French Attacks Megathread

[Olerand]

CNN has a reporter in the bushes live casting.

What's the point of managing to make every french T.V chain stop broadcasting if the english are still doing it?

Because the Americans and Brits don't care about French law. They're here for the viewers and ratings, no matter the cost. When French channels try this, the CSA shuts them down pretty hard, as it did to some channels who reported wrong information in January.

[Napkiraly]

Biggest attack during my lifetime since 9/11

No, actually.

Just last week, 244 people were killed in a single action by terrorists over the Sinai peninsula. And I'm sure in Nigeria Boko Haram has conducted actions with a higher toll than the latest Paris attacks.

Not to mention attacks such on this scale were about a weekly occurrence for the people of Baghdad for a few years.

[Salus Maior]

No, but Christianity has calmed the fuck down over the past 100 years.

Islam is going through what Christianity did in the Medieval times

Yes, and Christianity (okay, some of them) still does these things. Remember 'The Lord's Resistance Army' of Kony 2012? Remember 'Westboro Baptist Church'?

These are such 'uncalm' things that are still present in christianity. To say all of christianity has calmed down is debatable, but indeed, mostly, christianity is a bit more peaceful now. I think islam will calm down too within a few centuries. No matter war or any such stances. I think it goes in periods per religion, but that is controversial, so I'll just let that down there.

Christianity and Islam are not the same religion. Hell, they're FUNDAMENTALLY different outside of some Abrahamic ties so I find this continuous comparison to be unnecessary.

And I'm not saying this to say either is better or worse. It's just a fact. Not everything in one religion is true in the other.

And what's making Islamic terrorism a thing is the Wahabist movement. Little else.

[Really Small Elephants]

An Attacker in the concert hall allegedly told police he was from ISIS.

[Luziyca]

Mankind as a whole. These attacks show that we are basically still primitive animals at the end of the day. We'd like to think that we are higher than dogs, cats, or hippos, but attacks like these show that we still have the animalistic mentality. Packs of humans are fighting against other humans for various reasons, often as retaliation for previous attacks.

At the end of the day: Homo homini lupus. Everything leads back to this statement, since it is basically rule zero of humanity.

The thing is, they're not doing this for basic survival. They are possibly doing this out of religious purpose, which has a purpose that transcends that of animalistic attacks for necessities, such as food and territory.

It might be. But the methods they use are very similar to those animalistic attacks. The reasoning may not be exactly the same for why they would commit these attacks, but then again, what is play to the cat is often death to the mouse.

[Risottia]

The scariest thing was hearing that there were around a hundred hostages being held in the concert hall, and then, a few minutes later, hearing they had rescued twelve people. I did the math.

I have lost all hope for finding something good in Islam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_al-Asaad
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ ... -Khwarizmi

Just naming three people.

[A Colony Of Canadas]

That's Class A stupidity in reporting right there.

Excuse me guys, -- maybe I'm slow.

But why - and I'm not trolling, just really confused - why is it so controversial that they report it? Because they are not only telling that people died, but also doing that in an inappropriate way?

Police didn't want reporters using their cameras to show police positions. If the attackers are using media to get a heads-up about police operations and movements, a gag order stops that.

[Farnhamia]

'Dozens dead inside club'
Posted at 00:10

The French channel iTele, quoting un-named officials at the Bataclan, says there are "dozens" of fatalities inside the club.

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[Dewhurst-Narculis]

I think back to a jim jeffries joke that sums up how I believe this will go down.

"So I'll sit me granson on me lap, and I'll say. 'You see, when I was your age we had this people called Muslims, and they lived in a place called the middle east, or as you know it: The Radiation zone"

You know, that has merit as not only a joke but as a official policy once I become El Presidente for life

[Trollgaard]

The scariest thing was hearing that there were around a hundred hostages being held in the concert hall, and then, a few minutes later, hearing they had rescued twelve people. I did the math.

I hope they miscalculated.

Yeah...that would be horrible.

[Risottia]

RaiNews24 reports: French police say 100 people dead at the Bataclan alone.

[Geilinor]

That's Class A stupidity in reporting right there.

Excuse me guys, -- maybe I'm slow.

But why - and I'm not trolling, just really confused - why is it so controversial that they report it? Because they are not only telling that people died, but also doing that in an inappropriate way?

If they report that hostages are texting and the terrorists read it, the texters get shot.

[The Central Shadow Nation]

They were shouting,

This is for Syria,this is for Allah Akbar.

We have some words on the gunners.

[Australian rePublic]

--EDITED-OUT--

[Olerand]

http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-34815972
#BREAKING Attacker in Paris concert hall shouted 'Allahu akbar', fired into crowd, witness says
Agence France-Presse
AFP

Are they sure? I mean, it might be the far-right! It's not always Muslims, someone should tell the AFP.

[Farnhamia]

Mankind as a whole. These attacks show that we are basically still primitive animals at the end of the day. We'd like to think that we are higher than dogs, cats, or hippos, but attacks like these show that we still have the animalistic mentality. Packs of humans are fighting against other humans for various reasons, often as retaliation for previous attacks.

At the end of the day: Homo homini lupus. Everything leads back to this statement, since it is basically rule zero of humanity.

If you consider terrorists humans...

Do not go there.

[The Central Shadow Nation]

Is the reporter dead?

[Alyakia]

That's Class A stupidity in reporting right there.

Excuse me guys, -- maybe I'm slow.

But why - and I'm not trolling, just really confused - why is it so controversial that they report it? Because they are not only telling that people died, but also doing that in an inappropriate way?

there was a pretty famous case in america where there was a guy barricaded in a house who managed to hold the police for hours, almost like he knew every move they were going to make. then they realized the media had helicopters over the house and were reporting the police every move and he was just watching the TV.

[Valyrian Freeholds]

AFP: '100 dead in Bataclan'
Posted at 00:14

AFP quotes police sources as saying about 100 people have been killed in the Bataclan concert venue.

[Planita]

RaiNews24 reports: French police say 100 people dead at the Bataclan alone.

SHIT

[Herargon]

That was just a plane crash, btw.

Caused by a bomb.

By ISIL. Yes. That is true. But we're already fighting ISIL on their 'own' 'soil' now, and there's not much that which can be done about it, except being more alert and not going to Paris this very sincere second.

By the way, has there already been new news about the ... deceased people?

[Mesrane]

I have lost all hope for finding something good in Islam

Most of Islam has precisely zero involvement in this story.

What a charming thought. I'm afraid this will shortly turn out to be bullshit.

[Imperializt Russia]

That's Class A stupidity in reporting right there.

Excuse me guys, -- maybe I'm slow.

But why - and I'm not trolling, just really confused - why is it so controversial that they report it? Because they are not only telling that people died, but also doing that in an inappropriate way?

It's alleged that CNN reported that hostages in a live hostage situation were secretly texting the authorities or whoever to get info out.

It's further alleged that the hostage-takers found this out, because it was being livestreamed literally everywhere, and started killing hostages because of it.

CNN is now culpable for the deaths of those hostages. They put their lives in direct danger.

[Valystria]

They were shouting,

This is for Syria,this is for Allah Akbar.

We have some words on the gunners.

Any moment now someone will say "but we don't know for sure these were muslims. It could be a far-right false flag operation."

[Australian rePublic]

Do not go there.

Yes, I realised what I said after I posted it and it was too late, please delete it