Shootings in Paris - MOD NOTE UPDATED - READ OP

moc moc a moc wrote: »

Have you heard ours?

Don't take much heed in national anthems as most of them are nationalistic violent war anthems. Islamic States one is probably no different either mind

Sigh. Rob Lowe is a twat.

https://twitter.com/RobLowe/status/665302236419850240

Custardpi wrote: »

Does this extend to all sets of ideas or just religious ones? Am I obligated to not disrespect the ideas of those who see mass privatisation & scrapping of regulations as being a solution to all economic ills? Am I obligated to not disrespect the ideas of those who reject the notion of manmade climate change & want to continue polluting the planet without limitation? How about people who call for mass control, surveilance & censorship of the internet? Can I disrespect their ideas? Please?

it is notable how this thread is being used by people, not to discuss the events, but to have a go at the IRA, Catholic Church, the USA, capitalism, communism or whatever group they want to have a go at.
It is all a bit sad.

149 dead

Mother of Jaysus

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Does anyone honestly believe that if religion had never existed, this kind of thing wouldn't still be happening?

I find that fairly hard to believe.

Why are these bastards not targeting countries which haven't been involved in the pillaging of the Middle East?

Religion isn't something that happened to humanity.
It's a product of the illogical part of our brains - our heuristic intelligence that takes shortcuts through rational thought because jumping to conclusions is a safer bet when it's warning you about what might be a tiger in the long grass.

For religion to have not existed would require us not having that part of our brain. If that were the case, then there's every possibility we wouldn't be blowing ourselves up because of stupid nonsense like this.

Nichard Dixon wrote: »

it is notable how this thread is being used by people, not to discuss the events, but to have a go at the IRA, Catholic Church, the USA, capitalism, communism or whatever group they want to have a go at.
It is all a bit sad.

That's the problem, politics, banks and religion. All cause a load of grief.

This is really hitting home.

I attended the Eagles of Death Metal concert in Dublin on Tuesday and had a really great time, and to think the people who were in the same situation I was in just a couple of days have been subject to this horrifying experience is really making my blood boil.

My better half also lives in France, but thankfully a good distance away from Paris, so there's a whirlwind of emotions obviously, but she's safe and will stay vigilant regardless.
I just hope that the vermin who are in any way connected with this bull**** are dealt with, and I mean properly. I never wish death on any person, but these aren't people.

Per The Guardian:

The Paris prosecutor has said that five attackers “may be” dead across the various attack locations.

Two were earlier reported to have been killed in the operation by French security forces to retake the Bataclan.

It was also reported that at least one of the attacks at the Stade de France was a suicide attack.

It is not known how many attackers were involved and how many could still be at large.

President François Hollande has visited the Bataclan, the concert hall where 120 people are reported to have been killed.

He says France will show no mercy in tracking down terrorists.