For the seventh day in a row, teenagers have rioted in Paris. They are rioting because they have been on the edge of violence for a long time. Much like the LA riots, people who have been harassed and beaten down long enough will take any reason to riot. I do not think it is important as to what specific incident started a riot, the point is that if people are willing to burn down the area in which they live, there is something very wrong. Content people don’t riot when something horrible happens, they take to the street in peaceful protests, or handle it in the courts, or fire people, or elect new people into office. People with no hope, and no way to change anything, they burn shit down.