Paris Trashed Because Things Aren’t Free in the Ghetto

A radio blitz advertising that a website was going to throw cash from a bus prompted thousands of idiots, losers and ghetto-tastic Parisians to flood the streets in Paris to look for the bus. Only 100,000 Euros were going to be tossed at the crowd, and even if everyone took an equal share, it would have been less than the minimum-wage hourly wage. When the bus didn’t show up, things got all violent and hilarious.

From Reuters here:

A publicity stunt attracted huge crowds hoping for a cash handout and led to serious violence when it was canceled for safety reasons.

Marketing Web site Mailorama.fr was forced to call off its plan to throw envelopes of cash to passers-by from the top of a bus on Saturday after thousands of people turned up and began spilling over security barriers.

The decision to call off the stunt, which had been heavily promoted beforehand, sparked violent scenes in which shop windows were smashed, at least one car was overturned by hooded youths and photographers and cameramen were attacked.

Police in riot gear were called in to break up the disturbances and about 10 people were arrested.

Mailorama.fr said it would donate the 100,000 euros ($148,800) which it had intended to distribute to a charity for the poor.

I really enjoy this type of prank. It exposes the idiocy of giving away other people’s money and shows the character of those that want a handout. Check out a similar prank pulled at a Burlington Coat Factory here.