Anyone in Paris?

[cmadrid]

I hope all of our French members are safe!

[mason]

Prayers out to Paris right now. I'm listening to the stream on yahoo.

[kokokoy]

Just read the the terrible news. Praying and hoping for the safety of everyone.

[HoffmanMyster]

No link for context?

* HoffmanMyster googles "Paris"

Edit: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34814203

Paris attacks: Dozens dead and hostages held at Bataclan

[byker]

No link for context?

* HoffmanMyster googles "Paris"

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34814203?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

[HoffmanMyster]

No link for context?

* HoffmanMyster googles "Paris"

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34814203?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

Thanks.  That's awful. 

[raymogi]

I woke up today and my Twitter feed is swamped with the news.

Stay safe people!

[azhdar]

I'm safe boyz, terrible ****.
Grenades thrown into a concert, kamikaze attacks.

[Sent]

Days like this...seriously....*sigh*

Seriously, be safe, azh. 

[cmadrid]

Terrible, glad to hear you're okay (aside from the azerty) tho!


Sorry for the lack of links Hoffman, didn't think it would be needed :O

[jbondeson]

I'm safe boyz, terrible ****.
Grenades thrown into a concert, kamikaze attacks.

Jesus tapdancing christ. Didn't hear about the grenades.

Stay safe, and good luck in the coming days. Hopefully this isn't the start of something bigger.

[mobbo]

Jesus I'm sick to my stomach. Getting facebook notifications when my friends in Paris mark themselves as safe.

Pensées pour Paris.

[Jokrik]

I'm safe boyz, terrible ****.
Grenades thrown into a concert, kamikaze attacks.

You were the first who came up in my mind when I read the new just now
Glad you're okay

[inanis]

This is really terrible news. Stay safe over there.

[Air tree]

I hope this comes to an end soon.

Senseless violence. Damn it.

[bazh]

damn who thought that noise at the end of the match could turn out to be like this



hope our French mates safe

[HoffmanMyster]

Sorry for the lack of links Hoffman, didn't think it would be needed :O

It's all good.  I just got home from work so had no idea what was going on.

[1swt2gs]

I'm safe boyz, terrible ****.
Grenades thrown into a concert, kamikaze attacks.

My first thought was you!

Glad to hear you are safe! Prayers to all the families who were affected.

Edit: heres a live link from BBC for anyone whos interested.

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-34815972

[demik]

Just my ninjas

[GuilleAcoustic]

Safe here too, but heavily showed. They talk of about 110 killed, simultaneous attacks at 3 point :

• France - Germany football match where they used grenades (no injuries)
• Pubs near Republic where they shooted all the pubs in the street (around 42 killed)
• A rock concert at the Bataclan where the shooted the audience during 15minutes, reloading several times (over 70 killed)

I'm sick of this stupid world. What is worth taking someone's life ?

[HoffmanMyster]

Safe here too, but heavily showed. They talk of about 150 killed, simultaneous attacks at 3 point :

• France - Germany football match where they used grenades (no injuries)
• Pubs near Republic where they shouted all the pubs in the street (around 40 killed)
• A rock concert at the Bataclan where the shouted the audience during 15minutes, reloading several times (over 100 killed)

I'm sick of this stupid world. What is worth taking someone's life ?

Wow, that's terrible.  Glad you're okay.

I don't mean to be rude, but I think you mean "shot" (past tense of 'shoot') instead of "shouted".  Just trying to help.

[mobbo]

Safe here too, but heavily showed. They talk of about 110 killed, simultaneous attacks at 3 point :

• France - Germany football match where they used grenades (no injuries)
• Pubs near Republic where they shooted all the pubs in the street (around 42 killed)
• A rock concert at the Bataclan where the shooted the audience during 15minutes, reloading several times (over 70 killed)

I'm sick of this stupid world. What is worth taking someone's life ?

Glad to hear you're safe...this is an unbelievable tragedy.

[GuilleAcoustic]

You aren't rude, my stupid phone autocompleted shooted into shouted... And shocked into showed... Haven't dual checked this post, no like me to not do it...

