11/14/2005


YOUNG GUYS JUST LOVE TO FIGHT

It seems like every two bit quasi-thinking blogger has discovered THE "root cause" for the French explosion; this is like the man asking a whore why she's doing "this." How can any American think there is a "root cause" for any of these actions? There ain't ONE. There's lots of them and all are the same no matter where the riots happen: toss a match int a combustable people angry about something, or everything, and they explode; a mob of angry people forms almost instantly and goes its merry way. The members of the dues free mob have "causes" like:

Wife left,
Girl friend shit on me,
Can't make enough money,
Want to be rich tomorrow (without working)
My feelings are hurt
I can't fuck any girls
Kill the rich
No daddy in the home,
Mommy is a drug addict,
And a thousand other reasons.

There are always a couple or three organizations ready to jump in and try to gather the rioters into their "army" as every one of us who has lived through Detroit, Harlem, or LA knows full well; these groups will always supply an excuse to the mob in order to attract them to their cause. France has groups seeking power which include Muslims and communists who will try to bring malcontents into the fold, always hoping to sponsor the revolution all absolutely know is coming.

The American answer has been our usual co-opting of parts of the actions into our media and political system: elect the pricks to something; make a movie or three about them; let them shoot their stupid mouths off on talk radio or cable news; throw money and bureaucrats at homeless shelters, battered women's shelters, fake educational help, tons of money for doing nothing, and the always reliable cops to physically restrain them. Oh, the final solution is to let the small gangs run wild inside the angry areas; a "you want freedom, we'll show you what freedom is" solution.

Are there any other ways to handle a cause that isn't known other than shooting everybody that moves? So France will do what we have done, none of which "work," so the affected people stay angry. We here in LA have spread out the public housing areas into pockets of small two story apartment complexes; the separation of the poor from each other stops them from massing for a riot, most nights. They will also make sure that the "good" areas are spared any public housing thus shoving the poor down the throats of the middle class.

Root cause? Young guys just love to fight.