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    Rioting in Copenhagen

    I was suprised to see this story today:

    http://www.euronews.net/index.php?pa...lng=1&option=1

    It appears that Copenhagen is experiencing it fourth day of riots centered around areas with largely immigrant Muslim populations. The recent publication of the now infamous Danish cartoon took place after the riots were already in full swing.

    In the Euronews piece a social worker only has a suggestion of why this rioting is taking place, there seems to be no concrete reason.

    Does anyone have any information on what the cause of this riot is, excluding those that seek to use it as justification for other agendas.

    In the absence of a spark or a good reason, is this an indicator of future problems?

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    Meant to post this yesterday after talking to friend in Copenhagen who had witnessed it but could find nothing to provide link. Pretty ferocious by all accounts. According to my mate, it may have been sparked by the republication of the cartoons that offended the Islamists and in the wake of the arrest of the gang that were allegedly trying to murder one of the cartoonists.

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    Quote Originally Posted by popper
    Meant to post this yesterday after talking to friend in Copenhagen who had witnessed it but could find nothing to provide link. Pretty ferocious by all accounts. According to my mate, it may have been sparked by the republication of the cartoons that offended the Islamists and in the wake of the arrest of the gang that were allegedly trying to murder one of the cartoonists.
    The cartoon is a factor but not because it was re-published, because that was done so after the riots erupted. Was the arrest of the murder plotters the justification for this? A serious developement if that is the case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thac0man
    Quote Originally Posted by popper
    Meant to post this yesterday after talking to friend in Copenhagen who had witnessed it but could find nothing to provide link. Pretty ferocious by all accounts. According to my mate, it may have been sparked by the republication of the cartoons that offended the Islamists and in the wake of the arrest of the gang that were allegedly trying to murder one of the cartoonists.
    The cartoon is a factor but not because it was re-published, because that was done so after the riots erupted. Was the arrest of the murder plotters the justification for this? A serious developement if that is the case.

    Well she was saying that the publication was flagged up but yes the arrests and the police raids on Islamist groups and suspects are possibly more of a factor. Can't think of a city less likely to have rioting than Copenhagen. The social democratic jewel of the north has clasped a viper to its breast. By the way I wonder if the lack of reporting here and in Britain is a dleiberate attempt to both discourage copy cat riots in UK and to distract people from the unavoidable results of mass immigration.

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    Re: Rioting in Copenhagen

    Quote Originally Posted by Thac0man
    I was suprised to see this story today:

    http://www.euronews.net/index.php?pa...lng=1&option=1

    It appears that Copenhagen is experiencing it fourth day of riots centered around areas with largely immigrant Muslim populations. The recent publication of the now infamous Danish cartoon took place after the riots were already in full swing.

    In the Euronews piece a social worker only has a suggestion of why this rioting is taking place, there seems to be no concrete reason.

    Does anyone have any information on what the cause of this riot is, excluding those that seek to use it as justification for other agendas.

    In the absence of a spark or a good reason, is this an indicator of future problems?
    Was listening to the BEEB world Service earlier and they had a piece on it -

    They are rioting for the same reason that the muslim migrants riot all over Europe:

    rampant unemployment - frustration at the lack of opportunities among young muslim men.

    This is happening at a time of record recent growth in the Danish economy

    You can come to 2 conclusions:
    conventional view
    1) racism /concealed or overt is excluding these young men from the economy - no question there is something in this alright

    my view
    2) lack of education and relevant qualifications and language and cultural difficulties caused by this self inflicted ghettoisation - There are many more muslims in Denmark than these communities and individuals - they have had better education opportunities and acquired better social skills that allow them integrate into mainstream Danish Society.

    Lessons for us - Well our the vast majority of our muslims would fall into the latter category - being well educated and able to take advantage of our economy - even those with "working class" skills have been able to fit into our economy as our own working class moves out of various sectors or has settled on a life of welfare - as long as the economy goes well we're ok - once it tightens -well the Devil will find work for idle hands
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    The Danes have bent over backwards to facilitate these scum. They're burning their own schools for fk sake. Racism has nothing to do with it.

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    I'm surprised this isn't reported in other media. Clearly the cartoons aren't the root, but why were they published in the middle of a riot? Did they think they'd help?

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    Re: Rioting in Copenhagen

    Quote Originally Posted by Thac0man

    Does anyone have any information on what the cause of this riot is, excluding those that seek to use it as justification for other agendas.

    I see. So posters now need permission to comment on islamic affairs.

    Perhaps the rioters were just having an inner personal struggle. Or maybe they have noted that their co-religionists in Malmo are in full control of the other side of the Oresund and they just want to keep their end up.

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    Yes the cartoon was republished as a show of defiance after it became known that there was "allegedly" a plot to murder the cartoonist (No ************************e Sherlock! )

    According to the World Service (no link sorry!)The fuse for the latest riots apparently goes back a day or 2 ago after a muslim man was allegedly shaken down by the Fuzz - his son took a serious strop over the incident and started texting the entire arson division to go and take revenge for this "latest insult"

    Really they were just waiting for an opportunity - too much unemployment and sitting around with listening to religious and xenophobic nutters drip feeding them the idea that all their problems were caused by the state and others and feeling completely stifled by the communities they are growing up in - Rebels without a cause - its not co-incidental that most of the stuff being destroyed is their own communities.

    Hate to say it - but there is a direct link between unemployment and extremism in the Muslim world - employment not wealth - its no surprise that Turkey has the least extremists in the Muslim world - its has a dynamic economy and a confident outlook - Saudi , on the other hand - massive unemployment - 60-65% of the country are on goverment welfare and 50% of students just study the Koran all day - should we be surprised?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edo
    Hate to say it - but there is a direct link between unemployment and extremism in the Muslim world - employment not wealth - its no surprise that Turkey has the least extremists in the Muslim world - its has a dynamic economy and a confident outlook - Saudi , on the other hand - massive unemployment - 60-65% of the country are on goverment welfare and 50% of students just study the Koran all day - should we be surprised?
    Who says they're not a caring government? That's it, I'm voting in a monarchy (an oil rich one).

    As to the allegation of a plot, has anything more come of that? Sounds like the Danes didn't take it any further with the Danish suspect they had (the other two were deported).

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