,Re: In case no one else saw this

[Christoph Perec]

"One things that terrifies the West is that they may have given rise to a
social force that is as indifferent to human life as they are."

https://twitter.com/Damn_Jehu/status/665988653898952704


On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 10:31 PM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:

> It's hard not to think of the post-colonialist slogan - variously sited as
> chanted, scrawled on walls - We are here because you were there.
>
> Seems like it could be an epigraph for some Pynchon book to come.
>
> Laura
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> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Thomas Eckhardt
> >Sent: Nov 15, 2015 5:17 PM
> >To: kelber at mindspring.com, pynchon -l
> >Subject: ,Re: In case no one else saw this
> >
> >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.
> >
> >-
> >Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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