"either that or we gotta nuke France right away"

[thisficklemob]

Speigel Online (in English) brings a German and Europe-wide perspective to the riots in France: What's Wrong With Europe?. (My guess, that you can't get a pizza delivered, but that's based solely on the tribulations of a fictional American in England in Douglas Adams.) Clearly government response, at least initially, was part of the problem. One

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[elke_tanzer]

I know I shouldn't make light of this, but... but... I can almost hear old granny- and grandpa-type voices...

"Using their blogs to plan riots?"

"Yes, all the young folks are doing that these days."

"Bah! Planning a riot! Planning! Back in my day we just grabbed our torches and our pitchforks and took to the rutted roads toward the town square! Planning? We didn't need to plan our riots!"

"There, there, dear. I know. And I walked uphill both ways in the snow with my broom, shaking my fist in the air the whole way to town."

[thisficklemob]

It does seem a little counter-intuitive, doesn't it? Like, if you have to plan a riot, is it really a riot anymore. Doesn't it then become... a festival?

Or a spree, or a rampage, or any other word or phrase that doesn't connote spontaneous eruptions of anger.