What makes you realize how horrible it is, is when you go on FB and Twitter, and you see tweets of hundreds, even thousands of people asking if they've seen this man, this woman, this girl, this boy, begging people to tell them if they've seen them somewhere.

1 minute ago, Hystery said:

What makes you realize how horrible it is, is when you go on FB and Twitter, and you see tweets of hundreds, even thousands of people asking if they've seen this man, this woman, this girl, this boy, begging people to tell them if they've seen them somewhere.

It is truly reminiscent of 9/11 in this way; just families and loved ones looking, searching desperately. It is sickening how horrendous this attack is.

As for people who would wonder what the state of emergency is in France: it can last up to twelve days maximum, past this delay if the government wants to keep the state of emergency, they must vote the law to the parliament. It forbids meetings that can disturb the peace, and can regulate what places are accessible to the public at what times. Concerts and events having a high concentration of people can be forbidden too, for national security. On the other hand, the government decided to control the borders again for an undetermined period of time, as it is in the Schengen Agreement.

Edited November 14, 201510 yr by Hystery

"Move All Muslims to the Middle East NOW, Islam is NOT wanted!"

Comment I found on YouTube, such unintelligent people.

My heart goes to all families, hopefully they catch these dirtbags and punish them for these despicable acts. 

5 minutes ago, TheSandwichStealer said:

"Move All Muslims to the Middle East NOW, Islam is NOT wanted!"

Comment I found on YouTube, such unintelligent people.

My heart goes to all families, hopefully they catch these dirtbags and punish them for these despicable acts. 

Sadly that's going to be a very common thought across the country after this, especially considering we have elections coming in less than a month now, with the extreme-right fascist party gaining voting intentions every day.

Edited November 14, 201510 yr by Hystery

Did you guys notice the LSPDFR logo has a small red and white stripe at the bottom now?

Side note: Seriously the people online are total idiots and bigots.... It's sickening. There are some seriously racist and hateful people online.

Edited November 14, 201510 yr by thegreathah

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those who were killed. This act was influenced by Islam. I hope a coalition of many nations will work together to get rid of these monsters. Rest In Peace. ):

My heart goes out to the MANY victims of these horrible attacks. RIP 

 

My heart and support goes out to the French people and all those affected by these senseless attacks.

We can't stop terrorists from communicating and promoting their ideas. What we can do is continue to communicate with outside world and promote our values. That is why I believe ISIS is doomed. Our ideas and values, those that give rise to the elements of peace (justice, shared power between government & people, nonviolence, culture of inclusion) will overwhelm their system of isolation, exclusion, and devaluation.

I feel so bad for the French people; especially for the victims and their families, obviously. My heart goes out to them, and as the U.S. President said in a live address to the nation: We stand firm with you. We'll have your back, as France is our oldest ally.

ISIS is steering their war on the west into the same direction Hitler and the Nazis did with their war on western democracy and freedom: Declaring war on too many countries that are more powerful than you. Hopefully ISIS will meet the same fate of total defeat, and eternal humiliation in the years after. They're directly threatening Russia, and they've taken physical action against England, France and America. Bad choices so far. Keep it up and see what happens. We won't be the only country kicking down their door.

Edited November 14, 201510 yr by unr3al

Current death toll is a staggering 120+ civilians alone. I don't know what to say.

 

Hopefully we'll see western boots on the ground in Syria after this.

3 hours ago, Figgis302 said:

Current death toll is a staggering 120+ civilians alone. I don't know what to say.

 

Hopefully we'll see western boots on the ground in Syria after this.

The problem is that ISIS isn't just in Syria. It's all over the middle east, so we'd need to invade or re-invade a lot of countries to get rid of them. And although that would take out the ISIS threat militarily, these attacks are fueled by the base principals of their religion. It's not extreme to believe that apostates should be killed, or that genital mutilation is acceptable in order to prevent infidelity (although it turns out that infections from these mutilations can actually kill the women or render them infertile), or that approximately 72 pure women (implying virginity) with extreme lust await those who sacrifice their life in the name of their god. These beliefs go well beyond the borders of Syira and Iraq, as well. To give an example, if you were to go to Tunisia; considered a shining example of a moderate Muslim country, you can interview people who hang out in the cafes and marketplaces and ask their opinions on ISIS. The majority of them say they aren't joining ISIS, but they are "big fans" of what they're doing. These people, these "big fans" are the next recruits for whatever the new Islamic extremist groups are coming up on the horizon if ISIS is destroyed.

