The chaos after PSG's Champions League win wasn't a celebration — it was a breakdown of public order. Burned vehicles, destroyed street furniture and mortars being fired drove away families and honest fans who just wanted to celebrate. France can't keep pretending this is normal every time a soccer club wins a trophy.
Focusing only on the destruction erases what actually happened — thousands of people came together for a massive, joyful public celebration. The vandals who trashed Paris are a loud minority who deserve serious consequences, but they don't define the night. Parisians deserve to celebrate victories in peace, and that joy is worth protecting.
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