1.   And yet many of us refuse to accept the reality that fractured societies are inherently riskier ones.

2.   A tidal wave of weapons has provided poorer countries with the means to wage wars that are fracturing their societies.

3.   But French society is completely fractured.

4.   Its society is also fractured by class, geography, weak civic institutions and a historic tolerance for frightening levels of violence.

5.   They sow the seeds of divisiveness that could fracture our society along religious lines.