Wednesday November 16, 2005

France is rioting, and French bloggers are worried about cencorship

DISCLAIMER: This post may contain harsh language. If you feel that socially unacceptable terms like “fuck” and “ass” and “bigoted idiots” and “George W. Bush” should not be read, then please, do not continue.

This post over at Slashdot talks about how France has shut down a blog because the user was “allegedly violating a French law concercning violent speech.” The article then goes on to say that a lot of bloggers are fearing consequences for being outspoken, even in a nonviolent way.

First off, let me start by saying that France may not have the same freedom of speech protection that our country (claims to) have. That said,

France, get your head out of your fucking ass. Get in there, take control of the cities, and stop being pussy about it. Seriously. You’ve got a military, USE ‘EM! What? The entire country is going to jihad on you? The entire country is going to make a coup? I don’t think so. The rioting is by only a fraction of the country’s population. The rioting for a cause is by an even slimmer amount, the rest just think it’s fun.

Those of you rioting? What the fuck are you thinking? Sure, Ahmed, Fabritzio, and Bubba, you may not like the way the country has been treating you, but do you really think that setting Francois’ car on fire, or firebombing Dries’s house, or petting Jardin’s cat will make a difference? Oh hell, no. It’ll lead to pissing off the Powers That Control Your Sorry Ass Whether You Like It Or Not, and will likely result in harder shitfire being rained down on you than ever before.

Seriously, rioters… take a step back, and heed my word. Votre mère est un hamster et votre éperlan de père des baies de sureau. Err, okay, even more seriously, now, Je plains l’imbécile qui salit avec la France. Yes, exactly.

Kick back, relax, and talk it the heck out. Look. Hide out, let this all chill down a bit, and then start talking to the politics, the powers that be, and the people who can make some changes. Then, start trying to make them in your own life, without the violence. You’re being seggregated? Pull a Rosa Parks. She was being seggregated in our country, and she finally decided she wasn’t going to have any of it. She was arrested and jailed, and - here’s the big thing - there weren’t a lot of major nation-wide violent riots. Sure, there were protests and maybe a couple of small riots here and there, but those were contained quickyl. The pople who supported her boycott the bus company in the town (it was all interrelated, see that wikipedia link up there. Over time, those little steps by Ms. Parks led to big steps the country over, and times changed. It won’t be done overnight, folks… it’s little steps to change a nation, and littler ones to change a world.

Freaking give it time.

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After all, it’s time to travel……