The reason I feel fine with my Schadenfreude in this case is because the violence has, with one exception, been non-fatal. Other than that one exception, the riots have done nothing more than a) demonstrate the ineptitude of the French government, and b) destroy a lot of property.

Things can be rebuilt. And when the riots shine the light on how poorly those things were built in the first place, there's always hope that the rebuilding will improve on past mistakes (although there's good reason to believe the French aren't about to fix anything).

But overall, given the relatively harmless nature of the riots, combined with the utter humiliation suffered by Chirac's appeasement monkeys, yeah, is think Schadenfreude is appropriate.

"nasty pleasure" I'm in

Damn, Ace. Extirpates?

Last time I heard that word I was defenestrated.

Indeed.
Le Coq has come home to le roost.
But it will be something more that socialism and multiculturalism could have done, some entitlement that was missed, another failure to understand these 'youths' (the REAL vicitms, of course...)
And ultimately, it will be Bush's fault.
The left will never awaken.
Safe in their dreamworld, reality so far away.
When the monster scares you in the dream, you can look away, and the scene morphs into sunny beaches with light breezes and lapping waves...
Kinda like heroin, but these addicts have a constant supply.

Nothing "veiled" about it in my case. They gloated over Katrina. Fuck 'em.

It surprises me to learn that my gloating had the slightest veil at all. In the aftermath of all the arrogant tripe we came in for after Katrina, I would like to cock a snoot Francewards in the most explicit way I can.

extirpates

Boy! How long have you been waiting to unload that one?

The completely unveiled gloating of Applebaum's last paragraph is classic.

And the moral of the story is: Try not to look so shocked when everyone else begins imitating the whole "smug asshole" act that you've been putting on for the past century or so.

We have to help the French! If we're lucky they may get so angry and upset with us that they actually poison themselves with their own bilious tongues.

A man can dream, can't he?

"France: rolling countrysides, sprawling vineyards, quaint cafes. France: home to the world's greatest painters, chefs, and anti-semites. The French: cowardly, yet opinionated; arrogant, yet foul-smelling; anti-Israel, anti-American, and, of course, as always, Jew-hating. Paris: the city of whores, dog feces on every corner, and effete men yelling anti-Semitic remarks at children. The real crème de la crème of world culture. With all that's going on in the world, isn't it about time we got back to hating the French?"

and another one:

Simpsons episode AABF21 "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?": After a French pastry chef brusquely shoos Ned Flanders away from a tempting éclair, Ned responds: "A rude Frenchman? Well, I never!"

and another one:

Simpsons episode 1F20 "Secrets of a Successful Marriage": Desperate for reconciliation, Homer pleads to his wife: "Marge, look at me: we've been separated for a day, and I'm as dirty as a Frenchman."

Chalk me up for a dose of gleedul I told you so, a dash of schadenfreude and some up and down fist motions.

I am glad that Applebaum finally identified what was wrong with the white house and Katrina. It took Bush 2 days to deliver a speech. I'm glad we got that straightened out, it sort of puts the whole 400 busses underwater thing in perspective, doesn't it?

Damn, Ace. Extirpates?

It's a perfectly cromulent word.

Damn you, V!
I wish I had remembered that, although, isn't it "promulent?" I think that Wikipedia gets it wrong. Any comments?

Itcan't be that big of a deal. It's not like the french have done anything much to stop it.

It's a perfectly cromulent word.

I agree - my brain is embiggened.

By the way, among other things, the appeasement measures they've unveiled include lowering the age at which you can drop out of school.

Sooner or later we’ll be giving the French some form of support in this conflict, because we have a common interest in *extirpating* (ha!) Islamofascism, not because we’re expecting any of that famous French gratitude. In the meantime, I don’t mind wallowing in a little well-earned Schadenfreude. Payback , she is la chienne, n’est ce pas?

And the word Ace was searching for is “exculpate.”

Extirpate is a perfectly marvelous word - it describes what I think should be done to Chirac, de Villepin (who insists in a high whine that he is a man), and the rioters. All of them should be extirpated. Annihilated. By evisceration, if possible.

See: Carthage. (Or rather, you don't. Get it?)

"It's immoral to take nasty pleasure in frightening riots in France"

Fine. Fuck 'em anyway. Because of French pressure on Turkey just at the start of OIF, our troops are being killed today.

Thinly veiled? Fuck you, Jacques. And the horse you rode in on. Your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elderberries.

Was that blunt enough? Your appeasing and treacherous ways have resulted in the lose of many American lives. Reap the whirlwind.

I agree with JackStraw. If France and the rest of the assholes were on-board with us, many lives would have been spared -- on both sides.

Fuck them. I hope every single car in France gets burnt and they have to go back to riding bicycles while wearing those silly striped shirts and gay hats.

If France and the rest of the assholes were on-board with us,

Or just stayed out of the way instead of actively thwarting a major component of the invasion plan that would have saved lives on both sides. Was anybody surprised that they apparently caused this needless sacrifice of lives just to cover their petty scams in the Oil for Food scandal? That kind of hypocritical and inhumane ugliness just seems all so gallic.

We don't lose any allies when France suffers. We just see an enemy being crippled. Fuck 'em.

The irony of the French being screwed over by their "friends" is just too delicious not to gloat over.

Although I have to say European rioters are a bunch of pussies. Thirteen days and only One old guy dead? The fact that these car-b-ques have shaken the french governement just shows how pussified they've become.

Ain't been nothing veiled 'bout my gloating. It's full-on, in-yo-face-MoFo-type gloating and I'm lovin it.

What's ironic, however, is that all this violence etc has only resulted in one (published) death - whereas a little heatwave a few years ago killed 10,000 +, to frankly very little comment. Just goes to show - not only do they smell bad and surrender on a qhim, they're just plain weird.

is that all this violence etc has only resulted in one (published) death - whereas a little heatwave a few years ago killed 10,000 +, to frankly very little comment

Easily explained. You can't outrun the heat.

Looks like the thin veil has gone the way of the burqa

Pretty sure it's "cromulent."

you would want the List of neologisms on The Simpsons from Wikipedia.

it's "cromulent"

Looks like all those Frenchies better get working so they can appease their Muslim masters with economic incentives and fat welfare checks.

Work, motherfuckers. Harder! Your masters demand it! Your time and effort belong to Allah!

Convert'em, subjugate'em, or kill'em. That's the three choices the Koran offers.

Convert had no shot at all in France, so they're working on subjugation. If that don't work, they'll work on kill.

Anyone remeber one of the Algerian (I think) rabble rousers promising to cause riot and mayhem in France because France was their number 1 enemy? Remeber what he said about teaching France to behave? Chirac and DeVillepin (who probably doesn't have all the equipment to be a man) have signaled that France has learned.

I had some cromulents with butter at brunch last week. They were great.

By the way, among other things, the appeasement measures they've unveiled include lowering the age at which you can drop out of school.

Because the best way to deal with the problem of unemployed, disaffected youths is to give more of them a chance to reject the best means of becoming qualified for employment. Brilliant!