FEELINGS EXPRESSED

What's going on in France at the moment is nothing more than a self-esteem building exercise in self-expression:

The violence is seen as the expression of pent-up anger by youths, many Muslims of North African and black African origin, at police treatment, racism, unemployment and their marginal place in French society.

I mean, what could make you feel better about yourself than torching a few hundred cars and a couple of schools?
Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy can certainly see why the kiddies are angry:

"Once the crisis is over, everyone will have to understand there are a certain number of injustices in some neighbourhoods.

"We are trying to be firm and avoid any provocation. We have to avoid any risk of explosion."

Appease these thugs and there are going to be some real explosions in the near future.