Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (258491)	11/5/2005 8:56:59 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572600

news.bbc.co.uk In 2004 I see France expelled several imans. Wonder how long before one of them becomes the leader of the riots and rallies the Muslim population? Iran 1979 anyone?

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (258491)	11/5/2005 1:09:07 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572600

Re: ...a law which prohibits the wearing of headwear in public buildings. One of the stupidest and most insensitive moves I've heard of in a long time. Chirac gained little and lost a lot.....in part, these riots are due to the passage of that law. No, frankly, I think the two issues are completely unrelated. The islamic headwear controversy is now forgotten... LOL. You're in denial. The French and you may have forgotten the headwear issue but I assure you the Muslims have not. The incident that sparked the whole mess was the disturbing death of two immigrant teens who were chased and cornered by cops into a high-voltage station. That was the catalyst. The 'fuel' for a riot has been there for a long time. Just one example.........the unemployment rate is 30% for Muslims when its less than 10% for the rest of the French. Then Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy's slurs added fuel to the flames --he branded ghetto youths "scum".... Yup. That didn't help at all. Anyway, the real, deeper roots of France's unrest lie in what I call "domestic colonialism". Colonialism proved unsustainable in Belgian Congo, French Indochina, French Algeria, British India, you name it. Frenchmen merely learn the hard way that colonialism doesn't work at home either.... Nor does racism. You are a historian.......you and other Europeans need to read the history of race relations in the US, particularly during the past 50 years to know how to resolve this mess and to keep it from spreading to other European cities. The situation in France is very bad.......and if not handled properly, will grow worse. ted