aaid Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 7 minutes ago, thplinth said: Anyone checked to see if that arsehole Harry Clarke is on holiday. You're a very bad man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyDenoon Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Cove_Sheep said: Apparently it has ruined someone English woman's shopping trip... Staggering show of insularity and utter selfishness. I do hope she is suitably embarrassed now that the enormity of what has happened ought to have sunk in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I presume we'll be starting a thread each time theres a terrorist attack in Iraq, Syria etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brant grebner Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Cove_Sheep said: Apparently it has ruined someone English woman's shopping trip... That attitude is disgusting. Doesn't she realise that by saying that it ruined her shopping trip and that she's lost all interest in the lovely things she bought she is letting the terrorists win? The terrorists do things like this to ruin our shopping trips and make us disinterested in the lovely things we buy. We need to keep on shopping in the face of terrorism. Buy even more things when you see an attacking jihadi. Wave that shiny new iPad Mini 4 in their faces. As they throw Molotov cocktails at us, throw your receipts back at them. The only way we will defeat Salafist death cults is through continued ignorant consumerism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 2 minutes ago, Mox said: I presume we'll be starting a thread each time theres a terrorist attack in Iraq, Syria etc? Imagine people finding it easier to relate to bad things happening in Western Europe. What a shower of bastards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I can kind of understand the woman thinking that, but to actually say it out loud, on the TV. As others have said, it's a worrying trend that terrorists are finding much easier ways of killing lots of people. This could happen anywhere, with minimal planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86glebestreet Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 2 hours ago, Return of Yermaw said: why not ask if you are religious this would be okay? dumb question. I don't care if he is religious or not, if you think it's a dumb question that's up to you, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 18 minutes ago, deecie said: Imagine people finding it easier to relate to bad things happening in Western Europe. What a shower of bastards. Selective grief based on the colour of peoples skin and their nationality. Bastards indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 4 minutes ago, Mox said: Selective grief based on the colour of peoples skin and their nationality. Bastards indeed. Nope. Try harder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Just now, deecie said: Nope. Try harder. I am not 'trying' anything. It's selective grief, you know it and I know it and by ignoring it you're only adding to the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 6 minutes ago, Mox said: Selective grief based on the colour of peoples skin and their nationality. Bastards indeed. I agree. Our media only tend to report on attacks in Europe and people only seem to give a shit when it is in Europe. The horrific attack in Baghdad less than 2 weeks ago was, while reported, little more than a passing story for a day or so. While i never seen one person on social media giving a shit about it. An attack that killed 300 people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 4 minutes ago, Mox said: I am not 'trying' anything. It's selective grief, you know it and I know it and by ignoring it you're only adding to the problem. It's really not. We get more news that we can relate to. Its why local news exists. I'm neither creating or adding to any problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 There's much greater cultural difference between Iraq and the U.K. than France and the UK, so it is easier to relate to life and people in France. It's also quite a bit closer to home. (there's really very little difference between life in Lanarkshire and the south of France.... ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stapes Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 2 hours ago, Cove_Sheep said: Apparently it has ruined someone English woman's shopping trip... Ah, it's Sky News. Kay Burley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 29 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: There's much greater cultural difference between Iraq and the U.K. than France and the UK, so it is easier to relate to life and people in France. I don't understand this logic tbh. I empathise with folk who get murdered by terrorists equally, regardless of their location, ethnicity, language, culture, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 2 minutes ago, Parklife said: I don't understand this logic tbh. I empathise with folk who get murdered by terrorists equally, regardless of their location, ethnicity, language, culture, etc. You were there a couple of weeks ago, how many times have you been to Baghdad or Syria? Surely it's fairly common to feel more of a connection or interest in places you are familiar with. People being killed is sad, regardless of where or who they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Just now, sbcmfc said: Surely it's fairly common to feel more of a connection or interest in places you are familiar with. Are all the grief junkies on facebook and twitter familiar with Nice? I doubt any of them have ever been there. People care more about white Europeans than they do about brown muslims in the middle east. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 1 minute ago, Parklife said: Are all the grief junkies on facebook and twitter familiar with Nice? I doubt any of them have ever been there. People care more about white Europeans than they do about brown muslims in the middle east. Both points are probably true in most cases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 1 minute ago, Parklife said: Are all the grief junkies on facebook and twitter familiar with Nice? I doubt any of them have ever been there. People care more about white Europeans than they do about brown muslims in the middle east. there is plenty of folk the world over getting killed over on a daily basis - Nigeria, kenya, Somalia, Capt Town Folk identify with people they are familiar with - train crash in Italy, attack in paris, attack in Nice - I was on the Promenade De Anglias in 97 when we went to the Monaco game (Estonia) I dont find it unusual - although i find it unsual folk in Africa grieving over europeans, but dont grieve about Nigeira, Somali etc etc in their own region au Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brant grebner Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Thank Allah for our beloved new Prime Ministeress Theresa May for stepping up to the plate and telling us that we're going to "re-double our efforts to defeat terrorism" and how "the UK stands shoulder to shoulder with France". We need more cliches at times like these. And we should all give thanks that it was only a small number of Britons involved in this attack that people will stop giving a shit about within 3-4 days once something else happens like a celebrity death or some hens getting loose on a motorway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Ceelo Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I feel this maybe not the plan this guy intended given the amount of weapons he had in the truck but once the cops tried to stop him he took off and once he got going he knew there was no stopping him. He was not known to Interpol as a possible terrorist but was known as a local hoodlum..an opertunist result rather than get coughs with all the weapons. If they do find he is connected to some extremist faction then I withdraw my thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 I would have thought that all those bombs we have dropped in Iraq and Syria would have sorted all this out by now. Maybe we need more bombs and drone strikes? Maybe this is the terrorist's low tech equivalent of a drone strike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 1 hour ago, The White Ceelo said: I feel this maybe not the plan this guy intended given the amount of weapons he had in the truck but once the cops tried to stop him he took off and once he got going he knew there was no stopping him. He was not known to Interpol as a possible terrorist but was known as a local hoodlum..an opertunist result rather than get coughs with all the weapons. If they do find he is connected to some extremist faction then I withdraw my thoughts. Most of these lonewolf attacks seem to be carried out by people who have a history of petty criminality. The truth is they are more than likely very vulnerable individuals who having nothing to live for anymore and are swayed by videos of ISIS going tonto in Syria and encouraging folk to carry out these attacks, become martyrs and live it up in Paradise. The likelihood that they have had any direct contact with some ISIS head honcho is pretty slim, but thats exactly what ISIS want. They want folk to carry out attacks in their name on their tod with little way for the authorities to cotton on to them as there is minimal contact wey dodgy terrorist types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Sadly the only way this will end will be an increase in support for the far right in France along with other similar parties around Europe. If the likes of Le Pen or others manage to gain real power anywhere in Europe then you can only imagine the persecution that Muslims will face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil r Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) Is it worthwhile joining facebook et al just so as I can by wee avatar to something that shows how much grief I have pouring from me online. What about twatter? Worth joining so I can 'hashtag' my psuedo grief? Obviously this online bandwagon grief would only extend to European countries cause I might have been to them on holiday and their flags or national colours are much easier to find. Or America. #impendingvigil. Edited July 15, 2016 by neil r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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