'Battle of Algiers'

I recently read "Paris: A Biography of a City" by Colin Jones. In it, he discusses the Algerian battle for independence as it took place in the Parisian streets.

It's probably one of the few if not only times that a conquered nation fought for independence inside its conquering nation.

However, in the book, Jones references a massacre that took place where thousands of Algieran nationals were peacefully protesting in Paris. Police showed up. Tempers flared. Next thing you know there are dead Algerians floating in the Seine.

Mind you, this is the 1960s. The French government over the next 30 years publically denied that the masscre ever took place and not after three decades did they formally admit to the affair. It's like the United States denying that the Civil Rights movement ever took place.

If governments weren't so stupid, we'd probably vote more.