Euros would you go now?

RIGHTisRIGHT

First off not getting into a PC debate I now the vast majority of Muslims are not terrorists however it's a fact the vast majority of terrorists are Muslims.

We have the events in Germany on new years eve hundreds of women sexually assaulted and many raped.
This is an ongoing problem in Germany and Sweden that is brushed under the carpet for PC reasons.
Sexual assaults in public swimming pools in Europe.
In the past two years we have had two attacks in Paris.
The attacks in Brussels.
A Russian plane blown out of the air leaving Egypt.
A hijacked Plane from Egypt landing in Cyprus a couple of months ago.
The Plane from Paris to Cairo yesterday looks very much like another Islamic terror attack.

Apart from the PC brigade others will cite the low chances of being caught up in a terror attack and this does not wash with me as we all know the 2016 Euros are a prime target and we all know it.

My question is knowing all of the above would you feel safe attending the tournament in France this year or bringing your family?
I am traveling to another European destination during the opening week of the Euros and I will admit it is a concern.

If I were interested at all in soccer and had tickets, of course I would. Not going is letting them win. I mean, realistically the security around these places are going to be at the highest and will likely be among the safest places in the world.

RIGHTisRIGHT

Deleted User wrote: »

If I were interested at all in soccer and had tickets, of course I would. Not going is letting them win. I mean, realistically the security around these places are going to be at the highest and will likely be among the safest places in the world.

I was thinking public transport or areas of Paris in which crowds are out trying to enjoy themselves.
The police are going to be stretched.

munchkin_utd

will be going as I am so sick of getting constantly raped here in Germany that getting blown up for a change sounds like the change of scenery that I need.

so yea, will be going, but only have a ticket for the game in Paris seeing as I am probably going to die and no use in wasting money on any further games after that.

The Backwards Man

I'm not going to the Euros, but I'd go in a heartbeat if it would do anything to shut up right wing anti Muslim loons with blatant agendas and get them to sell their bigotry elsewhere. But it won't, such is the free society we live in.

SEPT 23 1989

can't see it getting to the latter stages before its called off

endacl

No. Wouldn't go near the tournament. More to do with being bored rigid by football that scared stiff of terrorists though.

RIGHTisRIGHT

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

can't see it getting to the latter stages before its called off

This is one of those times I really want to be wrong I have a friend going.
Whatever is thrown at me for this thread is beside the point I would not be going if I was paid.

Pawwed Rig

Yep. Looking forward to it.

tigger123

If we can beat Sweden (which is possible if you take care of Ibra), there's a possibility we could get through as one of the better placed 3rd place teams.

Ol' Donie

Dead f*ckin right I'd go. F*ckin terrorist gimps.

cowboyBuilder

Euros will be really safe this year.
Security will be high and I guarantee nothing is gonna happen.

cowboyBuilder

tigger123 wrote: »

If we can beat Sweden (which is possible if you take care of Ibra), there's a possibility we could get through as one of the better placed 3rd place teams.

I am cautiously optimistic about Ireland this year - we are a lot better off then we were in 2012.

Quazzie

I'll be in France, during the Euros but at another massive sporting event, so I'm kind of glad that the euros is there to take the heat away from this event to be honest.

tigger123

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

I am cautiously optimistic about Ireland this year - we are a lot better off then we were in 2012.

Me too. But don't we love to fool ourselves!

2012 was a nightmare #neverforget

RIGHTisRIGHT

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm not going to the Euros, but I'd go in a heartbeat if it would do anything to shut up right wing anti Muslim loons with blatant agendas and get them to sell their bigotry elsewhere. But it won't, such is the free society we live in.

I had a family member who was on a flight to Brussels the morning of the attacks.
The flight was diverted to Amsterdam.
That family member would have had a similar outlook to yours.

However I think the events of that morning was a wake up call and I don't think this family member would tempt fate.

gramar

Euros would you go now?

Bit soon, they're not on for a few weeks.

Duggy747

No, I'll be firmly in the realms of my own home with the Euros on TV.

