Riots in France...

[=D.C.L.I=Everest]

=D.C.L.I=TuRb0jUg3nD Wrote:PS I don\'t think the media are doing anyone a service by sticking eager microphones in front of rioting 15 year olds in stead of trying to understand what has happened and is happening in the immigrant ghettos of france.

BTW how many of you were aware of these huge, depressing ghettos on the outskirts of Paris before the riots? If my guess is correct, that most of you wew oblivious to them, the rioters have already won by simply letting us know.

I think more people than you would\'ve figured had known about this before it exploded on the news, amongst others through movies such as \"La Haine\" (which I haven\'t seen...). Young people are generally more informed than the rest of the population when it comes to situations on \"the streets\". They may care less, but at least they know what\'s happening.

The importance of these events is that the disgruntled, rioting youngsters got the attention of everyone now, from the simple peasant somewhere in a lost little village in Southern France, to the man in charge on the fanciest seat of the nation. And the press did its part in that, but now they should focus on reporting the disease rather than its symptoms.

Everyone around me who\'s seen \"La Haine\" is saying that what\'s happening is just like in that movie... Is this the fact, or just a comparison to put things into a comprehensible perspective for youngsters?