Plus It was shot and not shoote.... English is not my native language. Everything's not automatic yet.

All my prayer to the families who are crying tonight, the broken dreams, the lost beloved

[tribade]

https://twitter.com/NewsThisSecond?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

158 dead.  What a tragedy.  I've been following the news for hours now and it's just completely left me in shock.

[noisyturtle]

Paris is ****ed. Always some ******* religious terrorist getting butthurt about something trivial.
It's always Paris and it's always Muslims.

[whmeltonjr]

Craziness. Be safe Paris geekhackers.

[Bromono]

Please be safe out there my paris buddies!

God Speed

[heedpantsnow]

Wow. I'm camping so no media access here, thanks for posting this. My thoughts and prayers are with our brothers and sisters in Paris. So sorry to hear about this. So glad Azhdar and other Parisians are okay.

[Photekq]

The scale of this attack is tragic. I hope that nobody here has any family or friends who were injured or had to witness these events.

I've seen a lot of people on social media claim that their heart goes out to the families of those injured while also claiming that "terrorism has no religion" and that "only 0.01% of Muslims agree with these actions". I just hope nobody here will make such statements, as the two statements are mutually exclusive. The latter statement is false and only helps to perpetuate an attitude and environment in Europe which allows these actions to take place, which conflicts with the former.

Attacks like these only make me more steadfast in my views. While nothing can reverse this or possibly replace the people who were lost, I do hope that it will cause people to think long and hard about the direction their countries are heading in. Europe Awake.

[Belfong]

This is just terrible. Paris is such a beautiful city and my heart goes to her and the people there.

Religion might not have anything to do with this but it is religion that is being twisted as a tool to brian washed these crazies to do stuff like this.

[tp4tissue]

The rich think they can police the world. Sigh....  If only this were true.  Sigh......     When the British were here, when the natives said fk off,  there's little they could do.     

Given that genocide is not an option.  No amount of military occupation is enough to truly conquer the Islamic domain.   I really wish they'd try something else.

[iri]

I'm safe boyz

but you are not in Paris, mate.

[baldgye]

The scale of this attack is tragic. I hope that nobody here has any family or friends who were injured or had to witness these events.

I've seen a lot of people on social media claim that their heart goes out to the families of those injured while also claiming that "terrorism has no religion" and that "only 0.01% of Muslims agree with these actions". I just hope nobody here will make such statements, as the two statements are mutually exclusive. The latter statement is false and only helps to perpetuate an attitude and environment in Europe which allows these actions to take place, which conflicts with the former.

Attacks like these only make me more steadfast in my views. While nothing can reverse this or possibly replace the people who were lost, I do hope that it will cause people to think long and hard about the direction their countries are heading in. Europe Awake.

[azhdar]

The country is mourning and will be paralyzed for the next couples of days. Lot of places are closed and it seems that curfews will be in place.

We're still mourning and slowly realising the extent of this event and how it will change a lof of things in France.
But we can't let the mourning of today turn into hate tomorrow. Hate is never the answer. That would make of us people just as bad as them.

Also please people, educate yourself, muslim isn't the ennemy. Some of the muslims are the ennemy.
I have not read it myself but serious intellectuals say that Islam isn't a vindictive religion and that the precepts of the Kuran are being distorded (I'll read the Kuran in a very close future). That wouldn't be the first time that weak-minded people are being lobotomized to serve "bigger purposes".

I also hope no one is forgetting that the West lead by the US is responsible for thousands of death in the East because of wars that should have never happened.
West was the terrorist in those countries.

[Photekq]

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You know, I thought Tommy Robinson was undoubtedly a racist who just tries to incite hatred, but this video did sway me to some degree. Perhaps you'll choose to not watch it but I think you would find it interesting, even if it doesn't sway your opinion of him.

