15-Aug-12 World View -- Rioting in Amiens, France

[John]

15-Aug-12 World View -- France's politicians fear widespread unrest after Amiens rioting


German view of France: Nostalgic and Narcissistic

** 15-Aug-12 World View -- France's politicians fear widespread unrest after Amiens rioting
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi-bin/D.PL?xct=gd.e120815#e120815



Contents:
France's politicians fear widespread unrest after Amiens rioting
German view of France: Nostalgic and Narcissistic
Multiple bombings create hundreds of casualties in Afghanistan
Egypt reopens Rafah border crossing with Gaza
Norwegian tourist falls asleep on airport baggage belt


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, France, Amiens, French Revolution,
Paris Commune, François Hollande, Spain, Mariano Rajoy,
Afghanistan, Taliban, Egypt, Rafah, Gaza,
Norwegian, Rome, Flumicino airport

[Raynote]

"It's thought that poverty is the underlying cause of the riots, especially among immigrants from Africa."

I'm sorry to contradict but that's not quite true. Idleness is the underlying cause of the riots.
The suburbs of the big cities have been inundated with millions of euros of public money over the last decade (what the politicians called: la politique de la ville). So there isn't any real poverty there but there's a lot of illegal trafficking in arms and drugs, and some people are really quite rich there, contrary to the average French tax-payer who has to pay for all this lavishly spent public money.

[Raynote]

About France: "It lives in the past, and even when it knows that it's in trouble, it refuses to change."

That is so true!