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1,137 Cars Burned in France

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1 137 cars burned in France: News24: World: News

Almost a new record, but just a few cars short.

Vandals burned 1 137 cars in France on New Year's Eve and police arrested hundreds of people, the government said on Friday.

A statement from Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux put the official toll for car-burnings - a traditional act of New Year mischief in France - almost as high as last year when 1 147 torched cars were counted.

Hortefeux said police detained 481 people across the country - more than double the toll a year ago. At least 11 police officers were injured.
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How does this happen in a highly civilized country?
 
Worse than after the NBA finals here even. and I thought we had that kind of behavior down pat.
 
Maybe this is the French version of 'cash for clunkers' except their is no cash in this deal.
 
they will have to eat cake
 
ScummyD said:
The French stood by and watched over 14,000 people die in heat wave in that "highly civilized country." What's a few cars?
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I watched hurricane Katrina along with most of europe calgon. Whats a few houses?
 
ScummyD said:
The French stood by and watched over 14,000 people die in heat wave in that "highly civilized country." What's a few cars?
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Are you suggesting the government take care of those people? ;)
 
B L Zeebub said:
I watched hurricane Katrina along with most of europe calgon. Whats a few houses?
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More than 14000 people died in France from hot air. How many died in Katrina?

Doesn't matter what anybody did they couldn't prevent a cat 5 from destroying property. :roll:
 
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B L Zeebub said:
I watched hurricane Katrina along with most of europe calgon. Whats a few houses?
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How is that analogous? That was a massive, unplanned natural disaster, while this was a man-made event that everyone knew would happen.
 
RightinNYC said:
How is that analogous? That was a massive, unplanned natural disaster, while this was a man-made event that everyone knew would happen.
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it was weather, like the heat wave in France that calgon refered to.
 
B L Zeebub said:
it was weather, like the heat wave in France that calgon refered to.
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Ah, my apologies, I didn't see that you were responding to the heat wave comment and thought you were talking about the car torching.
 
RightinNYC said:
Ah, my apologies, I didn't see that you were responding to the heat wave comment and thought you were talking about the car torching.
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thats ok, to err is only human after all:)
 
Viva la civilisation.
 
ScummyD said:
More than 14000 people died in France from hot air. How many died in Katrina?

Doesn't matter what anybody did they couldn't prevent a cat 5 from destroying property. :roll:
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15k+ people die in the US every year due to lack of healthcare. How is that civilized? So since the 14k people died in France how many have died in the US due to lack of healthcare?

Over 7000 people (more than one a day) are murdered in the US by a gun. How is that civilized?

At least it was a one off thing in France due to extremes.

And it is not like you did not know that Katrina was going to hit...so using your excuse is a bit pathetic. You could not prevent it, but you did know it was coming. The French and Europe in general did not know that the heat wave would be that bad and last that long.

The heat wave that killed 15k in France killed thousands across Europe and was due to insane hot weather. I lived through it and it was freaking hotter than normal. France is not Texas, where 30+ degrees is the norm and here we are talking about close to 40 degrees for days. It is not normal to have air conditioners in France or most of middle Europe because the temperature normally dont go over 32 degrees during the summer, so there is no reason to have air conditioners.

But back to the actual story, the burning of cars in France. Insurance fraud. And feel free to make fun of this part of French society (most French love making fun of it also), but put in perspective when you use it in "we are superior" than the French attempt.
 
B L Zeebub said:
the Welsh, and comming up the rear the Jocks:)
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:shock: What have you got against the Scot's?

the eminent Jewish-Scottish scholar David Daiches states in his autobiographical Two Worlds: An Edinburgh Jewish Childhood that there are grounds for saying that Scotland is the only European country which has no history of state persecution of Jews.
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[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Scotland]History of the Jews in Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
 
I think the French seem to use protests or mass gatherings as a form of dissent. It stems from the 'Revolution days' so once you get a sizable amount of people it can often spill over to this kind of behaviour.

Interesting that the crowd was numerically half the size of last year.

Paul
 
Gardener said:
I'm not sure. Has it ever?
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Surprisingly yes it does happen in supposedly civilized countries.

In France it is by now a well known rite of year change.
 
PeteEU said:
15k+ people die in the US every year due to lack of healthcare. How is that civilized? So since the 14k people died in France how many have died in the US due to lack of healthcare?

Over 7000 people (more than one a day) are murdered in the US by a gun. How is that civilized?

At least it was a one off thing in France due to extremes.

And it is not like you did not know that Katrina was going to hit...so using your excuse is a bit pathetic. You could not prevent it, but you did know it was coming. The French and Europe in general did not know that the heat wave would be that bad and last that long.

The heat wave that killed 15k in France killed thousands across Europe and was due to insane hot weather. I lived through it and it was freaking hotter than normal. France is not Texas, where 30+ degrees is the norm and here we are talking about close to 40 degrees for days. It is not normal to have air conditioners in France or most of middle Europe because the temperature normally dont go over 32 degrees during the summer, so there is no reason to have air conditioners.

But back to the actual story, the burning of cars in France. Insurance fraud. And feel free to make fun of this part of French society (most French love making fun of it also), but put in perspective when you use it in "we are superior" than the French attempt.
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That sure speaks well of France.:lol:
 
PeteEU said:
15k+ people die in the US every year due to lack of healthcare. How is that civilized? So since the 14k people died in France how many have died in the US due to lack of healthcare?

Over 7000 people (more than one a day) are murdered in the US by a gun. How is that civilized?

At least it was a one off thing in France due to extremes.

And it is not like you did not know that Katrina was going to hit...so using your excuse is a bit pathetic. You could not prevent it, but you did know it was coming. The French and Europe in general did not know that the heat wave would be that bad and last that long.

The heat wave that killed 15k in France killed thousands across Europe and was due to insane hot weather. I lived through it and it was freaking hotter than normal. France is not Texas, where 30+ degrees is the norm and here we are talking about close to 40 degrees for days. It is not normal to have air conditioners in France or most of middle Europe because the temperature normally dont go over 32 degrees during the summer, so there is no reason to have air conditioners.

But back to the actual story, the burning of cars in France. Insurance fraud. And feel free to make fun of this part of French society (most French love making fun of it also), but put in perspective when you use it in "we are superior" than the French attempt.
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The French government fears its people. That's how it should be. The trend of hating France comes from the top down. If Americans embraced some aspects of French polity, it would a direct threat to their statist government. It's no wonder then that the wedge is being driven so deep.
 
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