[azhdar]

To give people some perspective of the horror of what happened yesterday at the bataclan:

https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/3spopm/fusillade_%C3%A0_paris_megathread/cwzlxvl

shocking content below :



http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3drvyw_images-de-la-fusillade-au-bataclan_fun

people that managed to escape, bodies on the floor, people being dragged,
the woman hanging by the window is saying "I can't hold anymore, I'm pregnant"
Meanwhile this pig of a journalist is filming not helping

[_PixelNinja]

To give people some perspective of the horror of what happened yesterday at the bataclan:

https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/3spopm/fusillade_%C3%A0_paris_megathread/cwzlxvl

shocking content below :



http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3drvyw_images-de-la-fusillade-au-bataclan_fun

people that managed to escape, bodies on the floor, people being dragged,
the woman hanging by the window is saying "I can't hold anymore, I'm pregnant"
Meanwhile this pig of a journalist is filming not helping

He ended up helping, saving an injured American but getting shot in the arm in the process. That being said, I don't get what his thought process was when he was filming like that and asking "Qu'est-ce qui se passe?" repeatedly when people were obviously in distress. 

[swill]

The country is mourning and will be paralyzed for the next couples of days. Lot of places are closed and it seems that curfews will be in place.

We're still mourning and slowly realising the extent of this event and how it will change a lof of things in France.
But we can't let the mourning of today turn into hate tomorrow. Hate is never the answer. That would make of us people just as bad as them.

Also please people, educate yourself, muslim isn't the ennemy. Some of the muslims are the ennemy.
I have not read it myself but serious intellectuals say that Islam isn't a vindictive religion and that the precepts of the Kuran are being distorded (I'll read the Kuran in a very close future). That wouldn't be the first time that weak-minded people are being lobotomized to serve "bigger purposes".

I also hope no one is forgetting that the West lead by the US is responsible for thousands of death in the East because of wars that should have never happened.
West was the terrorist in those countries.

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Well said. I hope we can learn from tragedies like this with an open mind and not make this about race and religion.

My condolences to everyone's families involved and wish Paris and its citizens a a speedy recovery. 

[Lord of Narwhals]

I've seen a lot of people on social media claim that their heart goes out to the families of those injured while also claiming that "terrorism has no religion" and that "only 0.01% of Muslims agree with these actions". I just hope nobody here will make such statements, as the two statements are mutually exclusive. The latter statement is false and only helps to perpetuate an attitude and environment in Europe which allows these actions to take place, which conflicts with the former.

Attacks like these only make me more steadfast in my views. While nothing can reverse this or possibly replace the people who were lost, I do hope that it will cause people to think long and hard about the direction their countries are heading in. Europe Awake.

Do you honestly believe that most Muslims don't condemn these attacks? Most of the Muslim refugees here in Europe had to flee from their home countries because of ISIL ffs!
Here's an article you should read. Muslims hate ISIL way more than non-Muslims do. After all the vast majority of ISIL's victims are Muslims.

This quote comes to mind:

How many Muslim children have to be lined up and executed by the Taliban before the world recognizes that the oppressed do not deserve to be categorized with their oppressors?

And terrorism has no religion because it is not a person. It is an action, and religion is a tool that can be used to convince people to commit such an action.

What happened in Paris was a tragedy, but the attack shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone. France has been combating ISIL and other Islamic militants since 2013 and if you bomb them then they're going to bomb you back.
To quote some ISIL **** from one of their videos:

As long as you keep bombing you will not live in peace. You will even fear travelling to the market

[Photekq]

Do you honestly believe that most Muslims don't condemn these attacks? Most of the Muslim refugees here in Europe had to flee from their home countries because of ISIL ffs!
Here's an article you should read. Muslims hate ISIL way more than non-Muslims do. After all the vast majority of ISIL's victims are Muslims.

This quote comes to mind:

How many Muslim children have to be lined up and executed by the Taliban before the world recognizes that the oppressed do not deserve to be categorized with their oppressors?

And terrorism has no religion because it is not a person. It is an action, and religion is a tool that can be used to convince people to commit such an action.

I should have been far more clear actually. I didn't properly present my thoughts. You're right, the vast majority of Muslims are against IS and some other terrorist groups, since they not only act against the West but also certain sects of Islam. However, that does not mean that the vast majority of Muslims don't have extremist views. Here are two sources : (1) (2) I believe the first to be biased (Ben Shapiro is a Jewish Zionist, so there's that), so I instead looked towards the second, which is the resource quoted in the video. I believe it to be mostly free of bias. After looking at that source I found the video to be exaggerated in some areas; the numbers that I came to were not quite as high, but were still just as shocking.

