Being Insensitive and Flippant

[tealin]

You know ...

The rioters in France would win more hearts if they erected barricades and sang rousing anthems.

Comments

Probably, but...

[(Anonymous)]

...reality's not that romantic, I'm afraid :S That, and barricades are not much in fashion nowadays. As for rousing anthems... well, I'm French, and I've never heard a Les Miz song (ever!! Can you believe that?! I read the novel, seen some of the films, but never saw/heard the musical!!)

Anyway, just adding my two cents here... don't believe what you're hearing on TV. We're not in civil war here - that's what I seem to gather from the UK/US news. Riots seem to be calming down, which isn't necessarily a bad thing (at least the ring-wing extremists who want to kick the "loots and hooligans" - even knowing the Minister of Interior, I can't believe he said that! Dangerous idiot - out of France will hopefully calm down, too.) What frightens me most is the formation of small (for the moment) groups of people (generally old-ish) with the French flag over their shoulders singing La Marseillaise - it reminds me of nasty foul-smelling ideas political parties like the Front National wants to spread (basically, France for "ethnically French" people).

Anyway, where I live I haven't seen one car on fire yet. I'll tell you if I do :)

Much of love, and sorry for the length,
Pantxika :]

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