Nhampton

I just heard a BBC report that the French woman who said she was
attacked fabricated the story.

Poldy

In article <[email protected] >,
[email protected] (nhampton) wrote:

    > I just heard a BBC report that the French woman who said she was
    > attacked fabricated the story.

Yeah a lot of people got excited over nothing didn't they?

Charles Hawtrey

poldy <[email protected]> climbed onto an orange crate and shouted:

    >In article <[email protected] >,
    > [email protected] (nhampton) wrote:
    >> I just heard a BBC report that the French woman who said she was
    >> attacked fabricated the story.
    >Yeah a lot of people got excited over nothing didn't they?

Unfortunately the backlash over this woman's fabrication may obscure
the fact that France has a real problem with anti-semitic (and
anti-Arab) incidents. There's now a convenient point of reference for
those who prefer to believe that the incidents are all made up, blown
out of proportion etc.


--
"Politicians & Diapers Need To Be Changed For The Same Reason"
(seen on a bumper sticker)

Aramis

Oh good - now I can go from thinking this ALWAYS happens to thinking it
NEVER happens.

I feel so much more in control now.



"nhampton" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > I just heard a BBC report that the French woman who said she was
    > attacked fabricated the story.

Runge

A real problem??
A couple of teenagers wanting fame cos of course the more medias talk about
it, the more others will do it
Those so called nazis are against jews and arabs, they forgot arabs wrere
Reich's allies at one time
It's not a real issue in France, it's an issue for reporters

"Charles Hawtrey" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de
news:[email protected]...
    > poldy <[email protected]> climbed onto an orange crate and shouted:
    > >In article <[email protected] >,
    > > [email protected] (nhampton) wrote:
    > >
    > >> I just heard a BBC report that the French woman who said she was
    > >> attacked fabricated the story.
    > >
    > >Yeah a lot of people got excited over nothing didn't they?
    > Unfortunately the backlash over this woman's fabrication may obscure
    > the fact that France has a real problem with anti-semitic (and
    > anti-Arab) incidents. There's now a convenient point of reference for
    > those who prefer to believe that the incidents are all made up, blown
    > out of proportion etc.
    > --
    > "Politicians & Diapers Need To Be Changed For The Same Reason"
    > (seen on a bumper sticker)

Magda

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:18:57 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, poldy <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :

... In article <[email protected] >,
... [email protected] (nhampton) wrote:
...
... > I just heard a BBC report that the French woman who said she was
... > attacked fabricated the story.
...
... Yeah a lot of people got excited over nothing didn't they?


A follow-up...


PARIS, July 27 (UPI) -- A French court has ordered four months of psychotherapy for a
woman who fabricated a story about being attacked by anti-Semitic Arabic youths.
Marie-Leonie Leblanc, 23, was also placed on probation for two years as a result of the
uproar created July 9, when she walked into a police station with her story, Britain's
Guardian reported Tuesday.
She claimed none of her fellow passengers on a subway moved a muscle as the youths slashed
her clothes, cut off locks of her hair, knocked over her 13-month-old baby's stroller and
scrawled swastikas on her stomach with a marker.
She retracted her story four days later, saying she had inflicted the wounds on herself.
She told the judge she merely wanted attention from her family and boyfriend. She said she
had no idea of the ramifications her yarn would create.
Asked why she had pointed the finger at north Africans and blacks, she said: "When I watch
the television, they are always the ones who are blamed."

jbk

Why don't they sentence Chirac and his cretins the same way? They
tell way more whoppers than this, all while getting their hands
greased by corrupt businessmen. What's good for foie gras is good for
zee gander after all.


On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:29:30 +0200, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:18:57 GMT, in rec.travel.europe, poldy <[email protected]> arranged
    >some electrons, so they looked like this :
    > ... In article <[email protected] >,
    > ... [email protected] (nhampton) wrote:
    > ...
    > ... > I just heard a BBC report that the French woman who said she was
    > ... > attacked fabricated the story.
    > ...
    > ... Yeah a lot of people got excited over nothing didn't they?
    >A follow-up...
    >PARIS, July 27 (UPI) -- A French court has ordered four months of psychotherapy for a
    >woman who fabricated a story about being attacked by anti-Semitic Arabic youths.
    >Marie-Leonie Leblanc, 23, was also placed on probation for two years as a result of the
    >uproar created July 9, when she walked into a police station with her story, Britain's
    >Guardian reported Tuesday.
    >She claimed none of her fellow passengers on a subway moved a muscle as the youths slashed
    >her clothes, cut off locks of her hair, knocked over her 13-month-old baby's stroller and
    >scrawled swastikas on her stomach with a marker.
    >She retracted her story four days later, saying she had inflicted the wounds on herself.
    >She told the judge she merely wanted attention from her family and boyfriend. She said she
    >had no idea of the ramifications her yarn would create.
    >Asked why she had pointed the finger at north Africans and blacks, she said: "When I watch
    >the television, they are always the ones who are blamed."

Poldy

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

    > Why don't they sentence Chirac and his cretins the same way? They
    > tell way more whoppers than this, all while getting their hands
    > greased by corrupt businessmen. What's good for foie gras is good for
    > zee gander after all.

Oh gee, and you won't include Bush.