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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:46 PM Original message |
Hundreds of cars torched in France at New Year |
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brodyboy (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. To paraphrase the words in a great song |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. riot = the unbeatable high |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Thanks mods, that was fast |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh, those wacky French. |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. "Youths"? Just "youths"? Nothing else that defines them, any commonalities among them?Just "youths"? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. If they claimed to be on strike would we applaud it? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. No. What are you saying? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. I have good friends who spent New Years in Paris. I was envious but now I wonder... |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Spent the last 6 New Year's in Paris - If you're in the center it's fine. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Do you have friends there or do you just go over and get a hotel room? |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. We rent apartments and visit our friends |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. They're doing something right. Their conservatives are to the left of our liberals. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. So, arson, destruction of property and criminal behavior is a good thing? |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Apparently |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Destruction Of The Property of POOR people. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Yeah gotta love an angry mob |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. We poor people are easy targets. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
51. It is poor people who torch the cars... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-04-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
62. That is the myth. |
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SanddancerUSA (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's not that unusual. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. That's insane |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
40. heh, 2nd ts'd one in this thread |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Did they try to ban smoking there? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Displaced class consciousness n/t |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Because they would get their asses kicked and most likely shot |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Where would they park, if not on the street where they live? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Something like that |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Because it involves getting up and doing something instead of talking on the intarwebz. (nt) |
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Hatalles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. They do. See LA or Boston -- when the Lakers and Sox won championships. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. I was there in Boston |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Why should we? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. perhaps because we on the left also have cars |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That's what jackboots are good for |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 08:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I don't really have jackboots |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. Why? Because they're idiots. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. So disappointing. |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because people hate those who have what they don't have |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. It would be worse here if it happen...rioters/lloters would be shot by private citizens |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. See I would argue that that is not worse |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. SPoken like the he-man tough guys that hid in their basements during the LA riots. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I'm sure your compassion will shield you |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 01:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. You tell 'em tough guy. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Ah, so you are a bigot. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #43 |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. And shooting by 'whoever is handy' isn't also an 'uncontrolled mob'? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #50 |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Good thing that vigilantes, especially those who shoot first, have never ever injured or killed an |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #56 |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. That's why crime is so much higher in France than anywhere else - Oh wait.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 06:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. That's called pent up anger |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. why should they have that in France |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. We are talking about |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-02-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
41. Considering how often this happens, I have to assume new car sales are quite brisk. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 03:46 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. If this were a regular occurance |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. Hm. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
45. This thread affords a great opportunity for insecure handwringing from the self-perceived "haves" |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
46. That's one way to boost the French auto industry |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
47. Cutting air pollution on their terms. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. By setting cars on fire |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-03-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
53. It is hardly uncommon for New Year celebrations to turn violent |
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