11-14-2005, 06:31 PM | #61 |
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well, spock i havent a clue what one for zero meant either.
is rohirrim right? ... that they actually won something in the last 100 years?? well, they did win the world cup and also the european championship .... does that count? Nurv ..regarding men rioting ...these are mostly muslims ... perhaps that answers your question? Lief - hello! long time .... mmm i think perhaps your french teacher maybe a tad biased ... but then why are third gen muslims not better integrated? this is the root of the rioting, that and racism ... and new draconian terror laws targeted at muslims and a secular state and general french arogance, and the reaction fueling resentment not dampening it ... a report today on the radio in the uk said that somehting like 56% of UK indians went on to become professionals with careers and were upwardly mobile , against 32% from white working class families ... figures not exact btw - from memory ... interesting it said "indians' though not asians - i.e. including muslims ... of course in the uk the majority of muslims are from pakistan .. and they have jointly brought us our national dish ...curry! ...and like cricket ... whereas in France they are largely from Algeria .... which i know little about. Lotesse .... try 'actifed' or home-made chicken soup ... where the bones are boiled in the broth .... hope you feel better soon! but anyway .... i am interested to know your thoughts on the french riots ... what are your thoughts? BTW martin luther king was a bit of a rarity, a one off, and the opression of the black community in the states as second class citizens even up to the 1960's was shameful .... but in france today the encroaching ghettoisation and marginalisation is a different thing, in a different country - a secular state and in a different time with a group largely without a voice .... anyway i'd like to know your thougths and what especially interests you about it. |
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well you see BB the only thing france is good at hosting is....invasions. so if there is a prize for that maybe they got 1 out of 0, any way i read that 5 out of 4 people have a hard time with fractions so maybe spock is one of em.
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hah, thats funny i was just about to tease tamuril what fraction french she was!
ok ..just seen your post there lotesse as i was typing mine ...yeah 8 million from )50- 60M is it??) is an AWFUL lot not to integarte and then wonder whats going on. btw france is large and with tons of land not built up compared to the uk or germany ... Last edited by Butterbeer : 11-14-2005 at 06:40 PM. |
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I need some of that actified chicken soup, BADLY.
My thoughts are muddled today, and I'm still listening to as much BBC and NPR radio news as I can, and reading as much as I can online, etcetera, to learn enough about this interesting Parisian Rioting situation to be ABLE to voice a real solid opinion or take on it all. Pretty much, I started this thread to get input and opinions and stuff from everyone else who might know more than I, or be closer to France literally, stuff like that - I do say, though, that the situation is ripe for a Martin Luther King, Jr. or a Gandhi or a Malcom X, or a Che Guevara, you know, a gifted, special revolutionary leader who could polarise the people who want to execute change, and actually get them organised to make change in a real and lasting and LESS DESTRUCTIVE way. I mean, this car burning crap is just lazy revolution if you ask me. Mindless, brainless, non-committed lazy revolution, which changes nothing except just piss off the establishment more and give The Man even more and better reasons to continue making it so difficult to integrate.
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well i dont yet see it as anything other than disturbances caused by pent up rage and alienation ...but yes maybe this will now after 20 days take on a new life of its own and lead to a new movement or leader ....sadly i fear its just an urban riot ... but from it change may happen or the repression increase ... the latter i fear being the more likely .... push them hard enugh into a corner and we may yet see a new leader arise ...
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Erm, am I even making any sense? Sorry, what I've written is terrible. Btw, maybe they weren't aware of the problem of integration into French society? The shoddy education my parents received in Cambodia meant that they wouldn't have known anything like that, and they probably wouldn't have cared anyway. Escape was the important thing. Last edited by Linaewen : 11-14-2005 at 07:41 PM. |
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incredible sense.
sums it up : at least the reasons of desiring to go to france. Glad Australia has worked for your family .. what a family history! best BB |
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Lotesse, thank you for the link. Linaewen, what you say about the reasons people immigrate made perfect sense and I think you wrote that very well. Quote:
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There was a riot (obviously smaller scale than this) in Vancouver in 1994 after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup in the final game. If you had separated the crowd into individuals, I think you would discover only a very few were actually violent people. This means non-violent, law-abiding people were rioting. Why? Now, the 1994 riot doesn't really compare to what's happenning in France right now. The factors leading up to, and during the riot are completely different. I brought up the Vancouver riot because what the two situations have in common is that as individuals, most of the rioters are not violent people. I think this situation could use a peaceful, compassionate, far-thinking leader like Martin Luther King Jr. or Che Guevara. We all need leaders like them, but especially desperate people who do not feel at home in their own country.
