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Monday, 07 November 2005

Riots in Paris

How ridiculous is it that the only reason I know there are riots in Paris is because I saw something about it on a Spanish channel on TV in a takeout restaurant the other day, and because they talked about it on NPR. I don't see anything in the papers about it around here and the local news had not a word to say about it.

Another reason the local news sucks.

Anyway, but this is my favorite - this is what sparked the riots:

The riots began after two youths of North African descent were electrocuted when they hid in an electric power station, believing they were being followed by police.

Since when is it the government's fault that you decided to hide in an electric power station?

France seems to have some major issues.

Posted: Nov 07, 2005 16:08

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