Helpful words from the Imams of Paris, and Frank Sinatra
Recent efforts by Imams to stop the rioting in France remind me of a story I once heard a comedian tell about how Frank Sinatra saved his life.

The comedian was walking down an alley in Las Vegas when suddenly two goons jumped him and started beating him horribly. Just when he was sure he was going to die he heard Frank Sinatra walk up and say, "That's enough".

"And that's how Frank Sinatra saved my life."

The "Black leadership" is usually similarly helpful whenever the Black street gangs (AKA youths) riot in the United States. After doing their best to prevent riots by announcing the time and place the riots will occur unless their demands are met, the leaders then "appeal for calm" as they negotiate with the government. Their power is increased as much by their ability to stop riots as by their ability to start them. We know what side they are really on by what they don't say: "There is no excuse for violence; if it occurs, the police must protect innocent people by using as much force, including deadly force, as necessary."

The (immediate) result of these French riots will be assertions that there is no connection with Islam, while at the same time the government negotiates with the Imams.

Why are they rioting?
I'm sure we've all read this many times before:
"I've always loved visiting that part of the city. The people are so nice and friendly, and I feel warm and safe whenever I go there. Now I hear that those people are rioting. They must have very legitimate and severe grievances if they're willing to engage in so much violence."

Actually, I've never read that. Incredibly, I have often read:
"I've always dreaded visiting that part of the city. Vicious gangs control the streets, and even the police are afraid to go there. Now I hear that those people are rioting. They must have very legitimate and severe grievances if they're willing to engage in so much violence."

As far as I can tell, this New York Times article is completely serious. Personally, I'm not yet convinced that the earth's millions of square miles of desolate, uninhabited frozen tundra are in imminent danger of being replaced by lush, pleasant temperate zones. But who wants to take that chance?