I thought having multiple wives would keep all the men off the streets, having better things to do than riot. Apparently the French employment minister blames it all on young men with no father figure around......... Makes sense somehow:
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1835158,00.html
'Too many wives' causes unrest
16/11/2005 07:54 - (SA)
London - France's employment minister Gerard Larcher has blamed polygamy as one possible reason for the rioting that affected towns and cities throughout the country, it was reported on Tuesday.
Larcher said multiple marriages among immigrants was one cause of the racial discrimination faced by the country's ethnic minority population in the job market, according to the Financial Times online site.
Large, polygamous families sometimes led to anti-social behaviour by youths who did not have a father figure in the home, which made employers more cautious of hiring staff from ethnic minorities, Larcher reportedly said.
"Since part of society displays this anti-social behaviour, it is not surprising that some of them have difficulties finding work...," the minister was quoted as telling foreign journalists.
"Efforts must be made by both sides. If people are not employable, they will not be employed."