I love Paris in the fall

I am of two minds of the Paris riots. On one hand, I can relate with the fear the French must have right now, and the anger that must be building for the recent violence.

On the other hand- I can empathize with the deep rooted acrimony the immigrant youths must feel if the environment is as people describe.

It's a complex issue with a depth that can't be summarized in our dailies headlines or our 6 o'clock news soundbites. Much like North American Natives, sometimes people feel comfortable when the second class citizens are pushed out of direct view.

On the other hand- the Government has a duty to protect the peace, and more specifically- create an environment conducive to production of economic means. It has to protect the middle class, because they are the workforce. If they feel threatened, productivity will drop, and the National Production Level will plummet, our Balance of Payments will slip into deficit, and the economy will quickly fall into ruin. All careful economic planning will be for not, and it's possible the economy will never recover.

Alarmist? Perhaps!
Realistic? Perhaps not!

All I know is that without security- productivity plummets. Also- a safe worker is a worker consuming goods and services and a susceptible target for marketing campaigns - which also keeps the whole economy strolling along.

And that's what I learned in my MBA so far.
Organizational Behavior, HR, Economics, Marketing and Accounting (Accountants are always alarmist, but call themselves realists).