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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Nov 13, 2015 17:16:59 GMT -5
So apparently, the public debate is about to take a major shift to the right : Paris was just the theatre of 2 suicide bombers, 2 random shoot outs and a hostage situation in a concert hall still going on with shooters loose on the streets... Over 40 dead and counting, in the very center of the city, while France was playing a friendly game against Germany in football.  |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 13, 2015 18:10:32 GMT -5
Fucking cowards is right. Pig-fucking cowards.
After all these years marked by terrorism, I still can't get my head around the idea of people who are ready to murder innocents to make a point. It's just insane; it's just evil.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Nov 13, 2015 18:17:50 GMT -5
It's crusade times, you'd think people had learned...  La France est forte, la france est laïque, et nous en sommes fier, plus que de n'importe quoi d'autre, ils ne nous feront pas changer, ni prier. Mais c'est un nouveau 11 septembre auquel nous assistons, ne nous trompons pas. Reste à savoir si nous allons répondre de la même manière qu'il y a 14 ans. Love to you all. I'll go cool down outside. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2015 18:20:48 GMT -5
Eagles of Death Metal were playing a sold out show at the Concert Venue. reports are that the gunmen are inside still with over 100 hostages. (i really, really hope some survive this  ) |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Nov 13, 2015 18:22:44 GMT -5
Apparently he just made himself explode!!!
Edit : there were at least 3 terrorist in the venue, they attacked in the middle of the show with grenades. There's over 100 victims there alone...
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Post by shaxper on Nov 13, 2015 19:00:52 GMT -5
Arthur, I'm having my wife type this for me while I drive. Heard the news and instantly thought of you. So glad you're ok and so upset about what is happening.Stay safe. You and all of France are in my thoughts.
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Post by Farrar on Nov 13, 2015 19:57:37 GMT -5
Horrible. Please stay safe.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2015 0:49:33 GMT -5
Stay Strong AGS! My heritage is French Canadian, I am a Bastille Day baby and my family is of French descent, and I still have distant family in Paris, so I was shoked and appalled when I saw this when I got home from work an hour ago. My god, the world we live in.  Vive la France! In this we are one world together and together we must stand. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2015 7:21:35 GMT -5
Arthur, I just don't know what to say to you but my hearts goes out to you, your family, and your fellow citizens in this heartless sense of violence that centers on the capital of France. I visited Paris twice in my lifetime and it's full of culture, arts, history, and one of the most iconic cities in Europe being treated in this fashion that beyond my scope of imagination of the horrors that you and your loved ones are experiencing.
Stay safe and I'm thinking of you as always.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Nov 14, 2015 7:47:42 GMT -5
I was very moved to see the people evacuating the Stade de France spontaneously singing the Marseillaise.
Les Gaulois restent irréductibles!
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Post by wildfire2099 on Nov 14, 2015 8:06:41 GMT -5
Watching the news last night reminded me way too much of 9/11 for comfort. I can only hope it leads to a good resolution of the issues in Syria in particular and the Middle East in general.
Glad you're OK, Arthur!
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Post by the4thpip on Nov 14, 2015 9:21:20 GMT -5
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Post by Phil Maurice on Nov 14, 2015 9:44:48 GMT -5
A shocking and horrible attack on a beautiful, vibrant city and its good people. I echo the sentiments of others here and am saddened and disgusted by these craven acts. All our thoughts are with France today.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Nov 14, 2015 12:25:04 GMT -5
I got home fr work last night and my wife told me about this. I am glad that you are safe Arthur. My wife having watched/read as it went on said it reminded her of 9/11 here in the US. I hope to hear good news updates in this thread as I'm not sure I want to see anything firsthand via news media.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Nov 14, 2015 13:42:28 GMT -5
My son spent two months in Europe after he graduated high school. Mostly in Belgium, but also a week in Paris. He was there for Bastille Day 2013 and he fell in love with the city. He called last night and was very upset. The father and the older brother of the girl he loves live in Paris. They're fine. But it's shaken her and him.
My thoughts are with all of you, Arthur.
#Parisisaboutlife.
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