I'll then realise that I actually don't watch football, turn off the telly, and go do something else instead :pac:

Boom_Bap

C'Mon Ireland. I'd be there is a heartbeat if I had of gotten tickets.

drunkmonkey

Why are they picking on France? Isn't London a more obivious target, and why do they pick planes, you could drive a load of Semtex on a ferry easily enough and get a way bigger body count.

Icaras

I'd say there is more chance of me having a threesome (the cool kind) than being involved in a terrorist attack.

Any ladies will to prove this theory please pm me.

The Backwards Man

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

I had a family member who was on a flight to Brussels the morning of the attacks.
The flight was diverted to Amsterdam.
That family member would have had a similar outlook to yours.

However I think the events of that morning was a wake up call and I don't think this family member would tempt fate.

I've had family members killed and injured in terrorist attacks, I've been involved in more bomb alerts than had hot dates, and it hasn't changed my outlook. You don't let the bastards win.

iguana

I'd be very surprised if there isn't some sort of attack planned in Paris during the Euros. Security will undoubtedly be extremely high at the matches themselves but like last November's attack shows, you don't have to get into the stadium itself to murder a lot of people. Hopefully the police and intelligence agencies will be able to pre-empt and stop anything planned but I'd be very wary of attending. That said I lived in London during the terrorist attacks and attempted attacks and just got on with life. I couldn't even understand it when visiting friends didn't want to go to the tourist sights we'd planned on taking them to the weekend after the 2007 attempted car bombings. So I can understand why people aren't willing to let the possibility of an attack stop them from attending.

dundalkfc10

You be safer in Paris than parts of Dundalk,. FACT!

Maximus Alexander

The odds of you being killed in a terrorist attack even if the tournament is successfully targeted are so low that they are scarcely worth considering.

The Randy Riverbeast

The hijacked plane to Cyprus wasn't terrorism. I think there are enough events to use already without trying to pad it out.

Find football boring so wouldn't go anyway, if it was an event that interested me I would still go. More likely to be killed on the way to the airport.

Boom_Bap

I'd come to terms with the fact that I didn't get any tickets and that I wont be going.
But this thread has revived my interest in going.....not in a way that I want to go for the scare mongering danger aspect, but because I want to get in the spirit of a european football tournament and support our lads.

valoren

That we now question the safety of attending any mass gathering suggests to me that their 'terrorism' has been a success.

Trent Houseboat

I'm going to the first game. Quite looking forward to it. Couldn't really give a fuck about terrorism to be honest.

I have flights, hotel and ticket. To not go would be a concession of defeat to the very terrorists who keep you awake at night.

I was in Poland four years ago to see Ireland destroyed by Spain. Now that was an act of terror.

Matt_Trakker

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

Security will be high and I guarantee nothing is gonna happen.

Ah sure we're grand so

dundalkfc10

Trent Houseboat wrote: »

I'm going to the first game. Quite looking forward to it. Couldn't really give a fuck about terrorism to be honest.

I have flights, hotel and ticket. To not go would be a concession of defeat to the very terrorists who keep you awake at night.

I was in Poland four years ago to see Ireland destroyed by Spain. Now that was an act of terror.

The most embarrasing part of that game, was our "greatest fans in the world getting praised for singing when losing 4 nil" These same folk would rather watch Man Utd on tele than an Irish side play!

The amount of remarks we got for walking around in LOI tops by Irish fans was laughable

marklazarcovic

If isis came out a week before it and said every game has been targeted and all supporters and players hotels and stadiums are targets then it would end it after the first device is found or goes off,even dummy devices will cause games to be called off, i know two people who are not going since brussels attacks.. could be carnage

RIGHTisRIGHT

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

its a fact the vast majority of terrorists are Muslims.


I am traveling to another European destination during the opening week of the Euros and I will admit it is a concern.

Pretty sure that's not actually a fact.

Maybe you should stay home if your worried

dundalkfc10

marklazarcovic wrote: »

If isis came out a week before it and said every game has been targeted and all supporters and players hotels and stadiums are targets then it would end it after the first device is found or goes off,even dummy devices will cause games to be called off, i know two people who are not going since brussels attacks.. could be carnage

Grow a pair all balls. If ISIS come out and say every City and Town in Europe is a target, will everything in the Europe stop?

Ui

I wouldn't go, but I can't stand football.

