Paris shooting. 17 dead

[Manchild 10]

im just watching it on the news. Ten people dead after 2 masked gunmen with ak47's opened fire.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/07/us-france-shooting-idUSKBN0KG0Y120150107

[Stranza 10]

Aw no.......

[Manchild 10]

now 11 dead.

2 are police officers.

[L00b 441]

Awful news. Not really surprising either (but not sure at all that it could have been prevented anyway). Charlie Hebdo (satirical, bit like Private Eye but more irreverent) has long had form needling wahabis.

 

This is going to turn very ugly in the suburbs, mark my words. The Police are going to go in heaviest-handed, with the Gvt in cover-up mode set to stun

 

EDIT: French new sources (reputable: Le Monde, L'Express) claim the 2 terrorists also had an RPG.

Edited January 7, 2015 by L00b

[Chris_Sleeps 10]

Just for context, Charlie Hebdo is a left-wing magazine, and it's not the first time it has been attacked.

 

When people die for publishing satire - we're all on a road to ruin.

[mort 10]

A number of post have been removed - we will not tolerate members using this awful event as an excuse to attack other users. If you persist in this then your accounts will be suspended.

[milquetoast1 10]

When people die for publishing satire - we're all on a road to ruin.

 

Absolutely true.

 

But I won't be a surprised to read somebody post that they were asking for it.

[Mecky 10]

Wasn't that the paper that released cartoons of a certain prophet with a bomb under his turban?

 

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Just for context, Charlie Hebdo is a left-wing magazine, and it's not the first time it has been attacked.

 

When people die for publishing satire - we're all on a road to ruin.

 

I don't remember anyone attacking the Daily Mail in such a manner

[Manchild 10]

Absolutely true.

 

But I won't be a surprised to read somebody post that they were asking for it.

 

Anyone who thinks they were asking for it should be locked up and the key thrown away.

 

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I don't remember anyone attacking the Daily Mail in such a manner

 

I dont see the connection.

[ronthenekred 10]

Anyone who thinks they were asking for it should be locked up and the key thrown away.

 

That's one step less radical than believing people should die because of satire...quite ironic really.

Edited January 7, 2015 by ronthenekred

[geared 303]

Wasn't that the paper that released cartoons of a certain prophet with a bomb under his turban?

 

Wasn't that one Dutch?

or was the artist Dutch??

[monkey104 10]

Anyone who thinks they were asking for it should be locked up and the key thrown away.

 

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I dont see the connection.

 

Is there some irony there?