Everybody bags on Detroit, but at least it's not Paris.

burk48237 · #1 01-01-2010, 07:41 PM

Detroit takes it's share of bad publicity and rightly so. But at least we didn't burn over a thousand cars to "celebrate" the new year. I don't know whats worse, the fact that this happened or the fact that it is apparently no big deal.

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Car burnings are regular occurrences in poor suburbs that ring France's big cities, but the arson is especially prevalent during New Year's Eve revelry.

The number of vehicles torched was only 10 short of the record 1,147 burned this time last year, even though the Interior Ministry mobilized 45,000 police during the night -- 10,000 more than 12 months ago.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60010D20100101

JimB52 · #2 01-01-2010, 08:37 PM

I bet if the Lions win the Super Bowl next year, a few cars will be burned in celebration.

KeithBMI · #3 01-01-2010, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by JimB52

I bet if the Lions win the Super Bowl next year, a few cars will be burned in celebration.

I'd be more worried that hell had frozen over.

your idol · #4 01-01-2010, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by JimB52

I bet if the Lions win the Super Bowl next year, a few cars will be burned in celebration.

if the lions win the superbowl ill burn my own car

Darkmeteor · #5 01-01-2010, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by burk48237

Detroit takes it's share of bad publicity and rightly so. But at least we didn't burn over a thousand cars to "celebrate" the new year. I don't know whats worse, the fact that this happened or the fact that it is apparently no big deal.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60010D20100101

Well, I'm in France and it's been like that for years in big cities each new year, so we are getting used to it

burk48237 · #6 01-01-2010, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Darkmeteor

Well, I'm in France and it's been like that for years in big cities each new year, so we are getting used to it

A bit like us getting use to gang violence. It's still inexcusable.

Stinsok · #7 01-01-2010, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KeithBMI

I'd be more worried that hell had frozen over.

Giant Spit Take!

TortillaChip520 · #8 01-01-2010, 09:05 PM

Hey man, i didn't say anything about detroit, i swear! Please don't kill me!!!!

capnsandwich · #9 01-01-2010, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by KeithBMI

I'd be more worried that hell had frozen over.

+1

I got worried a few years ago when the Tigers went to the World Series.

WookieeForLife · #10 01-01-2010, 09:24 PM

Went from a Detriot vs. Paris thread and now turned into a sports thread.

Only in TB OT

#11 01-01-2010, 09:35 PM

The title of this thread alone is awesome!

MadMan118 · #12 01-01-2010, 11:57 PM

Meh people do more bizarre things to cars in LA.

GregC · #13 01-02-2010, 12:02 AM

Yeah, but have you seen how tiny the cars are there? Three Parisian cars is the equivalent of one Detroit-built automobile.

NickInMesa · #14 01-02-2010, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by burk48237

Detroit takes it's share of bad publicity and rightly so. But at least we didn't burn over a thousand cars to "celebrate" the new year. I don't know whats worse, the fact that this happened or the fact that it is apparently no big deal.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60010D20100101

Yeah, but be careful. I lived in Paris for a while. The suburbs are in bad shape for the same reasons as in the US.

One big difference with the US is that the main minority are muslims and therefore most of these kids don't booze or do dope, as it's against their religion. All they do is sports, and believe me they're in shape (which is something else you won't say about America's minorities), which gives the cops a few issues.

As for "ringing" Paris, they are quite a few miles from the city limits. It's not like Paris is burning and overrun by these kids, mm'kay.

Absentia · #15 01-02-2010, 03:26 AM

You know, we were founded by the french...

Jazz Ad · #16 01-02-2010, 05:06 AM

It happens pretty much every year and the media makes it worse.
I don't really mind actually, it's good for my business.

Stinsok · #17 01-02-2010, 05:11 AM

I just don't get that mentality. To celebrate, things have to be destroyed. Is just an excuse for people to act out because everyone else is doing it? Maybe I can break a shop window and not be noticed because of all the other crap going on.

Jazz Ad · #18 01-02-2010, 05:39 AM

They are celebrating as much as protesting.

ChiliPepper · #19 01-02-2010, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad

It happens pretty much every year and the media makes it worse.
I don't really mind actually, it's good for my business.

Do you think such behavior is "normal" ?

Unrepresented · #20 01-02-2010, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Stinsok

I just don't get that mentality. To celebrate, things have to be destroyed. Is just an excuse for people to act out because everyone else is doing it? Maybe I can break a shop window and not be noticed because of all the other crap going on.

Eh, we've been doing some sort of sacrificial rituals as humans for millenia now. Perhaps this is the modern equivalent.

And I would still rather live in Paris over Detroit, hands down.