Maggie's Farm

More on the Paris riots here- things seem to be rapidly spinning out of control.  Every day I read that De Villepin is "vowing" to restore order, yet the situation only seems to get worse as French authorities are paralyzed by their own politically-correct inhibitions.  Meanwhile the mayor of a nearby town recommends that France "give these people a message of hope" to remedy the situation, a textbook example of 60s thinking that views criminals merely as victims of societal oppression and exclusion, thereby excusing and even justifying their violent behavior.  Amazing that Sarkozy seems to have received more criticism from calling the rioters "scum" than the rioters themselves have received from their own actions.