"Bart Senior" .@. scribbled thusly:
It sounds like Paris.

OzOne wrote
Does, doesn't it.
very different motives though.


Bart Senior wrote:
Different? Both have racial motivations.

In both cases these are disadvantaged Muslim youths,
poorly educated, in a simmering pot of resentment.

Well, sure, but in Australia the big riot was caused by
white people beating up anybody that thought might look
slightly woggish, including young women wearing head scarves.


This is just the beginning. Stay tuned.

Why do people gather in violent mobs? Because they're
unhappy. Whay are they unhappy? Is it because their lives
are getting better and they have bright hopes for the future?

The whole world is experiencing a decline in living
standards and masses of people are getting restless.
Meanwhile, petty demagogues use this a means of boosting
themselves into power, so they don't *want* to solve the
reasons for mass discontent even if they could.

You readers of history out there, does this sound familiar?

DSK