Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Looks like others besides me have had enough of 'religious' violence..
They should consider haveing the next meetings in France and Germany...
This talk of integration is all very well but there is more to it than that. These young men in France need more than 'integration' 40% unemployment of young people in France in general is 10%. I think if the situation were reversed there would be French youth of purely French descent rioting.
At the same time, there is 50%+ unemployment in BiH among young people, and it doesn't cause rioting, so I don't know. Perhaps the fact that in France, there are gangs dealing drugs doesn't help, but that exists in the U.S. and there are not riots as a rule.
Perhaps the difference in BiH is they can see that the misfortune is pretty evenly spread around, that religion and ethnicity are not really factors, the economy and the fact of the war 10 years ago fell as hard on everyone. I'm not saying that's not dangerous for the future, but it's so far been possible to avoid this sort of violence.
What I find puzzleing is why are the latest riots worldwide in the WINTER? In the old days no one would go out and riot in the cold like that...sorry I had to put in that snarky comment, but hasn't anyone else noticed this? seriously what's up with that?
This talk of integration is all very well but there is more to it than that. These young men in France need more than 'integration' 40% unemployment of young people in France in general is 10%. I think if the situation were reversed there would be French youth of purely French descent rioting.
At the same time, there is 50%+ unemployment in BiH among young people, and it doesn't cause rioting, so I don't know. Perhaps the fact that in France, there are gangs dealing drugs doesn't help, but that exists in the U.S. and there are not riots as a rule.
Perhaps the difference in BiH is they can see that the misfortune is pretty evenly spread around, that religion and ethnicity are not really factors, the economy and the fact of the war 10 years ago fell as hard on everyone. I'm not saying that's not dangerous for the future, but it's so far been possible to avoid this sort of violence.
What I find puzzleing is why are the latest riots worldwide in the WINTER? In the old days no one would go out and riot in the cold like that...sorry I had to put in that snarky comment, but hasn't anyone else noticed this? seriously what's up with that?
# posted by Katja R. @ 7:13 AM 