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To stick my head in here about predominantly male rioters - first, it is an immigrant population, and those do tend to have a skewed demographic. Men, especially young men, are more likely to immigrate than women are. Second, Butterbeer's point about these being Muslims (and, it appears, somewhat religious ones) does indeed apply, not because a Muslim population is necessarily predominantly male, but that in Muslim societies quite often men have a monopoly or near-monopoly on violence and on political agency - both of which apply here.
Unfortunately, France is in a really bad job situation right now - it, like much of the EU, has seen rocketing unemployment in recent years - and so the economic issues (which are, of course, by no means all the issues) of the rioters are unlikely to be solved in the short term.
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Oh well..."War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength." Well, anyway, I guess I'd just like to say that I now know the correct number of nights of rioting, and that is 18, not counting tonight, because I don't think it will spontaneously stop. I'm still not quite clear on the whole reason for rioting. Racial issues? Dang, that bad, huh? I'm just thankful I'm not a member of the French club at my school, because I beleive they were scheduled to go there this month.
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TB's reference to the Sixty One is spot on, if you've read Red Mars. It is eerily similar. However, it's a bit of an obscure reference, and wasn't really put into context, hence it was confusing and treated as spam, alas.
Well, some of these are 1st generation immigrants, but yes, the children should not be skewed - however, the point about Muslim society remains.
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Thank you Count, though i was not so much going on the gender demographic ... though true all the same, but as you said these are religious muslims:
perhaps Nurv is unclear on what this means for muslim women? apart from everything else, like no way their wives or sisters would be allowed ( and sadly, i use that word advisedly) out into such a conflict or situation .... the wearing of abaya's, jilbab's, hijab's etc just are NOT practical for riots at night and not getting caught by the police when chased etc .... the very idea that the rioters should be equally women flabberghasts me in this context ... its about as equally likely, nurv that the muslim rioters were all eating pork sandwiches while they rioted! Not very likely. To our western eyes it is very odd and very 'biblical times' seeming , but the role and status of the woman in Islam is not at all equal - France has been trying to force secularism in schools by taking away culture and religious beleifs (etc)... thus further condemning the Muslim population into more ghettos and condemning themsleves (france) to riots, instability and economic uncertainty .... MIND YOU there, as here, there is a big issue with the muslim community not wanting or being willing enough to make more effort to integrate themselves and thus break down barriers .... language is one thing .... forming small inward-looking sub-communities is another ... here, the asian population as a whole is very integrated and there are many well to do families, businesses and career professionals etc etc, the second and third gen aasociate as english with many of our core values, humour, outlook etc but also with pride in their original humour, values and culture etc - but the group that stands the most out of this is sadly the muslims: where i live will soon be a BME (black and minority ethnic ) MAJORITY city within 10-15 years by projection, and although there is always racism and sometimes tensions between groups - largely it is very well integrated and mutlicutural ... i find it odd in other parts of England to see all white societies ... very odd! When you take for granted without a second thought people of all colours, looks, races, clothing, cultures etc as your work colleague, postman, doctor, policeman, bar tender, sexy girl on dancefloor, boss, friend, neighbour etc .... and you get to know them the whole breaks down quite a lot - those who integrate break the way for others to follow with less resistance until it is more or less taken as a granted .... we are not there yet but the opportunity society is pretty open in that respect ... but when you get a group mentaility with a group to oppose ... it can all very quickly go downhill - the french need to decide if they want to up the stakes and enflame the unrest or try a less arrogant aproach! |
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