While in many cultures it's customary to light fireworks on New Year's Eve. In France they set cars on fire:
Fears of a new outbreak of street violence in France have prompted many areas to ban the sale of petrol in cans.
Setting fire to cars on New Year's Eve has become a tradition among lawless youths on estates with large immigrant populations in the Parisian suburbs and Strasbourg.
But don't call them "thugs." That would be rude.
Posted by floridacracker at December 28, 2005 12:09 PM