I dunno, I would like to have more of the story. The BBC article claims the arrest came after an argument, so it wasn't just a simple hey you didn't pay the fair, here is a ticket now leave.
Either way. Rioting over isn't going to change anything. I think in the end another 13 people were arrested. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 3:38 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: French Protest > > what's your point? The Gare du Nord is the main commuter hub into St > Denis and the other areas that rioted not long ago. A good analogy > might be arresting someone for not using their turn signal, in Watts, > right after the Rodney King verdicts. > > Something the police are entitled to do that nonetheless isn't very > smart. > > Dana > > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6501997.stm > > > > > > > >So apparently a guy jumps the turnstile at a Paris subway station. He > gets > >arrested, and crowds of people protested the arrest, smashing stuff > and > >breaking stuff. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231510 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
