Euiropean friends- opinions on the French riots?

[Red]

Maybe the French need to be more like the Australians.

CANBERRA: Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on
Wednesday to get out of Australia, as the government targeted radicals in a
bid to head off potential terror attacks. A day after a group of mainstream
Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia at a special meeting with Prime
Minister John Howard, he and his ministers made it clear that extremists
would face a crackdown.

Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that
some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not
accept that Australia was a secular state and its laws were made by
parliament. "If those are not your values, if you want a country which has
Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you," he said on
national television. "I'd be saying to clerics who are teaching that there
are two laws governing people in Australia, one the Australian law and
another the Islamic law, that that is false.

If you can't agree with parliamentary law, independent courts,
democracy, and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity to go to
another country which practices it, perhaps, then, that's a better
option," Costello said. Asked whether he meant radical clerics would be
forced to leave, he said those with dual citizenship could possibly be asked
move to the other country.

Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslims who
did not want to accept local values should "clear off". "Basically, people
who don't want to be Australians, and they don't want to live by Australian
values and understand them, well then they can basically clear off," he
said. Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spies monitoring the nation's mosques.

[domtheboy]

Originally Posted by Red

Maybe the French need to be more like the Australians.

CANBERRA: Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on
Wednesday to get out of Australia, as the government targeted radicals in a
bid to head off potential terror attacks. A day after a group of mainstream
Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia at a special meeting with Prime
Minister John Howard, he and his ministers made it clear that extremists
would face a crackdown.

Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that
some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not
accept that Australia was a secular state and its laws were made by
parliament. "If those are not your values, if you want a country which has
Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you," he said on
national television. "I'd be saying to clerics who are teaching that there
are two laws governing people in Australia, one the Australian law and
another the Islamic law, that that is false.

If you can't agree with parliamentary law, independent courts,
democracy, and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity to go to
another country which practices it, perhaps, then, that's a better
option," Costello said. Asked whether he meant radical clerics would be
forced to leave, he said those with dual citizenship could possibly be asked
move to the other country.

Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslims who
did not want to accept local values should "clear off". "Basically, people
who don't want to be Australians, and they don't want to live by Australian
values and understand them, well then they can basically clear off," he
said. Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spies monitoring the nation's mosques.

Halle fuckin luja - some common sense for once. Jesus christ if we're not crying out for some of that in England.

[JR]

Originally Posted by domtheboy

Halle fuckin luja - some common sense for once. Jesus christ if we're not crying out for some of that in England.

exactly... assimilate or get the fuck out. thats fair in my opinion. i dont go to france and expect everyone to speak english to me. its up to me to respect the culture, values, history, traditions and language of the place that was kind enough to let me in... or i shouldn't be there. i doubt you would get real far driving down main street Tehran in a 64' impala with gold wire wheels, bumping Dr Dre... so its not like they are all about tolerence and patience and respect for others either.

[slavdogg]

Originally Posted by JR

exactly... assimilate or get the fuck out. thats fair in my opinion. i dont go to france and expect everyone to speak english to me. its up to me to respect the culture, values, history, traditions and language of the place that was kind enough to let me in... or i shouldn't be there. i doubt you would get real far driving down main street Tehran in a 64' impala with gold wire wheels, bumping Dr Dre... so its not like they are all about tolerence and patience and respect for others either.

fuck that, everytime i go to europe i EXPECT them to speak english to me.
if they dont like that, they can kiss my white americanized ass.

I did go to McDs once when i was europe
not to eat, but to see Royale with Cheese on the Menu.

I love food in europe, its fuckin great.
I eat like 5 times a day when i'm there.

[domtheboy]

Originally Posted by JR

exactly... assimilate or get the fuck out. thats fair in my opinion. i dont go to france and expect everyone to speak english to me. its up to me to respect the culture, values, history, traditions and language of the place that was kind enough to let me in... or i shouldn't be there. i doubt you would get real far driving down main street Tehran in a 64' impala with gold wire wheels, bumping Dr Dre... so its not like they are all about tolerence and patience and respect for others either.

Chisel that in stone, it's a

I get fucking sick of being told that we need to be more tolerant as a society and let these fuckers infest our countries. I'd love to see what would happen if I moved to Afghanistan and started bleating that none of the roadsigns were in English or that I couldn't find a Roman Catholic church.

Machine gun the lot of the fuckers for me.

[xcitetv]

Originally Posted by Red

Maybe the French need to be more like the Australians.

Fuck could you ever imagine anything worse than a mix of French and Australians........

The riots Can be blamed on lots of things...when we get them in UK its just usually an excuse for a ruck

I lived right on Oxford St London when the Mayday riots kicked of a few years back
The main protagonists and those shouting the people to start fighting the police, were strange men in hooded tops looking very scruffy but all of them had top pro camera's
Yep the fucking press photogs were starting rucks to snap them.

I saw one guy with a Nikon pro kit round his neck throw a bin through a shop window and then snap people looting the goods from the window display.