http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7333344.stm
Its good to know that the president called it inexcusable racism as anything less would be unacceptable. Absolutely dispecable for what they did. I must say though - what the hell is with using Nazi signs for anything racist?
Theol hard part is trying to determine is this incident is isolated or connected to anything - something which I'm sure their police will investigate. Should we run around screaming that Europe is going to pull another holocaust? Probably not...but we should still be careful to make sure that if these responses happen, its because of people's fear and reaction to immigrants (Which happens whenever a population absorbs a group of people that are different enough) instead of an actual hatred (Which...isn't...good).
A pig's head was hung from one headstone and slogans insulting Islam and France's Muslim justice minister were daubed on other graves.
President Nicolas Sarkozy condemned the attack as a "hateful act" and the "most inadmissible kind of racism".
About 78,000 colonial subjects of France, including many Muslims from North Africa, died in the war.
The Notre Dame de Lorette war cemetery, near Arras in northern France, is on the site of some of WWI's largest battles.
About 100 police officers have been sent to the cemetery to investigate the incident.
President Sarkozy has called for the rapid detention and punishment of those responsible.
In a similar attack in April 2007, Nazi slogans and swastikas were painted on about 50 graves in the Muslim section of the cemetery. Two men were sentenced to a year in prison for that act.
Its good to know that the president called it inexcusable racism as anything less would be unacceptable. Absolutely dispecable for what they did. I must say though - what the hell is with using Nazi signs for anything racist?
Theol hard part is trying to determine is this incident is isolated or connected to anything - something which I'm sure their police will investigate. Should we run around screaming that Europe is going to pull another holocaust? Probably not...but we should still be careful to make sure that if these responses happen, its because of people's fear and reaction to immigrants (Which happens whenever a population absorbs a group of people that are different enough) instead of an actual hatred (Which...isn't...good).