stupid French

Three quick observations about this article covering the French riots. The article notes that ten cops were injured by gunfire, but gives no indication of rioter injuries; the police didn’t even seem to return fire. Good job protecting the public.

Next, “France's biggest Muslim fundamentalist organization, the Union for Islamic Organizations of France, issued a fatwa, or religious decree. It forbade all those ‘who seek divine grace from taking part in any action that blindly strikes private or public property or can harm others.’” This is nice. They didn’t say “don’t riot,” just “make sure who owns the property before you light it on fire.” It would be like an American evangelical stating “don’t discriminate against those you think are gay; make sure they’re gay before you harass them.”

Finally, I thought this item was humorous: the French Interior Minister said the rioters were “scum.” To prove him wrong, a 17 year old drove a car into a housing project and then burned both the car and the project down. He then demanded that the minister step down. Yes, only a fool would refer to one who would burn down a poor person’s house as ‘scum.’

The French don’t seem to have any plan on stopping the rioting. I suppose the French know that the rioters don’t have any WMDs, and, as we all know, if someone has no WMDs, there cannot ever be any good reason for using force, no matter what. Never.
All that is left is for Jacques Chirac to publicly announce “I, for one, welcome our rioting, disaffected Muslim youth overlords.”