tipper |
#7 LOl JQ..... a frogish fence = frence, so you may have been right the first time. |
Posted by: Shipman 2005-01-02 7:45:40 PM |
#6 Oops. Scratch |
Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2005-01-02 6:07:40 PM |
#5 Can't be certain this isn't some frence-u.n. money for torching cars scheme. |
Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2005-01-02 6:04:42 PM |
#4 Interesting how France, to their way of thinking superior in all ways, wants to teach the USA about being "civilized." I truly wonder how they reconcile what they do with what they say. |
Posted by: PlanetDan 2005-01-02 2:53:12 PM |
#3 Maybe they need one of these... Keeps everything neat and tidy. |
Posted by: .com 2005-01-02 9:17:28 AM |
#2 French sociologist Michel Wieviorka explained the violence as a "response from victims of social exclusion to our society of consumption". An alternative explanation? No Second Amendment. |
Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-01-02 8:38:28 AM |
#1 Of course. Just misunderstood victims of social exclusion. Torching cars... *slaps forehead* now why didn't I think of that back when I was a |
Posted by: .com 2005-01-02 7:35:04 AM |