Issac, I believe this must be the first post by you to the KR Family. If not, I apologize for not welcoming you sooner. Anyway, welcome to the KR Family. We are here because we all have one thing in common and that is building and flying KR aircraft. I agree with your comments on political issues as well as any other issues other than KR related. How far along are you on your KR? Also, we hope you can attend the Gathering next September in Mount Vernon.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my NEW KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at www.flykr2s.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "isaac milton" <rousedab...@yahoo.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 9:37 PM Subject: Re: KR> Civil unrest in France > Hi guys, > > I'm building in Boise Idaho, am African American by > ethniticy, and was Army Special Forces for nearly 10 > years... wounded in Panama in 89, relatively new > pilot, but have taken off 300 more times than I've > landed, so I feel comfortable with you guys. I enjoy > the threads, it's helped me a lot, and I spend most of > my evenings soaking it up. I'd appreciate, > respectfully, if you leave the political opinions > elsewhere, as any position has it's counter, and here > is not the place. Don't you agree? > > Isaac Milton > KR-2 ROUSEDABOUT > Boise Idaho, USA > > > --- Serge VIDAL <serge.vi...@sagem.com> wrote: > > > Hi, Phil, and all. > > > > Yep, I'm OK, the "civil unrest" is definitely not in > > my street. Pity, > > though, 'cause it would be a rare opportunity at > > taking potshots at the > > rioters! ;-) > > > > More seriously, the situation in France is quite > > simple: around all large > > cities, we have suburbs full of young Arabs and > > Africans, whose fathers > > came to France long ago when jobs were aplenty. > > There are also lots of > > illegal immigrants there, too. These guys probably > > represent more than 10% > > of the population now, although nobody knows for > > sure, because the law > > forbids to make statistics on an ethnic basis. > > > > In general, these populations failed to succeed, > > despite the faboulous > > help you get from the state (education is free, and > > of good quality; > > parents get monthly child education grants; > > unemployed people get generous > > pensions, and when these dry out, you get a "minimum > > income" grant which > > is about two thirds of minimum wages; public > > transports are heavily > > subsidised; and so on; the list is endless, as is > > the list of taxes to > > finance all that). > > > > These guys are simply not interested in becoming > > "normal" citizens, and > > blame everybody else for their failure. You don't > > let them do whatever > > they want? You're a racist, period! > > > > When France went under attack by Algerian > > terrorists, each time the police > > arrested or killed one, these guys would riot, in > > support. For the past > > ten years or so, they have celebrated on New Year's > > Eve by burning cars > > (about 500 a year). This time, the unrest has been > > triggered by the fact > > that two robbers ran away the police, hid inside an > > electrical converter > > post, and killed themselves. > > > > Make no mistake. France is not an ethnically based > > nation. We believe in > > equal citizenship and common values, and our model > > puts the state well > > above communities. Religion and race are considered > > private matters, and > > don't get special statuses. We have always had lots > > of migrants here. Just > > look at me: father was half Spanish, half Moroccan; > > mother is Swiss. The > > guy sitting in front of me at the office is from > > Italian origin. My > > assistant is from South East Asia. > > > > But smooth integration does not seem to work with > > these guys. > > > > In short, France now houses a large hostile and > > useless population, and no > > government will have the balls to deal with the > > issue, for fear of being > > branded racists, or insensitive, or whatever. They > > will simply dump more > > money into these suburbs, and raise more taxes to > > pay for it. Their > > subsidized housing will probably be repainted and > > overhauled for the > > umptenth time, so that they can vandalize it again. > > > > I'm afraid this country is doomed, because we seem > > not to know the > > difference between being human and being stupid. > > > > Serge Vidal > > KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" > > Paris, France > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at > > http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to > > krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at > > http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. > http://farechase.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
