It occurs to me that the reason that the French have rolled over so much in response to these riots is probably because so far, most of the damage seems to be to property, and there have been relatively few casualties (one or two deaths, I believe, and a smattering of woundings).
The French authorities are probably afraid that if they respond with lethal (or even damaging) force, that they will be the bad guys because they took a life and didn't just burn down property. Moreover, they will be the ones who escalated the violence if the riots start getting deadly for more than one or two people.
Typical behavior for a nation putting a very loose priority on property rights, if you ask me.
Moreover, though,that should not be a good enough reason. People cannot simply get up and attack society and produce anarchy on this scale and be allowed to do so because "they aren't killing people."
There are times that call for violence. This is one of them.
Sure, we can worry about "root causes," and how to make the Muslim populace more docile. But first we need to stop the riots. Now.
That is all.
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