,Re: In case no one else saw this

[Mark Thibodeau]

Shit what a week, indeed. What a weak and shitty, shitty and weak WEAK SHIT
of a weak shitty week.

No sarcasm intended with the above. Absolute sincerity from me on this.

Mark T.

On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Thomas Eckhardt <
thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:

> Am 15.11.2015 um 18:38 schrieb kelber at mindspring.com:
>
>> I did see that. No mention of the Devil, porn stars or right-wing
>> politics. But for all we know, it was the venue, not the band that was the
>> target.
>>
>
> Yes. The Bataclan had been threatened and attacked for its pro-Israel
> events.
>
> "They hate us for our freedoms" is, once again, misleading at best. This
> was not or only partly about the hedonistic West, I suggest. It was mainly
> about France's substantial contribution to the Syria clusterfuck, not to
> mention winning hearts and minds in Libya. I am not talking about
> justification here, of course, merely about motive.
>
> The terrorists were aiming for maximum media coverage. If those with
> tickets for the French-German friendly had managed to enter the Stade de
> France, the body count would have been even higher and the bloodbath would
> have been on prime time television in France and Germany.
>
> The attack was also surprisingly sophisticated not only in planning and
> execution but also with regard to the political situation: It seems that
> the passport of a Syrian refugee found on the scene has turned out to be a
> fake. Nevertheless, it has already provided additional fodder for
> right-wingers all over Europe opposing the admittance of refugees from
> Syria. A small but significant false flag.
>
> Shit. Shit. Shit. What a week.
>
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