Only made it as far as post 31, & excuse me for making a slight comparison rather than adressing the initial issue directly. It strikes me that the rioting in France bears a striking resemblance to the recent problems in Birmingham, in as much as a single "incident" triggered larger acts violence.

I doubt that the supposed triggers in themselves would be enough to cause rioting, & violence to a level where people are hospitalised & killed, unless in both instances there was some fairly long running problems that have been ignored. Surely people in "authority" can't be so blind as to think everything is a wonderland of milk & honey when people are willing to go on the rampage.

This raises, (in my mind at least), what the hell are these people being paid for? & by people I mean local politicians, local authorities, & the like.

I'm not a very law abiding soul, but going out for a riot isn't my idea of a good time, & I really can't believe there are hundreds of people hangin out in relativly small area's hoping for the next one to kick off so they can smash some stuff up.

So to sum up, hold resposible the useless leeches that let things get so bad in the first place without adressing, or at least warning that there was the potential for serious social unrest.