France riots 2005 - a beginning of a new Dark Age?

Gosh! Looks like a scene out of a Hollywood blockbuster doesn’t it?

But this is true, its happening, and its happening in the place almost every human drools for.. the heart of Europe, France!

Honestly, if it were a picture out of Asia or S. America or something, this wouldn’t even have made international news. But it happening in one of the Veto nations, has its own aftershocks across the planet.

Immigration is an interesting proposition staring the world in its face. And especially Muslim immigration. In France too, it’s the North African Arab population that’s being blamed.

I am unable to understand the game. Is it the whites vs. the blacks? Or the whites vs. the immigrants? Or the whites vs. the blacks vs. the browns vs. the Asians? Or is it Christians vs. the Muslims and at times, other religions? Oh boy the world seems to be more complicated than it ever was. The lines between friends and enemies is blurred beyond recognition. As much as I hate “ghettoism” and segregations based on race, community or religion, I guess free thinkers like me are going to have a difficult time in the near future. Simply because, the 21st century is proving to be a radical thought driven century.

I fear. I fear because this time, the western world is facing the brunt. I have always been an admirer of the western world. Notwithstanding that they made colonies and looted countries in the past, it is the west that has given the values of equality, liberty and individual freedom. I shudder to consider a life in the dark ages. The west stands as a shining example of what the world can become, and has always striven to become. An attack on the west, a depletion in their forces, spells doom.

I wonder who will dominate after the west is depleted. Radical religious forces? Freedom hating communists? Monarchs? Democracy, freedom of speech, freedom to travel and indulge in business, equal justice, a “servant” government rather than a “ruler” government… all the new age adages will be thrown in the trash bin.

Is the fall of the west, the mark of the entry of the dark ages?