However, last year I booked flights & tickets for a concert in Brussels in April, recent events didn't stop me from going to that.
As another poster mentioned not going is letting them win.

dundalkfc10

bubblypop wrote: »

Pretty sure that's not actually a fact.

Maybe you should stay home if your worried

"one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter"

pc7

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Why are they picking on France? Isn't London a more obivious target, and why do they pick planes, you could drive a load of Semtex on a ferry easily enough and get a way bigger body count.

I think France has a very poorly integrated and disenfranchised young community of immigrants. Very hard battle home grown terrorists. The UK are extremely adept at dealing with it due to their experience with the troubles. Also everywhere in london etc. has cameras, I still think sadly its a matter of time before they are targeted again.

Augme

marklazarcovic wrote: »

If isis came out a week before it and said every game has been targeted and all supporters and players hotels and stadiums are targets then it would end it after the first device is found or goes off,even dummy devices will cause games to be called off, i know two people who are not going since brussels attacks.. could be carnage

Haven't they come out and said every country in Europe is a target, as well as other international ones? Time to move country then!

endacl

tigger123 wrote: »

If we can beat Sweden (which is possible if you take care of Ibra), there's a possibility we could get through as one of the better placed 3rd place teams.

Are you playing? What position?

The_Kew_Tour

dundalkfc10 wrote: »

The most embarrasing part of that game, was our "greatest fans in the world getting praised for singing when losing 4 nil" These same folk would rather watch Man Utd on tele than an Irish side play!

The amount of remarks we got for walking around in LOI tops by Irish fans was laughable

Oh not this **** again

Cienciano

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

This is one of those times I really want to be wrong I have a friend going.
Whatever is thrown at me for this thread is beside the point I would not be going if I was paid.

Sounds like a conservative amercians, scared of the big bad terrorists and convinced "terrorists" are everywhere. As long as you're afraid and scared ISIS and the politicians that want more unnecessary laws to monitor you are happy.
You've a better chance of getting killed in a car crash in the taxi to the airport. Imagine telling someone you're not going on holidays because you're scared of the taxi journey?

theteal

Flying in to ORY on the Monday morning for the Sweden game. CANNOT FREAKING WAIT!

OneEightSeven

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm not going to the Euros, but I'd go in a heartbeat if it would do anything to shut up right wing anti Muslim loons with blatant agendas and get them to sell their bigotry elsewhere. But it won't, such is the free society we live in.

Yeah, they hate Muslims for no reason. It has nothing to do with frequent terror attacks, child grooming gangs and Muslim men sexually abusing women.

endacl

OneEightSeven wrote: »

Yeah, they hate Muslims for no reason. It has nothing to do with frequent terror attacks, child grooming gangs and Muslim men sexually abusing women.

What?!? All of them?!? All 1.6 billion?!?!?

And, in fairness, the three accusations you level might equally have been applied to us in the past. Frequent terror attacks? Tick. Child grooming gangs? Yep. The men in black. Sexually abusing women? Well, it's not been too many years since rape was legal in marriage. For a start...

RIGHTisRIGHT

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

Whatever is thrown at me for this thread is beside the point I would not be going if I was paid.

What is up with modern far-right wingers being such soft c*nts?

riffmongous

There was a lot of worry about a terrorist attack from Caucausian militants on the Sochi Winter Olympics a few years ago, but at the event itself security was tight and nothing came to pass

Maximus Alexander

Deleted User wrote: »

What is up with modern far-right wingers being such soft c*nts?

The right is built on a foundation of fear, so it's hardly a surprise.

jimgoose

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

The right is built on a foundation of fear, so it's hardly a surprise.

The Right is built on a foundation of fuck off and leave me alone, and get your own damn money.

Beefy78

RIGHTisRIGHT wrote: »

This is one of those times I really want to be wrong I have a friend going.
Whatever is thrown at me for this thread is beside the point I would not be going if I was paid.

No one is asking you to.

I'm going and I cannot wait. My tickets arrived an hour ago.

CorkColin

Actually booked flights & accommodation on Wednesday (Italy match) no tickets though

realdanbreen

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Dead f*ckin right I'd go. F*ckin terrorist gimps.

Fu****g terrorists should be shot!