Paris Subway Firebombed

So, the French got tough by instituting CURFEWS. (Feel that chill run up and down your spine!) What is the result? A subway was firebombed and two superstores were burned to the ground, and the riots still stretch from the northern border to the sourthern border, and from the eastern to the western border. French officials claim fewer cars were torched, as a sign that the unrest has passed its peak. Call me cynical, but I can not help wonder whether the lack of burning cars is a sign of peace, or a sign that there are no cars left to burn?