Tuesday - November 08, 2005

Most Ridiculous Item Of The Day (so far)

ATTENTION: Les Fwenchies have decided the recent riots, pillaging and shooting by MOOS-lims is partly the fault of .... bloggers. It don’t get any crazier than that, folks! Les Gendarmes have arrested two Fwench bloggers who they say were “inciting” the riots. This is absolutley astounding. I never realized we bloggers had this much power. I’ll have to be real careful in the future or else one of you gentle readers might decide to burn down Detroit or Los Angeles because of some “inciteful” statement I made ....

Bloggers Who Urged Rioters Investigated
- PARIS (AP)

Paris prosecutors opened an inquiry Tuesday into two young bloggers who urged French youths to riot and revolt against the police, a judicial official said. The youths, a 16-year-old French teen and an 18-year-old with Ghanian nationality, were detained Monday in the Paris region, the official said.

They were to be placed under investigation, a step short of formal charges, for inciting harm to people and property over the Internet, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because French law bars the disclosure of information from ongoing investigations. The charge carries a risk of up to five years in prison and a $52,800 fine.

The blog, called “hardcore,” was run by the 18-year-old, and the younger teen posted comments on it, the official said. A 14-year-old was also questioned Monday in the southern city of Aix-en-Provence and was released.

In 12 days of unrest in France, bloggers have posted appeals for calm alongside insults targeting police, threats of more violence and warnings that the unrest will feed support for France’s anti- immigration extreme right.

One of the blogs was called “sarkodead” _ a reference to law-and-order Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who inflamed passions when he called troublemakers “scum.” Both “sarkodead” and “hardcore” were hosted by Skyblog, a branch of the popular Skyrock radio station.

The blogs were taken off line this weekend, and the radio station cooperated with police by giving information to track down people who incited violence, judicial officials said.

Posted by The Skipper     on 11/08/2005 at 03:40 PM   
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