Comments on: French Revellers Torch 372 Cars

By: David Holzman

David Holzman — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:12:45 +0000

Not funny. Very sad.

By: rpn453

rpn453 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:08:52 +0000

Don’t they have guns in that country? I’d like to see someone try to light my car on fire in front of my house!

By: jazbo123

jazbo123 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:46:27 +0000

Sounds a bit like Detroit at Halloween. Only moreso.

By: Brandon D. Valentine

Brandon D. Valentine — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:05:14 +0000

All them burnin’ cars sure doesn’t sound very green to me. I’m so disappointed to have delusions of European environmental supremacy shattered.

By: Hippo

Hippo — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:54:05 +0000

Herd them into one neighborhood and mow them down.

By: bfg9k

bfg9k — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:39:37 +0000

Ahh, the flames of French passion…

By: Sammy Hagar

Sammy Hagar — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:23:33 +0000

Why focus on the negatives? I think it’s nice to see some “flame surfacing” on a Citroen…

By: AKM

AKM — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:10:44 +0000

Somehow, burning cars became a symbol of protests for France’s slums. Cities even started competing to see who’d burn the most cars.
It’s obviously quite an issue even though numbers get smaller every year now. One year, my hometown of Strasbourg had the record. Driving close to the projects the day after was not a pretty sight.
many associations point out at the stupidity of the gesture, as most burnt cars are burnt in the same projects where rioters live, and therefore belong to working-class people who struggle to earn a living and can ill-afford that loss.

For a fascinating view on the problem, rent “La Haine” by Matthieu Kassovitz with Vincent Cassel. Great movie.

By: radimus

radimus — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:37:41 +0000

So much for regulating the carbon output.

By: 50merc

50merc — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:58:30 +0000

And to think the Big Three used to get scolded for planned obsolescence. In France, cars go up in smoke like Mission Impossible assignment instructions.

By: jkross22

jkross22 — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:17:21 +0000

“Angry youths” makes it sound like a couple of snapperhead teens making idiots out of themselves after too many Pabst Blue Ribbons. Last time cars were burned, it was in response to a certain cartoon appearing in newspapers.

By: Virtual Insanity

Virtual Insanity — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:14:47 +0000

Ouch…did someone just turn on the A/C? It just got cold in here.

By: Cammy Corrigan

Cammy Corrigan — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:52:53 +0000

Actually, you’ll probably find that cars they torched were Renaults and Peugeots and they probably caught fire by themselves! :O)

By: Virtual Insanity

Virtual Insanity — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:52:04 +0000

Well…

Its a step forward. Now all we have to do is convince them to do it to an enemy’s car, and we might just have something to work with.