Bozon got it right, it's really a cultural problem and also a stupidity issue, we are not dealing with the brightest bulbs here...
This is not at all an organized muslim insurection, most of the kids just think it's a new cool Playstation game, "**** the police" in 3d, odorama and force feedback holodeck program.
of course they yell like stuck pigs when they get *****slapped by the cops, and realize it's for real.
I bet that if it rains on Paris, they won't even go out and this thing will blow over, they have no cause, no leadership,and sadly not much brains...
20+ years of bleeding hearts socialism in France is the main cause, really : no one tried to get the ghetto crowd out of their situation : the pinkos just sprinkled enough welfare and basket courts to maintain people in poverty, blamed it on capitalist greed and gallic racism, and racked up their votes.
this generation feels like they've been cheated by everyone, and is hopeless.
they were also maintained in ignorance by a flawed educational system who is perverted by the "equality" motto . (noble idea at first : same chances for everybody)
equality now means go for the lowest common denominator, so mediocrity is the norm in french schools, most of the kids write in text message style, and to them success is being selected to participate in a reality show , get money for nothing and the chicks for free...
hey, I forgot to blame Bush !
I'm sure it's a conspiracy ! I blame echelon, the cia and Bed Bath and Beyond !