Just a Frenchie

This journalist infiltrated 1 police station (commissariat). There's thousands of police stations in France. Writing a book about the violence in THIS police station will make people think that ALL the policemen of ALL the police stations are violent... Always the same story: take a sample and make it general: shame on the medias ! I hope this guy will not be arrested for over-speeding: he could have bad time !

Thank you Norman for this link. No surprise: Le Monde, a left-wing newspaper, says that the "word" (ensauvagement) comes from the extreme right ... So, it's "racist" ... So, it's "wrong". .. But, as I said, they distract public opinion from the real issues (the facts) by arguing about words. And journalists feast on these quarrels over words that make it possible to gain an audience ... I'm quite sure that the members here live in quiet places: it's good for them ! I lived a few years north of Paris (department 93) and I was able to see the facts in places where the laws of the republic are refused and where the cops do not even dare to patrol. It was a long time ago and I am happy to now live in the countryside ! An interesting media to appreciate the facts and nothing but the facts on a daily basis: https://actu17.fr/ (this is a media created by the police)

What is sad in our society today is that we give more importance to words than to facts. The facts, if accurately described, cannot be denied. For words, we can always dispute them because the same word sometimes has several official definitions or will be understood differently by several people. Words are often viciously manipulated to assert an ideology or to put a person (or a group of people) into a category. So there may be a few racist acts perpetrated by a few police officers, but the media talk about "racism in the police" and many people understand that ALL police officers ARE racist ... If you look at the definition of "sauvage"on the internet, you will find several definitions. "Ensauvagement" is to become a "sauvage" (wild ?), but what definition of "sauvage" are we talking about ? I think for Darmanin a "sauvage" is someone who refuses to obey the laws of society. The "ensauvagement" of society is therefore the fact that certain groups of people no longer respect French laws. That is, IMO, exactly what is happening. As the head of all the police forces, Darmanin cannot do much, because our police officers are doing their job. On the other hand, justice is too slow and too soft. For example, no criminal receiving a sentence of less than 2 years in prison will go behind bars, especially because there is not enough room in jails. Someone sentenced to 18 years will be automatically released after 6 years, etc. So potential criminals know they are unlikely to be really punished ! This is why the Minister of Justice Dupont-Moretti does not accept the term "ensauvagement". He prefers to say "a feeling of insecurity" to more lightly describe the sad reality. By using the term "feeling" he tries to make people understand that there is no real insecurity but only a feeling ... Vicious, isn't it ? The police face the actions of offenders. Justice manipulates words ... The President does not want to do anything because he fears a revolution in the suburbs of big cities (it nearly happened in 2005) and, moreover, by the Constitution, Justice does not depend on him ... Poor France !

Agree with Lori ! It's permanent Bla-bla-bla and a lot of talking about the regulations, the police, etc... But, at the end of the day, no punishment at all ! If everybody knows that they can break the rules without being in trouble, why would they stick to the regulations ? Our Minister of interior (Darmanin) shows himself everywhere all the time but it leads to nothing as it is a problem of Justice only !

We had an enormous crop last year, on 1 plant only. OH put them raw in bags straight into the freezer and uses 1 or 2 when she needs for a recipe (she likes spicy things...). We had so many that we didn't grow them this year as we have more than enough before next summer.

@Noisette: Knowing that I'm not the only one who struggles reassures me in a way... My wife and I not having the same mother tongue helps a lot as we both go to the essential, forgetting the complex nuances. And the body language helps as well ! In 2006, I renovated a big house here in the Vendée (4 flats) for a French customer who was living and working in the UK for 20 years. I never met him and we were only exchanging mails. He had lost so much of his French that we ended communicating in English ! How weird between 2 French men ... But it worked well...

Hi all ! I’m a newbie on this forum, so I dare introduce myself a little : I live in the Vendée. I’m a retired multi-skill builder (artisan en Multi-Service Bâtiment). My wife is Welsh and we have a dog called Maverick (Golden Retriever). Despite the fact that my wife speaks good French, we speak English at home all the time. I start to realize that the English words come to me more and more easily but sometimes, I struggle to remember French ones if she asks. Am I loosing my mother tongue ? Is there members here in a similar situation ??