tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post113467815389084733..comments2024-02-10T03:22:49.303-05:00Comments on Potpourri for $500: Why We Fight?Dave S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-1134702202998808172005-12-15T22:03:00.000-05:002005-12-15T22:03:00.000-05:00I did not know about the selectivity of destructio...I did not know about the selectivity of destruction in France. "Rioting back" is irrelevant to the definition of a race riot, in any case, unless you believe that all civil disturbances should be fair and balanced. The articulate rioters' statements prove my point, in that they were protesting the actions of a government, not the ethnic makeup thereof.<BR/><BR/>Also, and here I am venturing onto shaky ground, my impression of race riots is that individuals of a particular ethnic group are physically targeted. We saw this in Australia but not, I believe, in France.Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-1134681795372731162005-12-15T16:23:00.000-05:002005-12-15T16:23:00.000-05:00I will note that in France, the rioters avoided bu...I will note that in France, the rioters avoided burning cars that had African or Koranic symbols in them. The fact that the French don't riot back does not mean one "race" was not targeting another. Moreover, the more articulate rioters in France made the fact of French treatment of former colonial peoples in France one of the "reasons" for the rioting. Sounds like a race riot to me. <BR/><BR/>jjvAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com