Paris hit by increasing thefts and vandalism of bike-share scheme.
Wouldn't happen here would it? I mostly see burnt out motorbikes or scooters round my way...
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Meanwhile, in Paris...
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Posted 10 years ago #
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Here's the key info:
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
It's the dead end estates (and nearby areas) where the majority of this is taking place.
Hardly surprising that they're vandalising bikes. These people routinely set fire to their own neighbourhoods.
Posted 10 years ago # -
"These people routinely set fire to their own neighbourhoods."
In a bit of a hurry but here's three friendly raised eyebrows:
These people?
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Would it be better if they were burning other people's neighbourhoods?
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Maybe they have their reasons to protest and not many ways to do it.
Posted 10 years ago # -
When you've got nothing to do burning stuff is a great way to pass the time.
Cheap, too.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Burning stuff is sooooo bad for global warming.
I predict a riot?
White riot
Burning and looting
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
Tht last lyric somehow connected to an Internet porn site when I checked it, quite worrying
Posted 10 years ago # -
"These people routinely set fire to their own neighbourhoods."
In a bit of a hurry but here's three friendly raised eyebrows:
These people?
Yes, the people who are stealing/vandalising bikes. I'm suggesting these are the same people who routinely riot/throw things at police etc.
Would it be better if they were burning other people's neighbourhoods?
I'm suggesting burning down your own neighbourhood is a sign of stupidity.
Maybe they have their reasons to protest and not many ways to do it.
Maybe. Or maybe it's not a protest, it's just a way to start a fight?
I was living in Paris when France won Euro 2000. Lots of people - myself included - went up to the Champs Elysees to celebrate.
After a while, most people went home.
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.
What can one say? Maybe they were protesting against the victory?
Posted 10 years ago # -
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.
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