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Interesting Times
IMHO this is a powder keg for two reasons. The first is a lack of assimilation, if these Muslim kids are kept segregated from the public school system they will never become Frenchmen. The second is France is not a nation of immigrants, IMHO history and tradition in this part of the world contradict the prevalent delusion Europeans are more sophisticated, tolerant, and pacifistic than the New World. When you add the xenophobia that generally accompanies economic crisis, cynicism regarding the future doesn't seem as much of a stretch.
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