I think it is due to French cars' lousy reliability record.

On the plus side, we get the opportunity to read The Most Obtuse Article Ever Written.

Overall, they tend to riot a lot in France. It's pretty common. I've found myself unexpectedly in the middle of a couple of them. And so is setting poor defenseless cars on fire.

I heard when the rioters went for the nursery, they were met with a hail of sippy cups. At least some brave french toddlers put up a fight. Viva le bebe!

So, I guess, we have passed the "grim milestone" of 2000 burned cars.

Chiraq lied while Peuegots died!

So how long til the lefties start supporting the "freedom fighters" in Paris?
Of course when they finally overthrow the government there'll be a caliph and not an emperor, but hey what's in a name.

This isn't precisely terrorism - it's good old-fashioned street violence. Germany, circa 1932. Except there's only one side - for now.

Pardon me. Did you say "Yout's"?

How come nobody has mentioned that Sarkozy called the rioters 'scum'? That's always mentioned, no article is complete without it.

I heard that he didn't call them scum but rabble rousers. It's the media that has mistranslated it.

how long til the lefties start supporting the "freedom fighters" in Paris?

Ibs, they had a "peace march" yesterday for the purposes of urging a dialogue between both sides.
These of course are the same asswipes who believe the Palestinians have every right to bomb busses to counter the asymmetric Israeli Defense Force.

Is there anything moral equivalence can't do?

Well the car toll is over Three Thousand according to FT. You gotta wonder if this is a plot by the automakers to bolster sagging sales.
It looks like Sarkozy might make inroads with the French voting public.

I think it's time for the surrender monkeys French to follow the advice of Group Captain Lionel Mandrake: "Shoot! With a gun! That's what the bullets are for you twit!"

In all seriousness I think that things are going to work out well for the scum in the short term, but come the next elections the situation is going to deteriorate rapidly. Unless the French population is more craven than I thought, in which case life is going to get very bad for us.

"how long til the lefties start supporting the "freedom fighters" in Paris?"

The WaPo article linked to at LGF is the first step I've seen in that direction. It's a pretty big step.

ACE, if you're looking for material, this thing seems eminently fiskable:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/05/AR2005110501515.html

"Rage of French Youth is a Fight for Recognition"

Party like it's 1969 ...

From what I understand, the peace march was held by the government's tame Imams. It looks like the rioters threw rocks at the peace marchers so I'm guessing it didn't go over so well.

So much for eschewing schadenfreude, Ace. That sure didn't last long, did it?

Thank god. Now I can get down to the business of laughing at French misfortune. God I'm petty and small-minded.

eschewing schadenfreude

Gesundheit!

Wait until the demands of "autonomy" start to appear -- then the French will realize what they're really up against.

Doing my own trolling on DU today. There is already speculation that this is a plot by Bushitler/Rove or the CIA. The very thought that Islam is out of control and mutating like a virus is something that just never crosses their minds You can't make this shit up.

In the immortal words of Jim Morrison, permanent resident of France.."come on baby light my fire."

Also found were hoods.... sort of like Islamic Jihad hoods? No... can't be. We've been assured Islam has nothing to do with this.

Even though a bomb factory indicates planning, coordination and outside support......

No really, blame anything BUT Islam.

Been saying it as soon as the news hit here - this is the start of Islamification. Those who are joking now about calls for autonomy will find their jokes aren't jokes after all.

Inclusion of sharia law as a gesture of respect will be asked for by the muslims and probably given by the French government.

When that happens, it's the beginning of the end.

Purple Avenger, they've already called for religious/cultural autonomy under their own "shieks", who just happen to be members of the Mulism Brotherhood.

Rabidfox: I heard they asked for it in Denmark, but haven't seen it about France, yet.

Do you have a link about that? I'd like to start including it in my "I told you dummies so" posts.

Wouldn't that be "I told you dhimmis so" posts?

I have seen it a couple times, William. See if I can find it for you.

In the meantime, I wonder how this would go over in America. I saw Cindy Sheehan say the other day that Muslims are our brothers and sisters at the same time whinning that Bush wouldn't meet with her again. Hey at least he met with her once and didn't insist she stap on a burka. Come to think of it I just lost a little respect for Bush for not insisting she was double bagged.

http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/ned041122

I'm liking LePen's electoral chances right now. Wonder what Vegas posts him at to win the next French election?

Well people are strange when you're a stranger, or so I've heard. I think these troubled youths are simply trying to break on through to the other side, so to speak.

So, William T, is this how Eurabia will be realized?

In the meantime, I wonder how this would go over in America.

It would sound like open season to my heavily armed narrow minded peace loving ass.

Everyone in my neighborhood has worked way too hard for what they've got and would be unlikely to allow it to go up in flames without a very bitter extremely vigorous resistance.

Viva la Resistance!

Perhaps the largest casualty of all these arson raids will be the application of Turkey to the EU.

Even though Charlatan Chirac supports this, Merkel in Germany is against and in France it looks like the xenophobic right led by Le Pen will have additional heft.

I guess this is how they demonstrate that they're ready for self-rule.

Not exactly the Boston Tea Party.

Bart, sure seems like it to me.