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[seawolfnyy]

My heart goes out to the victims and citizens of France for the horrendous and cowardly attacks across the city. I studied criminology and terrorism for 4 years and it still baffles me how people can commit acts like this. Tonight my thoughts are with the Parisians and as well as the victims of the terrorist attack yesterday in Beirut, Lebanon.

[Simon]

Fair play.  Echoed.

 

Just came back psyched, after a second showing of SPECTRE, to see This.  Unreal.

[seawolfnyy]

[Hockey Mask]

Good wins out in the end.

Prayers from the U.S.

[SecretAgentFan]

This is just terrible.  Total nightmare.  Shellshocked.

[DamnCoffee]

This is why the world needs someone like James Bond.

 

Awful, awful news. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by these terrible acts.

[thecasinoroyale]

I echo the above - may everyone in and around Paris here stay safe. I went to bed actually feeling so low for the state of the world and what happens to the innocent people out there. So sad.

 

Confirmed as a retaliation by IS for the French air-strikes carried out.

[seawolfnyy]

The wise Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., once said "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." We stand with you Paris.

[Dustin]

Terrible.

[Bryce (003)]

Just horrific. Indeed, the threats in the world aren't on a map. Faceless and countryless. Shutting down a city after something like this is one thing, but when it shuts down an entire country's borders within an hour, it's terrifying. I just got a text from a friend who was on a flight direct to Paris last night. She's safely there, but said that CDG and customs looked like a military lockdown.

 

Scary stuff.

[stromberg]

Still horrified about this. Watched the football match on TV yesterday and heard the blasts, but didn't think that it would end in something like this. And now I've heard that those stadium bombers had tickets for that match...

[Dustin]

Luckily whoever was in charge of security yesterday acted quickly.

[seawolfnyy]

I don't even want to imagine what would have happened had those bombs gone off in the stadium.

[Tarl_Cabot]

The President says that ISIS is "contained" just a day before the attacks…he looks like an idiot par excellence.  How about you elevate the goals for taking on ISIS Mr president? 

[Tarl_Cabot]

The day before the attacks I had been binge watching a documentary series(BBC) on Netflix called ZERO HOUR, a show about major events such as terrorists attacks , disasters and infamous shootings…etc. I watched epos ides about the French airline highjacking in Marsailles in 1994, the Oklahoma city bombing, 9-11, and the Bali bombings of 2002…very erie to discover the news as it unfolded. Very sorry to hear about the latest terrorism event.   I also have a friend in Paris right now…glad she's OK. 

[Hockey Mask]

The President says that ISIS is "contained" just a day before the attacks…he looks like an idiot par excellence.  How about you elevate the goals for taking on ISIS Mr president? 

Classy.

[seawolfnyy]

 

The President says that ISIS is "contained" just a day before the attacks…he looks like an idiot par excellence.  How about you elevate the goals for taking on ISIS Mr president? 

Classy.

 

Yeah, right? I can't argue about the timing. The administration has tried to clarify their meaning, but after the events in Paris and Lebanon, it really can't be justified. That said, Secretary of State John Kerry announced today that a deal is being worked with several countries to work with the government in Syria to both oust ISIS and end the civil war, once and for all. You know, a peaceful solution, rather than another ill-advised invasion. Because that worked out so well last time....twice.

[Dustin]

Gentlemen, it's probably to be expected that at some point a discussion of the attacks might conceivably drift off into territory of a more politically inspired nature.

I'm perfectly confident we will be able to avoid such a turn with respect to the people who can now no longer inform us of their opinion on the matter.

Thank you.

[Tarl_Cabot]

Gentlemen, it's probably to be expected that at some point a discussion of the attacks might conceivably drift off into territory of a more politically inspired nature.

I'm perfectly confident we will be able to avoid such a turn with respect to the people who can now no longer inform us of their opinion on the matter.

Thank you.

I can see how that post was inappropriate. 

[Dustin]

Not to worry.

[Hockey Mask]

France has begun bombing ISIS in Syria.

It's an ugly, complicated world we live in sometimes.

[seawolfnyy]

It's also sad to see how little coverage the incidents in Beirut and Baghdad get in comparison to Paris.

[Surrie]

Tragic situation - which has left me with a sick feeling since Friday. What is important now in the wake of these events is that the world sticks together. A group of extermists whose only goal is to incite terrror and fear into Western cultures must not succumb to such pressures - even in the face of such tradegy. The world is quick to turn it's back on communities creating even more secularisation, which in turn aids the process of radicalising vulnerable individuals towards a group they believe 'understands them', and an extermist group that will make them believe that 'this is where you belong'. 

 

We must stick together, and not react the way ISIS want us to. 

[YOLT]

It's also sad to see how little coverage the incidents in Beirut and Baghdad get in comparison to Paris.

And also Ankara where over 100 people killed by ISIS.

[seawolfnyy]

 

It's also sad to see how little coverage the incidents in Beirut and Baghdad get in comparison to Paris.

And also Ankara where over 100 people killed by ISIS.

 

Good point. Or Nigeria, where 2000, mostly women and children, were slaughtered by Boko Haram.

[Single-O-Seven]

 

 

It's also sad to see how little coverage the incidents in Beirut and Baghdad get in comparison to Paris.

And also Ankara where over 100 people killed by ISIS.

 

Good point. Or Nigeria, where 2000, mostly women and children, were slaughtered by Boko Haram.

 

 

 

I certainly mean no disrespect to those additional tragedies, and they are horrible in their own right, but to put it simply places like Baghdad and Beirut simply aren't Paris. They aren't locations that resonate with the average person, as they don't have the allure, the romance and the appeal for the global traveller the way Paris does.  The attack on Paris resonated in a way that people the world over can sympathize with better than a place like Baghdad ever could simply because of the position Paris holds in the hearts and minds of the world. And it's quite obvious that groups like ISIS know this. It's the reason they will seek more targets like Paris or London or New York or Tokyo, simply because of the way such attacks not only directly effect those involved, but also send ripples across the world.

[SecretAgentFan]

Um, that was phrased rather badly, I hope.

 

Any place which has to suffer from terrorism does not have to have "the allure, the romance or the appeal for a global traveller the way Paris does" to resonate with anybody.

 

The sheer brutality needlessly inflicted on innocent human beings will and must shock regardless of where it occurs.

 

It is true, however, that with a terror attack in the Western world the shock is bigger because more unexpected.

[Single-O-Seven]

Yes, as I said in the opening sentence, there's no excuse for attacks on innocents anywhere. I'm sorry if I didn't get that across the way I meant to. It's a touchy thing to try and explain without seeming insensitive. But the Western world has been a soft place for decades and the media has made us "used to" the idea of violence in places like the Middle East. When we see a Paris or London or New York style attack it makes us realize the violence that afflicts those elsewhere is beginning to creep up on the west as well, and no one is immune. It's a bitter pill the world needs to swallow.