Monday, November 07, 2005

Paris is burning

I'm not sure the Paris riots are happening because the perpetrators are Muslim, as many are suggesting. That would be an easy conclusion to make, though, considering what I've learned of Islamic culture in the last few years.

I think the root causes of the Paris problem are language and cultueral barriers, and poverty. They're experiencing the same problems many (most) Gen1 immigrants feel.

I recall from long ago history classes that Irish immigrants to the U.S. were violent and riotous, as well as many other groups of immigrants.

The fact that the rioting immigrants in Paris are Muslim is certainly doing nothing to help the image of Muslims worldwide, which is already that of blood-thirsty fanatics who should be watched, deported, or outright killed.

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