Police, youths clash in Paris suburbs

[Suburbanite]

Quote by: Praxius And the US are under-reactionaries, it balances out.

Word!
But, their good be a reason for that. Dieval is making a great point, France is really nice to its citizens. It isn't the United States, where cops would just shoot us in the face, and a few by standards, if we tried anything half as crazy.
I mean, I don't know where you're from Praxius, but I could tell you some stories of police abuse that I've witnessed myself... and I'm a nice guy.
Also, things in the states are more polarized. In France their is this sense of the great march... they really value protest and all that. In America, everyone is protesting against each other. If one group revolted the other group wouldn't support them. No solidarity in America!
But trust me, people still protest and riot here, way more intensely I might add. I was young, but still remember a LOT of the Rodney King riots in my backyard.

[Praxius]

Quote by: Suburbanite Word! But, their good be a reason for that. Dieval is making a great point, France is really nice to its citizens. It isn't the United States, where cops would just shoot us in the face, and a few by standards, if we tried anything half as crazy. I mean, I don't know where you're from Praxius, but I could tell you some stories of police abuse that I've witnessed myself... and I'm a nice guy. Also, things in the states are more polarized. In France their is this sense of the great march... they really value protest and all that. In America, everyone is protesting against each other. If one group revolted the other group wouldn't support them. No solidarity in America! But trust me, people still protest and riot here, way more intensely I might add. I was young, but still remember a LOT of the Rodney King riots in my backyard.

France treats their citizens quite well in comparison, because for the most part, France has a nice history of revolutions and uprisings from the public.... if their government does something they don't like, it's going to get noticed.... and well.... heads will roll so to speak.

This is something I find has been lacking in western countries, not just in the US..... when was the last time you seen a Canadian Revolution?

I just feel our countries for the most part will suck up more then other countries such as France, because we feel we have it better and we don't want to give off a global image that we don't..... so we suffer in silence.