Friday, February 15, 2008

Denmark in flames

A burning school. Photo borrowed from www.eb.dk - taken by Kristian Linnemann.

For 6 nights fires have been started around the country. Last night private residences, cars and schools were burnt. Firefighters rushing from one place to the other, police cars patrolling the area near school.

Some people have been arrested.

The major problem about it all is that the firestarters are children; aged 15-17.
They're angry immigrants and children of immigrants, violently protesting an assault against a 65 year old immigrant and his son.

What gives them the right to burn buildings and cars, endangering innocent people - other immigrants among those - I really don't know.
It's pathetic and childish to act out like this because of one cop's outburst.

The punishment for starting fires that doesn't end up with death is rather mild - why can't these people be prosecuted like terrorists? That IS what they are.

Randomly starting fires throughout the whole country and inflicting fear and damage worth millions - that is in my opinion terror.
And they need to be punished as such.

There needs to be zero tolerance with this malicious damage and endangering of people's lives and safety.

But the politicians of this country don't see that there is litterally a riot, on the verge of civil war, going on.

I wonder, how many lives must be lost before the military is brought in to stop these kids?

And this post has absolutely nothing to do with them being immigrants - I feel the exact same way about the young men and women that started fires, destroying for millions, because they wanted a house........

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