Friday, November 18, 2005

And Speaking of La France...

There was this bit on Brit Hume's Grapevine, day before yesterday:
Flaming automobiles have become a symbol of Muslim outrage in countless television reports on the French riots. But it turns out that burning cars is nothing new for French youth. Police say nearly 9,000 vehicles have been set ablaze since the riots began three weeks ago, but 30,000 cars had already been torched since January.
The president of the French Crime Commission says burning cars to mark the New Year has become a French tradition and that suburban gangs have long burned cars to mark their territory. And the head of one police union says cars are accessible and easy to burn, adding, "little by little it has become a sport."
We all know the Quebecoise revel in their Frenchness. Does this mean that if, in some unlikely turn of events, the Canadiens win The Cup we'll see an epidemic of burning cars in Montreal? Just sayin', ya know...

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