France 'Back to Normal'

Ambassador Says France 'Back to Normal'


Here's something really interesting: France appears to have become Dorothy and Toto, saying "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain".

(11-21) 11:50 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) --

The violence that swept predominantly Muslim communities in some 300 cities and towns in France for three weeks has abated and "we are back to normal," French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte said Monday. He said mostly teenagers had acted out of social and economic hardship. "It was not about the role of Islam in France," he said.

Right. All of the rioters (see below) were Protestants, by definition.

We never saw any link, direct or indirect," the French diplomat said. "Religion played no role."

Where's my animated *.gif file of the Three Monkeys . . . "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" . . . when I really need it?

We know that jihadists are recruiting teenagers, but this has nothing to do with the general unrest in those neighborhoods," he said. The teenagers want to be considered 100 percent French, he said. "They want full equality."

This, in a nation where people who actually work are guaranteed job-security, where endemic socialism guarantees that nobody will go hungry and medical insurance is available for all citizens, contributing or not.

Levitte also suggested "the word 'riot' is a bit too strong" to describe the disturbances and that while thousands of automobiles were destroyed and scores of police officers injured, there were only a handful of fatalities, in contrast to the 1992 Los Angeles riots that left 55 people dead and $1 billion in property damage.

(emphasis added, because It's The Right Thing To Do.)
Right. It's not a "riot" unless it costs more than the latest major (read: most newsworthy) American Riot. Could it be that they're just jealous because American Rioters are more efficient?

The French have invoked those riots in the past, by way of criticizing U.S. policies. In 1992, then President Francois Mitterrand suggested that France would avoid such strife because of its generous social programs.

Well, THAT has certainly worked out well for The French!

Levitte said that with job programs, scholarships and improved housing, the French government is engaged in trying to improve their living conditions. He spoke at a forum sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC).

Really? If 'religion played no role", why was this statement made to muslim-sponsored audiences? And weren't these feebie give-away programs in place BEFORE the riots started? (Yes, they were!) So why were these folks rioting? Could it be . . . SATAN?

Nihad Awad, executive director of CAIR, said the outbreak was a signal that discrimination has to be fought at all levels. He called on the French government to show the young Muslims that "society is with them, not against them."

Of course. That's why "Les Flics" were spending their evenings billy-clubbing Muslim teenagers, and why the teeners wer burning Renaults left and right for the past month!

Salam al-Marayati, executive director of MPAC, said "people want to live the French dream, the American dream, not the French nightmare."

It seems to me that the French Nightmare was created by the Muslim Youth of France. But hey! That's just me! I wasn't there, all I know is what I read in the newspapers. (The newspapers seem to think there's a connection. That may be because the rioters were, well, MUSLIM.)

"We are not immigrants anymore," he said. "We are second, third and fourth generation."

Second, third and fourth generation welfare whores. That speaks well for them. If they had the cajones to go out and get a job, they wouldn't be wasting their evenings burning somebody else's cars, homes and factories. They would be home in bed, catching up on their sleep so they could go out in the morning to earn another day's honest franc. But they wouldn't know about that. According to the newspapers, they're mad at France because France "won't give them a job".

Funny thing about that. I didn't know that a responsible governement was obligated to give me a job. I thought I had to learn a skill, go out into the marketplace and sell myself, and then do the job I had earned. What was I doing wandering around San Francisco in the middle '70's with my cheesy resume' in hand interviewing with people who had much more qualified applicants, if not actively looking for a job?'
Looking for a job?
Give me a break!

The Governement should have given me a job!

Geez, I shoulda move to France. Who knew that the Government was responsible for GIVING me a job?

But the Muslims in Europe are not regarded as full-fledged Europeans, he said.

And while "we agree that this is not a religious conflict," al-Qaida and other groups can exploit these people if their social and political situations are not improved, he said.

Maybe it's just me, but maybe being " ... not regarded as full-fledged Europeans . . . " isn't entirely a Bad Thing.

I always wondered why I found it impossible to respect The French. I always thought it was because they were ignorant, foul-smelling, clueless a$$holes.

Maybe I was right all along?

<>You think?