Guadeloupe marchers converge on strike talks

PITRE, Guadeloupe - Shops in this French island's biggest city opened Monday for the first time in more than a month, but then slammed their doors shut as thousands of chanting protesters marched to a meeting ...

[Fed Up with Stupidity]

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. Instead of punishing everyone in the country and killing innocent people, perhaps someone should explain that the way to get money is to work for it. This is how the shop owners got their money, why should they be punished?

[Legacy of class system]

Actually many of the people who have power are the decendents of slave holders. They have inherited their money from their ancestors who made their money from owning the ancestors of those who are disenfranchised now. Until truely equal opportunities exist for all there will alwqys be unrest and tensions.