Terrorism in Paris.

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For those of you who don't know, there was a terrorist attack in Paris at approximately 1:00 am Paris time. It occurred in several places which hints that it was planned, and one of the gunsman was captured and said that he was recruited by ISIS to do it. What thoughts do all of you have? Based on what the news and those around me have been saying, this could be the start of a war with ISIS. Do you think it will go that far? Has he course of the world been changed because of this attack?
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Insert name here wrote:For those of you who don't know, there was a terrorist attack in Paris at approximately 1:00 am Paris time. It occurred in several places which hints that it was planned, and one of the gunsman was captured and said that he was recruited by ISIS to do it. What thoughts do all of you have? Based on what the news and those around me have been saying, this could be the start of a war with ISIS. Do you think it will go that far? Has he course of the world been changed because of this attack?
We are never sure if they are really part of ISIS or not but I think they would need to get better security. Things like that happened a few times in France already. I'm not sure if it could start a war with ISIS but from what I heard Russia is already fighting ISIS. Also France have weak border so that make it easy to get there. If they don't change there is a lot of chance that there will be other terrorist attack in France. So that's what I think about this.
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Well religion of peace strikes again. And of course peaceful muslims will sit idle with out protesting this event because the perpetrators weren't jews.
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ThisUsernameSucks wrote:Well religion of peace strikes again. And of course peaceful muslims will sit idle with out protesting this event because the perpetrators weren't jews.
Exactly my thoughts! The doctrine of Islam is never to blame. Unfortunately we will see more and more of this. I think multiple simultaneous acts is the future of terrorism.
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It's only gonna get worse. European politicians are cowards, and they support terrorism by sucking up to Saudi Arabia
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Terrorism is very good at being scary and compelling disproportionate political action and military expenditure, but very bad at actually killing people.

Anti-vaxxers are probably much more dangerous than terrorists, in terms of human lives destroyed and the deaths of innocents.

I think it's important to keep these things in perspective. Terrorists are ultimately fleas on human society. Hopefully they never get smart... but then if they did, maybe they'd be smart enough not to be terrorists?
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It's amazing to see how similar and simple-minded the reactions are in comparison with the last attack, in the meantime making absolutely no progress whatsoever.
Fluttershy wrote:I'm not sure if it could start a war with ISIS but from what I heard Russia is already fighting ISIS.
It's not only Russia. France has done some airstrikes on ISIS territory. ISIS has released a statement after this incident claiming this is a response to these airstrikes.
ThisUsernameSucks wrote:Well religion of peace strikes again. And of course peaceful muslims will sit idle with out protesting this event because the perpetrators weren't jews.
These peaceful muslims are not responsible, why would you want them to? You already know that they are not supporting these actions.
Jebus wrote:The doctrine of Islam is never to blame.
Who are you even talking to? Blame against Islam, muslims and even refugees is going viral at the moment.
Jebus wrote:Unfortunately we will see more and more of this.
Could be the case, yes. I don't think it's a particularly smart move of the foreign minister of France to directly announce that international fight against ISIS will be strengthened... This is what people want to hear, but isn't going to solve anything without more of these horrible terrorist acts.
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Volenta wrote:
Jebus wrote:The doctrine of Islam is never to blame.
Who are you even talking to?
Western liberals who try so hard to come across as accepting and anti-racist that they ignore the truth.
Volenta wrote:Blame against Islam, muslims and even refugees is going viral at the moment./quote]

"Viral" is a bit exaggerated but I agree that anti-Islam tends to briefly increase after an attack such as this one. However, it's mostly uneducated (i.e. people more prone to racism) who are speaking out.
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brimstoneSalad wrote:Terrorism is very good at being scary and compelling disproportionate political action and military expenditure, but very bad at actually killing people.

Anti-vaxxers are probably much more dangerous than terrorists, in terms of human lives destroyed and the deaths of innocents.

I think it's important to keep these things in perspective. Terrorists are ultimately fleas on human society. Hopefully they never get smart... but then if they did, maybe they'd be smart enough not to be terrorists?
HA! Except the measles, mumps, and rubella will never get a hold of nukes.
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Interesting video about how we should respond to the attacks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhwPt3RlnS4
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