To clarify before somebody goes off on a "don't discriminate against a minority" tangent; everyone needs to understand that there is a difference between Muslims as people, and Islam. Islam is not a race, its a religion. A religion with about 1.5 billion followers, I might add. And unfortunately, the version of the Qu'ran that Osama Bin Laden preached is a very straight forward interpretation of it. The Old Testament had arguably equally violent books, but Christianity and Judaism is no longer being practiced in that manner. It took hundreds of years for that to happen, but unfortunately we now live in an age with nuclear weapons, which could eradicate entire countries at the push of a button. These acts of martyrdom and spreading religious land claims over races they see as inferior by force need to stop, and it's going to start when reformists in Muslim countries get everyone's attention and get them to grasp the concept of reforming the faith for 2015. There are hundreds and hundreds of millions of non-violent people who practice Islam that don't condone the acts of terrorism we see today, but simply standing there and saying "we do not approve" isn't doing enough.

Ideology influences behavior, and this is a religious war. A religious war was declared on "the west", us, in 2001 by Osama Bin Laden, and despite the swift military defeat of Iraq and Afghanistan, this war is not over by a long shot.

 

 

 

Edited November 14, 201510 yr by unr3al

Last information report -at least- 128 civilian deaths, as well as 8 terrorist deaths, including 7 kamikazes. The president decided of 3 days of national mourning. ISIS also declared to be the authors of the attacks.

That's really sad to hear. Hang in there, people of France.

The 180 wounded; half of them are critically injured. The death toll will almost certainly rise...

250 injured people, roughly 80+ of them critically injured to be exact, according to the last reports. All election campaigns have been stopped for an undetermined period of time by all political parties until further notice. A Syrian passport has been found on a terrorist, but the information has to be verified since it could be a stolen ID.

 

10 hours ago, Hystery said:

Sadly that's going to be a very common thought across the country after this, especially considering we have elections coming in less than a month now, with the extreme-right fascist party gaining voting intentions every day.

I'm with my french neighbour!

We're the next target.

But this is the result of the USA attacks in the middle east! The USA terrorize the middle east and kills the innocent, the middle east terrorize us.

It's all the politicians fault.

Wake up people, we'll have a big war in the future all around the world.

Greetings from Germany.

 

1 minute ago, Hystery said:

250 injured people, roughly 80+ of them critically injured to be exact, according to the last reports. All election campaigns have been stopped for an undetermined period of time by all political parties until further notice. A Syrian passport has been found on a terrorist, but the information has to be verified since it could be a stolen ID.

Thank you for the info... It seems CNN is a little slow on getting actual reports; at one point the death toll was 153, now it is 123.

14 hours ago, thegreathah said:

Did you guys notice the LSPDFR logo has a small red and white stripe at the bottom now?

It is important that people throughout the world show their support for those in France and for those affected by this.  As small and insignificant of a gesture adding the Tricolore to the logo is, it's something that people notice and if it provides some sort of comfort for anyone out there, then it is by all means worth it.

As a city I've been to many times, and with family living over there just outside of Paris, this tragedy is certainly something that resonates with me.

4 hours ago, thegreathah said:

Thank you for the info... It seems CNN is a little slow on getting actual reports; at one point the death toll was 153, now it is 123.

You can watch the international version of Sky News from British TV, they're usually really good at keeping up to date with things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60wDzZt8yg

Just now, Sam said:

It is important that people throughout the world show their support for those in France and for those affected by this.  As small and insignificant of a gesture adding the Tricolore to the logo is, it's something that people notice and if it provides some sort of comfort for anyone out there, then it is by all means worth it.

As a city I've been to many times, and with family living over there just outside of Paris, this tragedy is certainly something that resonates with me.

It's beautiful, how the world can truly come together during a tragedy. Thank you...