Via Unrest spreads from Paris to the provinces | Economist.com:
Of the 1,408 vehicles burnt on Sunday night …
There’s the point when I wasn’t just reading an article but actually reading the article. I’ve been hearing news on the radio about these riots and had not yet heard what they were about. This article helps clarify what is happening and the scope of what is going on. It’s also a bit of a boggle to realize the scope …
Intellectually I can understand what is happening, but I realize I have no way to really understand what it would be like to be there.
Like the pictures of fallen overpasses being used to illustrate what would happen if a particular gas tax repeal happened, this is an example of what would happen if we, as a country and society, abandonded multiculturalism and affirmative action.