Saturday, October 21, 2006

Will Paris burn again?

It sounds like it, if this article at the New York Times is accurate.

In fact, with the anniversary of those riots approaching, spiking violent crime statistics across the area suggest not only that things have not improved, but that they also may well have worsened. Residents and experts say that fault lines run even deeper than before and that widespread violence may flare up again at any moment.

“Tension is rising very dramatically,” said Patrice Ribeiro, the deputy head of the Synergie Officiers police union. “There is the will to kill.”


If modern secular civilization is going to push back against angry and radicalized Islam, that first push may end up occuring in France. But I'm not counting on it.

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