http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Meanwhile, in Paris... en Sun, 17 May 2026 13:04:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11210#post-126156 Fri, 27 Sep 2013 01:27:35 +0000 gkgk 126156@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fair enough, gibbo, reasonable point, if you're angry enough to be burning your bus shelter etc, the bikes might be a target too, no doubt. Unrelated, I was interested to read of the computer hacking gang targeting the bikes and of bikes turning up in Mali and elsewhere. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11210#post-126151 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:06:12 +0000 gibbo 126151@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>"These people routinely set fire to their own neighbourhoods."</p> <p>In a bit of a hurry but here's three friendly raised eyebrows:</p> <p>These people?</em></blockquote></p> <p>Yes, the people who are stealing/vandalising bikes. I'm suggesting these are the same people who routinely riot/throw things at police etc.</p> <p><blockquote><em>Would it be better if they were burning other people's neighbourhoods?</em></blockquote></p> <p>I'm suggesting burning down your own neighbourhood is a sign of stupidity.</p> <p><blockquote><em>Maybe they have their reasons to protest and not many ways to do it.</em></blockquote></p> <p>Maybe. Or maybe it's not a protest, it's just a way to start a fight?</p> <p>I was living in Paris when France won Euro 2000. Lots of people - myself included - went up to the Champs Elysees to celebrate.</p> <p>After a while, most people went home. </p> <p>Then a bunch of youths from these estates decided the best way to celebrate would be to start a riot/running battle with the police.</p> <p>What can one say? Maybe they were protesting against the victory? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11210#post-126108 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:19:05 +0000 gembo 126108@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Burning stuff is sooooo bad for global warming.</p> <p>I predict a riot?</p> <p>White riot</p> <p>Burning and looting</p> <p>my daddy was a bank robber and he never hurt nobody he just liked to live that way and he liked to steal your money</p> <p>Tht last lyric somehow connected to an Internet porn site when I checked it, quite worrying </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11210#post-126104 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:04:16 +0000 PS 126104@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When you've got nothing to do burning stuff is a great way to pass the time.</p> <p>Cheap, too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11210#post-126093 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:20:08 +0000 gkgk 126093@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"These people routinely set fire to their own neighbourhoods."</p> <p>In a bit of a hurry but here's three friendly raised eyebrows:</p> <p><em>These</em> people? </p> <p><em>and</em> </p> <p>Would it be better if they were burning other people's neighbourhoods? </p> <p><em>and </em></p> <p>Maybe they have their reasons to protest and not many ways to do it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11210#post-126083 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:09:08 +0000 gibbo 126083@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Here's the key info:</p> <p><blockquote><em>it's in Paris's outlying districts where most theft and vandalism is taking place, with incidents clustering in the relatively lower-income 18th, 19th and 20th arrondissements </em></blockquote></p> <p>It's the dead end estates (and nearby areas) where the majority of this is taking place.</p> <p>Hardly surprising that they're vandalising bikes. These people routinely set fire to their own neighbourhoods. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11210#post-126063 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:49:30 +0000 paolobr 126063@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/09/paris-thefts-and-vandalism-could-force-bike-share-shrink/7014/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/09/paris-thefts-and-vandalism-could-force-bike-share-shrink/7014/</a></p> <p>Paris hit by increasing thefts and vandalism of bike-share scheme.</p> <p>Wouldn't happen here would it? I mostly see burnt out motorbikes or scooters round my way... </p>