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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:56 AM Original message |
BBC News: Seventh night of Paris violence (Street riots) |
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realisticphish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. why the FUCK |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Probably because the rulers in our country don't want to give the poor... |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. in that case a lot of these "poor" drive mercedeses |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 04:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Did you read the article?.... |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 07:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Driving a Mercedes in France isn't the same as driving one in the US |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. when I say Mercedes it's cars in the € 300,000 and above |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. I read the article and live in France |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Immigrant communities creating organized crime... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
69. the poor and disenfranchized get frustrated. I am not excusing this |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. post on the wrong place |
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Surya Gayatri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Post moved |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
72. Ding ding ding! We have a winner! |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I just went though the past week AFP RSS feed, and it looks like... |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
70. this has the scent of the Watts Riots to me. |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I KNOW! I saw this just tonight when I went to the BBC Website |
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mdelaguna2000 (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 05:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. because our news media is ethnocentric |
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niallmac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 07:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Wow. I hadn't realized CNN has no headline about this. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. It's been in my local newspaper for two days now |
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twaddler01 (800 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
68. i just heard yesterday eom |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
97. That was my first thought |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. So. Who's going to the Olympics? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
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LiberteToujours (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. Well... |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. What set off the riots was a police chase that ended with 2 neighborhood |
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LiberteToujours (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The police deny that they were chasing the youths |
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frankieT (375 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 07:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. the youngsters from african origin are tired |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 07:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss the police's actions |
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oscarmitre (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 07:17 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yes there's definitely some truth in that. |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 07:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The issues are a lot deeper then that |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 07:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Well, that's the other half of it |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 07:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. If birthrates and immigration rates trend the same way |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 07:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Which sorta goes back to why people emigrate |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 08:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I can think of lots of reasons to leave Africa and go live in Europe |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
65. yeah |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 08:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
77. who called it bs? |
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Julius Civitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 10:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
81. Very well said, though I would like to add... |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #81 |
95. snarky idea- reverse immigration US to EU |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 08:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. same problem here when people move to the 'country' to get |
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Surya Gayatri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
34. Well said supernova, |
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LiberteToujours (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
58. Drug dealers aren't scum? |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Merci de cette précision |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. When Americans get tired of it they also voted for Nixon. |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
26. Its a two way street over there |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Advice many (including the "Americans") would do well to take |
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Surya Gayatri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Using a rather broad brush, aren't you? |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
39. complete freeper bullshit |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 10:05 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Gee, I didn't know there were anti-Turkish pogroms in |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Read some facts |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 10:55 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. You again post b*llshit |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 04:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. Your indignation is pretty rich, given the bigotted nonsense you are |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 12:45 AM Response to Reply #43 |
83. facts again |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 07:28 AM Response to Reply #83 |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 10:43 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. "the Dutch are more open minded than the hateful French" |
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callady (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 11:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. It's about abject poverty |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 12:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
84. there are no slaves in France today |
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callady (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 01:28 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Of course there are slaves in France |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 02:48 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. that's a "new"definition of slavery... |
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Flagg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 06:23 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. The people "rioting" are unemployed |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 05:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
64. "...ask any european what they think about the French esp...the British? |
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Flagg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 10:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Sarkozy didn't call" immigrants" scum. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
53. What an inflammatory statement! |
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LiberteToujours (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
60. As a Canadian living in France |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #60 |
93. A black american friend told me she's treated much better in France |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #26 |
71. Have you read the book "EurArabia"? |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. No I haven't |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. much of it has to with how Muslims have 'taken' over the culture of |
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Flagg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. As a University student in France |
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gardenista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 08:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
79. I simply wish to say that has not been my experience. |
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ebal (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
27. 10% unemployment rates |
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Flagg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. 9.8% actually |
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ebal (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. 2004 numbers |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 11:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
96. ours is really about the same |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
37. End the occupation |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
45. France has some real problems |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
46. Why can't the immigrants |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. They have adopted... |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Many apparently have not adopted the customs |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:01 PM Response to Reply #55 |
67. We have many similar issues |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
59. Except that the culture of the U.S. has been shaped by immigration |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:47 PM Original message |
riots continue in France |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
48. When will it happen here? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Been there, done that. |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Sorry, my bad, |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I agree. |
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Surya Gayatri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
49. Unfortunately, Interior Minister Sarkozy's |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. It is poor immigrants rioting over their treatment. |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Yes. I just read on a Swedish online |
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Rich Hunt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 05:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
66. is there a link? |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 01:01 AM Response to Reply #52 |
85. the Swedes should remember Rinkeby |
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schmuls (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
63. Le Pen |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
75. nominated |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
78. Sczeczin, Watts, NOLA, Paris, Tokyo Zengakuren... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-05 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
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82. Chirac doesn't care about black people |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #82 |
98. Which french politician does??? |
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Julius Civitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
91. Disabled Woman Set Ablaze |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
92. Waves of Arson Attacks Hit Paris Suburbs |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-05 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
94. & here I thought only America was fucked up. |
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