I cant help but thinking the french police will start shooting soon. I hope they do. Paris is a beautiful town.
The same people who said in 1992 that riots would never happen in France.... now they sit back, wring their hands while the citizens pray for help their government is unwilling or unable to provide.
I know it's not very Christian of me, but I am sooooooo enjoying this right now...:-)
-Toonces
If one looks at the course of European history, despite their cultural "refinement" they are utterly brutal to outsiders.
Not more than 40 years after the death of the great composer Johannes Brahms in 1897, the Germans were brutally engaging themselves in "Christallnacht", or the Night of Broken Glass. In those days, the Germans and other Europeans felt themselves threatened by the Jews, as outsiders. The Jewish activities that concerned the Europeans so much involved cultural, media and professional dominance, and their fear of the Jews ended with the Holocaust.
I cannot imagine the end being any more attractive for the Muslims. The Europeans, I predict, will turn ruthlessly and "on a dime" against the resident Muslims. It may take the form of "shoot to kill" instructions. There may well be military tactics used against demonstrators. Think "Six-Day War" tactics used against Muslim neighborhoods.
For 1000 years Europe carved itself up in wars. They are not a mellow, idyllic, cultured oasis they like to hold themselves out as. The Europeans will not let themselves go down the drain into a Eurabian existence. We will be nostalgic for their days of maundering at the UN against US efforts, and their dithering.
"We are not going to start militias." No, but I bet you ordered in a fresh supply of white flags.