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...report on how years of hopelessness and alienation erupted in rage and fiery protests, rocking France's neighborhoods, moved some readers to deplore the violence of the young rioters. But others were sharply critical of the government's blindness and the insensitivity of French society Re Your reporting on violent protests in France [Nov. 14]: The rioters, who are mostly Arab or black, may also be French, although they say they don't feel as if they are treated like "real" French citizens. But what is a French citizen? France is in the middle of a deep national identity crisis...
...report on how years of hopelessness and alienation erupted in rage and fiery protests, rocking France's neighborhoods, moved some readers to deplore the violence of the young rioters. But others were sharply critical of the government's blindness and the insensitivity of French society Re your reporting on violent protests in France [Nov. 14]: The rioters, who are mostly Arab or black, may also be French, although they say they don't feel as if they are treated like "real" French citizens. But what is a French citizen? France is in the middle of a deep national identity crisis...
Books don't have to be serious to be adapted, as the many movie versions of Elmore Leonard novels attest. But since they're often how people experience a story first, debates will always rage over the merits of each version. We're here to add kindling to that fire. Six books, six movies, 12 constituencies. Which ones win? We'll say, but you'll decide...
Before we Americans look down our noses at the French for allowing extreme inequality to fester for so long, we should pay attention to what TIME said: if those problems aren't addressed, "the rage and resentment inflaming the streets will surely continue to smolder." That is true not only of France but also of certain parts of Detroit, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles and any number of other U.S. cities. We will be forced to confront the same inequalities. It's a question of when...
Atmosphere: Roid-rage...