Gang terrorizes train in France
By Marc Burleigh
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
January 5, 2006



PARIS -- A gang of more than 20 youths -- thought to be North African
immigrants -- terrorized hundreds of train passengers in a rampage of
violence, robbery and sexual assault on New Year's Day, French officials
said yesterday.
The five-hour-long criminal frenzy was "totally unacceptable," French
President Jacques Chirac told reporters. "Those guilty will be found and
punished, as they deserve."
The gang of between 20 and 30 youths boarded the train, heading from
Nice on the French Riviera to Lyon, in eastern France, early on Jan. 1, as
it carried 600 passengers home from New Year's Eve partying overnight.
Once inside, they went wild, forcing passengers to hand over mobile
phones and wallets, and slashing seats and breaking windows.
A 20-year-old woman cornered by several of the marauders was sexually
molested.
"It was a real scene of pillage on the train," said the regional state
prosecutor, Dominique Luigi, adding that the passengers were in a state of
"panic."
Train staff alerted police, and the train pulled into a station to

The three officers who initially turned up later were joined by
reinforcements.
A waitress in a bar near the station said two young women from the

had come inside in tears.
"They told me there had been groping. They talked about sexual

They were really traumatized," she said.
The train resumed its journey with the heavy police presence on board
but, just before Marseille, the youths pulled the emergency stop and many
escaped.
Only three -- two 19-year-old Moroccans and a minor, all living in
France -- were arrested. Both men were being held for robbery and one also
was facing charges of sexual assault. The minor was to be judged

Three others -- a man and two boys -- were arrested briefly in

but were released despite reports they were carrying a knife, a

and a small amount of hashish.


http://www.washtimes.com/world/20060104-115755-9546r.htm

HUNDREDS of train passengers terrorized by 20 teenage kids - grown adults
afraid to stand up because it wouldn't be "politically correct" to take

of those little shits and smack him upside the head. That's what you get
when goo-goo liberalism and political correctness pollute the mind of the
citizenry: a nation lacking the will and moral backbone to defend itself
from thugs.

As Thomas Sowell once said: "If it comes down to a battle between the

and the barbarians, the barbarians will win."

===============================================
(following courtesy of Jim Alder:)


In 2003 a sociologist from Rutgers University named Ted Goertzel
wrote a paper in which he offered some insight into the psyche
of the left. Interesting reading:

In the 1970s, Stanley Rothman and Robert Lichter
administered Thematic Apperception Tests to a large sample of
"new left" radicals (Roots of Radicalism, 1982). They found that
activists were characterized by weakened self-esteem, injured
narcissism and paranoid tendencies. They were preoccupied with
power and attracted to radical ideologies that offered clear and
unambiguous answers to their questions. . . .

The unwillingness to offer alternatives reveals a lack of
self-confidence and self-esteem. If they offered their own
policy ideas they would be vulnerable to criticism. They would
run the risk that their ideas would fail, or would not seem
persuasive to others. This is especially difficult for anti-
capitalists after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has also been
difficult in the war against terrorism because Saddam Hussein
and Osama bin Laden are such unsympathetic figures.
Psychologically, it is easier to blame America for not finding a
solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line.
===============================================

Gang terrorizes train in France
By Marc Burleigh
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
January 5, 2006



PARIS -- A gang of more than 20 youths -- thought to be North African
immigrants -- terrorized hundreds of train passengers in a rampage of
violence, robbery and sexual assault on New Year's Day, French officials
said yesterday.
The five-hour-long criminal frenzy was "totally unacceptable," French
President Jacques Chirac told reporters. "Those guilty will be found and
punished, as they deserve."
The gang of between 20 and 30 youths boarded the train, heading from
Nice on the French Riviera to Lyon, in eastern France, early on Jan. 1, as
it carried 600 passengers home from New Year's Eve partying overnight.
Once inside, they went wild, forcing passengers to hand over mobile
phones and wallets, and slashing seats and breaking windows.
A 20-year-old woman cornered by several of the marauders was sexually
molested.
"It was a real scene of pillage on the train," said the regional state
prosecutor, Dominique Luigi, adding that the passengers were in a state of
"panic."
Train staff alerted police, and the train pulled into a station to
wait.
The three officers who initially turned up later were joined by
reinforcements.
A waitress in a bar near the station said two young women from the
train
had come inside in tears.
"They told me there had been groping. They talked about sexual
assaults.
They were really traumatized," she said.
The train resumed its journey with the heavy police presence on board
but, just before Marseille, the youths pulled the emergency stop and many
escaped.
Only three -- two 19-year-old Moroccans and a minor, all living in
France -- were arrested. Both men were being held for robbery and one also
was facing charges of sexual assault. The minor was to be judged
separately.
Three others -- a man and two boys -- were arrested briefly in
Marseille
but were released despite reports they were carrying a knife, a
screwdriver
and a small amount of hashish.


http://www.washtimes.com/world/20060104-115755-9546r.htm

HUNDREDS of train passengers terrorized by 20 teenage kids - grown adults
afraid to stand up because it wouldn't be "politically correct" to take
one
of those little shits and smack him upside the head. That's what you get
when goo-goo liberalism and political correctness pollute the mind of the
citizenry: a nation lacking the will and moral backbone to defend itself
from thugs.

As Thomas Sowell once said: "If it comes down to a battle between the
wimps
and the barbarians, the barbarians will win."

===============================================
(following courtesy of Jim Alder:)


In 2003 a sociologist from Rutgers University named Ted Goertzel
wrote a paper in which he offered some insight into the psyche
of the left. Interesting reading:

In the 1970s, Stanley Rothman and Robert Lichter
administered Thematic Apperception Tests to a large sample of
"new left" radicals (Roots of Radicalism, 1982). They found that
activists were characterized by weakened self-esteem, injured
narcissism and paranoid tendencies. They were preoccupied with
power and attracted to radical ideologies that offered clear and
unambiguous answers to their questions. . . .

The unwillingness to offer alternatives reveals a lack of
self-confidence and self-esteem. If they offered their own
policy ideas they would be vulnerable to criticism. They would
run the risk that their ideas would fail, or would not seem
persuasive to others. This is especially difficult for anti-
capitalists after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has also been
difficult in the war against terrorism because Saddam Hussein
and Osama bin Laden are such unsympathetic figures.
Psychologically, it is easier to blame America for not finding a
solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line.
===============================================