Ironic

Or so it appears to me. The rage is asleep say the rioters:

The rage in the suburbs is only asleep," said Balastik, a French youth of Mauritanian origin who has been jobless since dropping out of school seven years ago and is dreaming of a career as a rapper with his band, Styladone. "It wouldn't take much to wake it up again."

Is France also asleep I wonder?