"Youths" torch a woman in France, Chirac "horrifed"..

[Randarkmaan]

Which is strange to me considering France is the beacon of the nanny-state socialist utopia that many leftist dream of and many misguided American citizens want as well.

When did France become that? Don't they just have a lot of laws saying that you can't display your religion in public and some laws which make it very hard for immigrants (and their offspring) to get recognized as citizens and therefore get work. I thought Norway and Sweden were the prime example of what you call 'nanny-state socialist' (actually social democratic, 'socialist' is like the Soviet Union) and last I checked we and Sweden were managing really well.

The riots are horrible, i agree with chirac on that, but the reason its mainly people of African + Asian decent is because they are generally the poorest rung of society, and therefore the most liable to riot and revert to crime etc. (this is true of any country, its normally those with the lowest living standards who cause the most crime etc.)

I agree with this, people who have little are the most likely to be dissatisfied with their society and try to find excuses, and/or reasons, for their misery (or 'misery').

Also (not anything to do with this) I just have to say this once and for all: Liberalism is NOT left-wing, it's right-wing (though possibly centre-right)!