The Fall Of France (Repeat)

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30694811

Furore over novel depicting Muslim-run France

The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris reports on the publication of a provocative new book which depicts France as an Islamicised country where universities are compelled to teach the Koran, women are made to wear the veil and polygamy is lawful.

In the year 2022, France has continued its slow collapse and a Muslim party leader takes over as the country's new president.

Women are encouraged to leave their jobs and unemployment falls. Crime evaporates in the banlieues. Veils become the norm and polygamy is authorised.

Universities are made to teach the Koran.

Torpid and decadent, the population reverts to its collaborationist instincts. It accepts the new Islamist France.

(continued)

[piscator]

France through the eyes of his own narcissism...

Mr Houellebecq said the wider theme of his book is the return of religion to the centre of human existence, and the demise of the Enlightenment ideas that have prevailed since the 18th Century.

"The return of religion is a worldwide movement, a tidal wave… Atheism is too sad… I think right now we are living through the end of a historic movement which began centuries ago, at the end of the Middle Ages," he told Le Figaro.

In the end Mr Houellebecq implies in his interviews that the return of religion is a good thing - he says he himself is no longer atheist - and that even Islam is better than the existential emptiness of Enlightenment Man.

"In the end the Koran turns out to be much better than I thought, now that I've re-read it - or rather, read it," he told Paris Review.

...Even the Koran is better than the Abyss? Really?

[Hermit]

France through the eyes of his own narcissism...

Mr Houellebecq said the wider theme of his book is the return of religion to the centre of human existence, and the demise of the Enlightenment ideas that have prevailed since the 18th Century.

"The return of religion is a worldwide movement, a tidal wave… Atheism is too sad… I think right now we are living through the end of a historic movement which began centuries ago, at the end of the Middle Ages," he told Le Figaro.

In the end Mr Houellebecq implies in his interviews that the return of religion is a good thing - he says he himself is no longer atheist - and that even Islam is better than the existential emptiness of Enlightenment Man.

"In the end the Koran turns out to be much better than I thought, now that I've re-read it - or rather, read it," he told Paris Review.

...Even the Koran is better than the Abyss? Really?

Houellebecq is an idiot. As for "sad" atheism, hasn't he looked at the statistics concerning its rise over the past few decades? Here is a graph about atheism in Australia illustrating its growth in one country. And no, trends in crime rates or morality have not been adversely affected by it. There are others he might care to look at.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Houellebecq has always been an attention seeker. He will say anything and write anything to try and shock. Meh.

[Calilasseia]

Why does this individual have a surname that looks as if it should be on the label of a bottle of poncy vermouth?

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Why does this individual have a surname that looks as if it should be on the label of a bottle of poncy vermouth?

More to the point, why spell "Wellbeck" in such a poncy way?!

[JimC]

After recent events in Paris, I'm rather thinking France may go in the opposite direction, with reprisals and savage restrictions on islamic activities.

A suggestion - for every person killed in a country by avowed islamic fundamentalist, one mosque in that country, picked at random, is bulldozed...

[piscator]

Just gut it and rent the space cheap to hookers. It's Frencher. Minarets can be the new international symbol for "Cathouse".

[Seth]

After recent events in Paris, I'm rather thinking France may go in the opposite direction, with reprisals and savage restrictions on islamic activities.

A suggestion - for every person killed in a country by avowed islamic fundamentalist, one mosque in that country, picked at random, is bulldozed...

Bulldozed my ass. JDAMed with extreme prejudice during prayer time. Enough is enough. I want to see all the "peaceful" Muslims in the world rising up and exterminating these "radicals" to prove that they are not silent conspirators, which is what I suspect. They could at least rat them out to the authorities, but noooooo....

[Ian]

On that note, I'll mention a neat little perk of my job. My work has absolutely nothing to do with counter-terrorism, but I do have access to view videos of airstrikes against ISIS. Every few days at work I watch a highlights compilation: a drone's-eye view of the moments before and after the most recent strikes. It's grainy, black and white, and there's no audio, but it can be interesting to see - or at least satisfying to have on in a pop-up window on my computer screen, kinda like a news channel. The really good ones are those where the zoom is close enough to see individuals before the missile hits, rather than just a building or a vehicle. There's usually a 2-second window where they start running as they hear the sound of the missile. An overhead view of a few AK-sporting jihadis standing around, then suddenly they start running and then kaboom... they go to Paradise. It's good to put on when I'm having lunch at my desk, especially on days like this.

[pErvinalia]

After recent events in Paris, I'm rather thinking France may go in the opposite direction, with reprisals and savage restrictions on islamic activities.

A suggestion - for every person killed in a country by avowed islamic fundamentalist, one mosque in that country, picked at random, is bulldozed...

Bulldozed my ass. JDAMed with extreme prejudice during prayer time. Enough is enough. I want to see all the "peaceful" Muslims in the world rising up and exterminating these "radicals" to prove that they are not silent conspirators, which is what I suspect. They could at least rat them out to the authorities, but noooooo....

You're a genius. Bombing peaceful Muslims is hardly going to convince them to rise up and exterminate radical islamists. They are more likely to rise up and exterminate radicals like yourself.

[pErvinalia]

On that note, I'll mention a neat little perk of my job. My work has absolutely nothing to do with counter-terrorism, but I do have access to view videos of airstrikes against ISIS. Every few days at work I watch a highlights compilation: a drone's-eye view of the moments before and after the most recent strikes. It's grainy, black and white, and there's no audio, but it can be interesting to see - or at least satisfying to have on in a pop-up window on my computer screen, kinda like a news channel. The really good ones are those where the zoom is close enough to see individuals before the missile hits, rather than just a building or a vehicle. There's usually a 2-second window where they start running as they hear the sound of the missile. An overhead view of a few AK-sporting jihadis standing around, then suddenly they start running and then kaboom... they go to Paradise. It's good to put on when I'm having lunch at my desk, especially on days like this.

Do you get any juicy views of women and children being blown up?

[cronus]

It says on the news there is going to be a huge effort to unify and avoid extreme elements like those on the right exploiting the situation. Much easier with it being a left wing cartoon that was attacked.

[Svartalf]

My foot, we just sell weaponry to and buy oil from those who bankroll islamic terrorism

[Seth]

After recent events in Paris, I'm rather thinking France may go in the opposite direction, with reprisals and savage restrictions on islamic activities.

A suggestion - for every person killed in a country by avowed islamic fundamentalist, one mosque in that country, picked at random, is bulldozed...

Bulldozed my ass. JDAMed with extreme prejudice during prayer time. Enough is enough. I want to see all the "peaceful" Muslims in the world rising up and exterminating these "radicals" to prove that they are not silent conspirators, which is what I suspect. They could at least rat them out to the authorities, but noooooo....

You're a genius. Bombing peaceful Muslims is hardly going to convince them to rise up and exterminate radical islamists. They are more likely to rise up and exterminate radicals like yourself.

Well, I was thinking radical-filled mosques. One should be selective in such things.