Terrorism at this current moment in time absolutely does have an associated religion - a religion that is used to provoke its use - Islam.

What happened in Paris was a tragedy, but the attack shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone. France has been combating ISIL and other Islamic militants since 2013 and if you bomb them then they're going to bomb you back.
To quote some ISIL **** from one of their videos:

As long as you keep bombing you will not live in peace. You will even fear travelling to the market

The attack is not only the product of bombing IS but also of the immigration policy that France (along with the rest of the EU) has had for the past few decades, the lack of integration that comes along with it, and of course the idiotic refugee "crisis".

[swill]

I've seen a lot of people on social media claim that their heart goes out to the families of those injured while also claiming that "terrorism has no religion" and that "only 0.01% of Muslims agree with these actions". I just hope nobody here will make such statements, as the two statements are mutually exclusive. The latter statement is false and only helps to perpetuate an attitude and environment in Europe which allows these actions to take place, which conflicts with the former.

Attacks like these only make me more steadfast in my views. While nothing can reverse this or possibly replace the people who were lost, I do hope that it will cause people to think long and hard about the direction their countries are heading in. Europe Awake.

Do you honestly believe that most Muslims don't condemn these attacks? Most of the Muslim refugees here in Europe had to flee from their home countries because of ISIL ffs!
Here's an article you should read. Muslims hate ISIL way more than non-Muslims do. After all the vast majority of ISIL's victims are Muslims.

This quote comes to mind:

How many Muslim children have to be lined up and executed by the Taliban before the world recognizes that the oppressed do not deserve to be categorized with their oppressors?

And terrorism has no religion because it is not a person. It is an action, and religion is a tool that can be used to convince people to commit such an action.

What happened in Paris was a tragedy, but the attack shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone. France has been combating ISIL and other Islamic militants since 2013 and if you bomb them then they're going to bomb you back.
To quote some ISIL **** from one of their videos:

As long as you keep bombing you will not live in peace. You will even fear travelling to the market

Another well written post. +1

[iri]

IS is the Islamic Theocratic state so it kinda sorta has to do with Islam.

[swill]

Worth watching...  http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/09/29/on-cnn-reza-aslan-explains-how-the-media-is-fai/200942

[heedpantsnow]

Talked to one of my Muslim friends today. His name is Zaif, and he's from the West Bank. He teared up as he talked about how awful what's happened in Paris is. He said he can't understand how these people can claim to be Muslim and yet do those awful things.

I'm not Muslim, but I truly believe that many (maybe most) Muslims don't support terrorism, and on the contrary condemn any terrorism especially that done in the name of Islam. Just thought I would throw that out there.

[byker]

Worth watching...  http://mediamatters.org/video/2014/09/29/on-cnn-reza-aslan-explains-how-the-media-is-fai/200942

Thanks for the link. The Intercept has been one of my favourite news websites recently. This article was quite good I thought: https://theintercept.com/2015/11/15/exploiting-emotions-about-paris-to-blame-snowden-distract-from-actual-culprits-who-empowered-isis/

[Lord of Narwhals]

On the topic of  "Religion of peace/violence/whatever" and "Muslim countries" this video is worth watching.

[billnye]

Read this article recently and it was a very good read: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/

Stuff like this saddens me. My thoughts are with Europe as they continue to endure the struggle of dealing with the burden of the Middle East.

[swill]

On the topic of  "Religion of peace/violence/whatever" and "Muslim countries" this video is worth watching.

Haha.  Same video I posted a couple posts back. 

[swimmingbird]

Man it's so crazy me and my girlfriend were staying at 90 Rue de Charonne about a month ago.... lots of photos taken from that exact address with bodies all over the street

[swill]

Man it's so crazy me and my girlfriend were staying at 90 Rue de Charonne about a month ago.... lots of photos taken from that exact address with bodies all over the street

Ya, thats crazy.  Adds a bit of perspective hu?  These events really are tragic.