Strike sends France closer to abyss

[IDemo]

France faces a week of chaos with a strike set to paralyse a nation already shaken by furious protests against new employment laws.

And criminal gangs from Paris have begun a spate of crimes in the centre of the city while police are occupied with the protest marches.

Horrified Parisians have found themselves the victims of robberies and violence even in some of the smartest areas of the city and some of the best-known tourist spots.

Britons have been warned by the Foreign Office to avoid Paris because of the risk of violence.

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=469602006

[tocqueville]

1. well it's not the feeling here, totally overdramatized

they are mostly worried how to get to their job on Tuesday

I expected better journalism from the Scotsman. The incidents depicted are marginal and not representative.

[IDemo]

2. 'Moderator' scrooched the pooch by sending this to 'Editorials'

There was no opinion content in the referenced article, it was a news story, plain and simple. You can disagree with the content all you want but that doesn't change the facts.