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May 08, 2007
French Youths
We'd like to congratulate the French people for choosing Nicolas Sarkozy as their President. This election signals a break with the past 12 years of reflexive American-hatred in the French government.
Mr. Sarkozy also supports Israel. Naturally, we could not be more pleased.
France suffers high unemployment, a GDP that is in the gutter, and a Muslim/Islamic population who constitute a growing fifth column. Sarkozy recognizes these problems and intends to act upon them.
Of course, riots ensued. His opponent, the politically petrified Socialist Segolene Royal, practically threatened violence if French citizens did not vote for her.
This probably cost her dearly.
Have you ever noticed that riots only follow when a Conservative wins an election. Does anyone truly believe that if Ms. Royal emerged victorious there would have been riots in the cities and suburbs of France?
Of course not.
Over 700 cars were burned, 592 people were arrested, and 78 police officers were wounded.
Craig S. Smith, in this morning's page 8 article in The N.Y. Times, "Hundreds Are Arrested in Post-Election Riots Across France" informs us that: "...silhouetted youths heaved paving stones..." and: "Mr. Sarkozy is most hated by minority youths..." and finally: "In Paris, at least, most protestors seemed to be of European background."
Clever.
We have to assume that Mr. Smith received his degree from The Joseph Stalin School of Journalism. Here, in this short article we have the death of language, the willfull obfuscation of truth.
An overwhelming majority of the rioting and burning took place in several cities and suburbs all across France. So the European youths Mr. Smith so carefully labels for us (why is this not racist?) constitute but a tiny fraction of the rioters.
Here's a quiz about the identity of the "youths" the N.Y. Times is so fond of are. They are:
1. Evangelical Christians.
2. Jewish.
3. Chicago Cubs Fans.
4. Muslim.
5. Klingon.
If you failed this test, you probably work for the NY Times.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at May 8, 2007 09:12 AM
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I will not rest until the Klingon threat is quashed. I tried to set my French-made phaser to "stun" ... but all it did was play Maurice Chevalier music when I pulled the trigger. Also the whole "Federation" thing worries me... sounds too much like the U.N.
Posted by: Jake at May 8, 2007 10:10 AM
78 police officers were arrested? What's that about?
Posted by: kishke at May 8, 2007 10:25 AM
Jake:
Amen.
Klingon Youths are truly scary. And Craig Smith won't even name them. Coward.
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at May 8, 2007 10:26 AM
Riots; burnings in effigy. How very Islamic and Third-world.
Posted by: kishke at May 8, 2007 10:28 AM
In a news article, I read it was 78 police officer injured not arrested.
Posted by: seawitch at May 8, 2007 11:15 AM
Kishke:
Seawitch is correct, 78 police officers were wounded. My typo. Now corrected. Sorry.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at May 8, 2007 11:45 AM
http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/sections/a_votre_service/resultats-elections/PR2007/index.html
Detailed results here: you can check down to the smallest local government level or by region.
I like that Sarkozy won bigger in Marseille than in the rest of the country (over 55%). I guess some of the Muslims don't like crime either.
The last time a U.S. Democrat scored as high as Sarkozy in a presidential election? Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
Posted by: Antoine Clarke at May 8, 2007 06:42 PM
"I like that Sarkozy won bigger in Marseille than in the rest of the country (over 55%). I guess some of the Muslims don't like crime either."
More likely their neighbors don't. Or do Muslims make up more than 45% of the population of Marseilles?
Posted by: kishke at May 8, 2007 06:51 PM
Antoine:
Thanks for the link. One of the most interesting stats is that Ms. Royal did not win the women's vote. She practically demanded it in the name of sisterhood. But Frenchwomen resisted this girlish and desperate tactic.
I think the average Frenchman understands that France is in trouble and signifigant change is needed.
Let's see what Sarkozy can do.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at May 8, 2007 07:15 PM
kishke
Muslims + appeasers + socialists in Marseille is well over 50%. Sarkozy did worse in Paris with a lower immigrant population...
My guess is that in France at least, some of the Muslim problem is inter-generational, with older people (including the Harkis who actually fought on the french side in Algeria) tending to view the wannabe Palestinian rock-throwers as juvenile delinquents.
Of course, this is a problem if the younger generation's ideology is more than a passing student radical chic as they replace the older generation. It would certainly be foolish to count on it (and belittling the beliefs of young violent radicals is neither polite nor wise).
Unlike the Soviet Union, the West really has to live with Islam, given that its followers aren't going to convert en masse or get hunted down into extinction like the Cathar heresy. Is Pakistan with nukes worse than Saudi Arabia or Iran without? (OK, Iran with nukes is another matter.)
The question is, do Islamists have to live with us? If the answer is yes, then the much vaunted "moderate Moslems" may yet deal with their heresies themselves. Otherwise, to quote John Sheridan in Babylon 5: "We fight or we surrender."
In Marseille last week, my guess is that we saw a choice made by some Moslems to side with us. I just hope they didn't vote Sarkozy because they hate emancipated women even worse than half-Jews.
Posted by: Antoine Clarke at May 9, 2007 04:10 AM
You may be right, but I am not hopeful. The trend certainly seems to be toward more radicalization, not less.
Posted by: kishke at May 9, 2007 07:11 AM