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"Some men see things as they are and say why?"
"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

- Some guy 

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Yeah I am watching this story as I write

 

It seems to have been a surgical attack by professionals. Seems to linked to ISIS, according to the French security services they have prevented several attacks recently but this one slipped through. Also this was pointed out that the attackers didn't want to necessarily kill innocents, they targeted people working for the newspaper only 

"Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”

John Milton 

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -  George Bernard Shaw

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela

 

 

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Most likely people returning from training in the Syria-region.

"Some men see things as they are and say why?"
"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

- Some guy 

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Going to be fun to be a Muslim in France for the next couple of days, heh

Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

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Two of the dead were apparently cops. The poor guys had little chance against assault rifles.

 

As far as i can tell at the moment; there are two gun-men with kalashnikovs on the run in atleast one car.

"Some men see things as they are and say why?"
"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

- Some guy 

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Obviously the only solution is for France to ban all weapons.

Well, it probably makes more sense than arming copy editors would...   

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Obviously the only solution is for France to ban all weapons.

 

Come now Gfted1, this is no time to raise the ideological nonsense of the NRA

 

The USA and France face different threats from fundamentalism due to their geography and political views  and these threats need to addresses with that  difference in mind 

"Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”

John Milton 

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -  George Bernard Shaw

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela

 

 

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Obviously the only solution is for France to ban all weapons.

 

If they had Predators overhead, those guys would never have made it.  Well, here's hoping they find the people responsible and make them hug a pig.

Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

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12 dead now and 4 are still in critical condition.

"Some men see things as they are and say why?"
"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

- Some guy 

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Come now Gfted1, this is no time to raise the ideological nonsense of the NRA

 

The USA and France face different threats from fundamentalism due to their geography and political views and these threats need to addresses with that difference in mind

Wat? The inspiration of the threat is immaterial. If all weapons were removed from France this would never happen again. REMEMBER THE FALLEN ELEVEN TWELVE!

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This is the picture posted just before the attack:

 

https://twitter.com/Charlie_Hebdo_/status/552773881283764224/photo/1

 

I expect any newspaper that truly believes in the freedom of the press to republish it. Also, if any one of you see anyone on the internet (twitter, imgur, instagram, facebook) that salute the killers, archive it and report it to the authorities.

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"Some men see things as they are and say why?"
"I dream things that never were and say why not?"
- George Bernard Shaw

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."
- Friedrich Nietzsche

 

"The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it."

- Some guy 

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"Also this was pointed out that the attackers didn't want to necessarily kill innocents, they targeted people working for the newspaper only"

 

People working at the newspaper were innocent. What a disgusting thing to say!

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DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.

Posted (edited)

This is the picture posted just before the attack:

 

https://twitter.com/Charlie_Hebdo_/status/552773881283764224/photo/1

 

I expect any newspaper that truly believes in the freedom of the press to republish it. Also, if any one of you see anyone on the internet (twitter, imgur, instagram, facebook) that salute the killers, archive it and report it to the authorities.

 

I agree, we can't live in a world where we can't print certain political  cartoons 

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"Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”

John Milton 

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -  George Bernard Shaw

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela

 

 

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"Also this was pointed out that the attackers didn't want to necessarily kill innocents, they targeted people working for the newspaper only"

 

People working at the newspaper were innocent. What a disgusting thing to say!

 

Yes they were innocent but not to the attackers, they only targeted the newspaper. They didn't just plant bombs to kill anyone and everyone, like we see with other terrorist attacks like the  7 July 2005 London bombings 

"Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss”

John Milton 

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” -  George Bernard Shaw

"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela

 

 

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Wait, what? Are you trying to say these killings are somehow more okay?

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Yes they were innocent but not to the attackers, they only targeted the newspaper. They didn't just plant bombs to kill anyone and everyone, like we see with other terrorist attacks like the  7 July 2005 London bombings

Oh so they were aiming for less collateral damage. Uh, I guess that's nice of them.

 

Video of them has them execute one of the cops before fleeing, too.

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Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

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I wonder where they got that rocket launcher and fully automatic rifles. 

I gazed at the dead, and for one dark moment I saw a banquet. 
 

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Commiserations to the deceaseds families and friends, it seems such a trite and small thing to say, but there are of course no words or justifications for such an atrocity. Hopefully the magazine will recover and arise to champion free speech against the evil fanatics whom wish to silence it through the use of force of arms.

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Quite an experience to live in misery isn't it? That's what it is to be married with children.

I've seen things you people can't even imagine. Pearly Kings glittering on the Elephant and Castle, Morris Men dancing 'til the last light of midsummer. I watched Druid fires burning in the ruins of Stonehenge, and Yorkshiremen gurning for prizes. All these things will be lost in time, like alopecia on a skinhead. Time for tiffin.

 

Tea for the teapot!

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