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niallmac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-07-05 07:39 PM
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6. I thought the first thing you do is demean your opponents.
"Once this crisis is overcome and calm is restored, each must also understand that there's also a certain feeling of injustice in some neighborhoods," Sarkozy said Saturday, according to a translation from Reuters News Agency. "I have thought this for a long time, and said it as well."
Earlier however:French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy defended his tough anti-crime ...
pledging to crack down on gangs and drug dealers
It must be like the U.S. calling people fighting a foreign invader 'insurgents.'
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  -Why are French rioters called "drug dealers"? Jed Dilligan  Nov-07-05 07:32 PM   #0 
  - Drug dealers don't have an incentive to riot  wookie294   Nov-07-05 07:33 PM   #1 
  - My sentiment exactly  Jed Dilligan   Nov-07-05 07:40 PM   #7 
  - you've got to be kidding  pitohui   Nov-07-05 08:25 PM   #17 
  - You are really chock-full of stereotypes and false assumptions  Jed Dilligan   Nov-07-05 09:41 PM   #20 
  - that could very well be  Rich Hunt   Nov-08-05 09:10 AM   #22 
  - The govt was cracking down on the illegal drug trade, thats one  YouthInAsia   Nov-07-05 08:27 PM   #18 
     - In a sense, it's not much different there than here in America.  porphyrian   Nov-08-05 09:35 AM   #25 
  - Where do you keep running into that at?  William769   Nov-07-05 07:34 PM   #2 
  - Here's the latest  Jed Dilligan   Nov-07-05 07:39 PM   #4 
     - Thanks for the link.  William769   Nov-07-05 07:41 PM   #10 
  - They could call them ________ extremists.  janedoe   Nov-07-05 07:37 PM   #3 
  - Can you provide a link?  sparosnare   Nov-07-05 07:39 PM   #5 
  - Please see # 4  Jed Dilligan   Nov-07-05 07:40 PM   #8 
  - I thought the first thing you do is demean your opponents.  niallmac   Nov-07-05 07:39 PM   #6 
  - Sarkosy wanted to do a Guiliani and start busting small street dealers  billbuckhead   Nov-07-05 07:41 PM   #9 
  - So  Jed Dilligan   Nov-07-05 07:43 PM   #12 
  - Maybe this will help  firefox   Nov-07-05 07:42 PM   #11 
  - "“organized crime” has every reason to foment violence"  Jed Dilligan   Nov-07-05 07:45 PM   #13 
     - It is not organized crime  firefox   Nov-07-05 07:50 PM   #14 
        - I fully buy the idea that it's anti-police  Jed Dilligan   Nov-07-05 07:58 PM   #15 
  - naive  pitohui   Nov-07-05 08:23 PM   #16 
  - You're confused  Jed Dilligan   Nov-07-05 09:29 PM   #19 
  - you have a simplistic view of things pitohui  400Years   Nov-08-05 09:02 AM   #21 
  - Where have drug dealers rioted in the US?  Bridget Burke   Nov-08-05 09:16 AM   #23 
  - Because it is easier..  sendero   Nov-08-05 09:25 AM   #24 
 

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