Paris attacks 128 dead at Batclan reported, 99 in criticsl.

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  1. oscy

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    If the world was 'free', there'd be rape and murder en masse. More en masse... and the victims wouldn't be free. So there would be no universal freedom.

    If she got freedom of speech, then others would be oppressed because of it. Everyone else in the town wanted the freedom of not finding that **** acceptable.

    The Conservatives got in for 5 years with 1/5th of the vote. We know what we're getting. Our anuses are prepared. (Granted we can't film what's to come and upload such buggery on porn sites as that kind of porn was made illegal a few years ago here, Conservatives again.)
     
  2. Harlequin

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    Scenes of panic at Paris landmark

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    Several eyewitnesses have reported scenes of panic at a gathering at the Place de la Republique in Paris, with hundreds rapidly fleeing.

    People thought they heard gunfire but it appears to be a false alarm.
     
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  3. rainbowbridge

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    I am going to wear a black tie tomorrow

    I think the world should have a moments silence,
     
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  4. Harlequin

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    tin foil hat moment

    I`ve just had a crazy thought -IMO why does this mirror pre WW2? the climate of fear? economic wows - who do we blame?
     
  5. Harlequin

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    dbl post
     
  6. theshadow2001

    theshadow2001 [DELETE] means [DELETE]

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    I aint's no book learnin' folk, but history has a habit of repeating itself. So I would guess you could probably find similar conditions surrounding unrest, war etc in the past, further back than world war 2.
     
  7. Harlequin

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    Except nothing has been verified yet about the passport. It could be anything from a fake to a victims.
     
  9. Harlequin

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    Tell that to the media who are running with the story
     
  10. theshadow2001

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    Meh, they're business is based on selling unfortunate / shocking / sensationalised stories in order to give advertisers an audience. They're the original click-baiters. As always with information, it is the unfortunate responsibility of its consumer to apply rationality and objectivity and verification as it will never be done for you.

     
  11. Risky

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    The media I am listening to are saying that they have no proff that the passport belonged to one of the attackers. Hell it could belong to some poor sod that had escaped from Syria to the safety of Paris.....


    And before you take another toke on that conspiracy rollup, consider whether it might just be that it isn't really necessary to fake atrocities from Daesh when they seem to manage their own quite well:
    http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/15/iraq-yazidi-mass-grave-sinjar-kocho
     
  12. TheBlackSwordsMan

    TheBlackSwordsMan Far over the misty mountains cold

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    Apparently, the Royal Canadian Air Force just dropped bombs on a IS stronghold. I doubt the Prime Minister approved this bombardment, the military probably acted on their own (Can someone blame them for waiting for the orders of an unqualified leader...).
     
  13. GuilleAcoustic

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    20 bombs been dropped by French jets on training ground in Raqqa
     
  14. oscy

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    So, erm, I'm no conpiracy theorist, and I wouldn't even call this a conspiracy, but why did the French wait until they were attacked to start bombing key targets, after they were warned about said attacks days before and evidently done nothing to stop it?...

    Is it just to get a popularity boost? Votes? Approval for war in Syria (which won't even affect ISIS much)? It worked for Churchill of course. As soon as the war was over, everyone hated him again.
     
  15. theshadow2001

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    Because arming Syrian rebels and getting them to do that for you is cheaper and less politically controversial.

    Now because they were terrorised as a result of that, they have to make a direct show of strength hence the bombing.
     
  16. Nexxo

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    And of course since the cluster**** of Iraq, the people of most Western countries are really loathe to get stuck in another Middle East war. So it has to become up close and personal before governments endorse direct action.
     
  17. GuilleAcoustic

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    Political controversial risk. You can't bomb someone over suspicion without asking for being attacked back. Sadly it works like that and us, citizen lambda, can't do much about that :sigh:
     
  18. oscy

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    Ah of course, the proxy wars. I forgot all about what Metal Gear Solid taught me.
     
  19. Kronos

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    This is still being reported to death by the BBC with their myriad of reporters interviewing any and everybody who might remotely have a view on this atrocity.
    And I see they are now pushing Frances decision to bomb the hell out of ISIS/ISIL/ or whatever the current name is. I thought it was pretty much agreed by most military analysts that aerial bombing of these people was the least effective way of doing any lasting damage to this terror group.
    Still it looks good in the news media and gives the impression that decisive action is being taken.
     
  20. oscy

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    Are they asking questions like 'how did you feel?' and saying things like 'it must've been terrifying' and then zooming in when they start to cry after the reporter keeps beating that horse?

    And have Sky started doing Transformers or Lord of the Rings-style trailers again to promote their coverage, but instead of wizards or robots it's ****ing corpses and blood?

    ****ing animals.
     

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