Brussels Belgium attacks.

dimitrispearljam
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The city is like a war zone
Bombs and terrorist attacks at airport and metro of the city
Alot of people are dead..city ia in lock down..they told people stay at their homes
All the best to people of belgium
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  • BS44325
    BS44325 Posts: 6,124
    The subway car pictures are horrific
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    At least one suicide bomber.
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  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    This will give Trump some material.
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,236
    callen said:

    This will give Trump some material.

    I'm sure he will have something Provacative to say. It's no wonder The Donald doesn't have to spend much money on political ads....we the people keep him in the news. There's at least 5 threads on this board with his name in it.

    I've been through that metro system in Brussels on my way to a festival in Werchter. I hope the Belgium people will recover from this attack.

    Peace

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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it... I was not charlie hebdo... I was not Parisian.. I am not Belgian.... how do you wage war on an ideology? it is stateless and against it we are powerless... or at least we appear to be given our govts' reactions and their own ideologies. are our govts even serious about stopping this threat as they see it?
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it... I was not charlie hebdo... I was not Parisian.. I am not Belgian.... how do you wage war on an ideology? it is stateless and against it we are powerless... or at least we appear to be given our govts' reactions and their own ideologies. are our govts even serious about stopping this threat as they see it?

    Nope, they aren't. Chaos in the Middle East keeps our spoon in the pot, terrorism in Europe and the US is fuel for the defense budget and the hawkish leaders.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    So your answer to my question is no? Like I said...this rings hollow.

    Social media was full of these posts after Paris. Looks like history is repeating itself in more ways than one.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    dimitrispearljam said:

    The city is like a war zone
    Bombs and terrorist attacks at airport and metro of the city
    Alot of people are dead..city ia in lock down..they told people stay at their homes
    All the best to people of belgium

    Watching right now. Just awful.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    If she had, they would be 6 pages deep with MAYBE a dozen replies each.
    Her sentiment is not wrong, and neither is it wrong from all the social media posts you are referencing...the media practices anglo-centrism with vigor, pointing that out is not a sin.
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    rgambs said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    If she had, they would be 6 pages deep with MAYBE a dozen replies each.
    Her sentiment is not wrong, and neither is it wrong from all the social media posts you are referencing...the media practices anglo-centrism with vigor, pointing that out is not a sin.
    Anyone of us can bring attention to any issue we want on this board. If something isn't getting the attention it deserves, start a thread and bump it. It isn't about the media. It's about not speaking up about something and then attacking others for speaking up about something else. Most of us on Facebook/Twitter will all see tons of posts like these over the next few days. There will be plenty of support for them. To me they will ring hollow, just like after Paris.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    So your answer to my question is no? Like I said...this rings hollow.

    Social media was full of these posts after Paris. Looks like history is repeating itself in more ways than one.
    I wasn't even a pj member at the time the Ankara and Beirut attacks happened so yes my answer is no.

    as for Syria.... ive aired my share of opinion regarding that ongoing bullshit... whether its on this forum or another Is irrelevant... nor to I care to rifle through my posts to prove/disprove you opinion of what i post or make you feel good... but anyone that knows me... and clearly thats not you, knows my position. as for what you actually. or anyone else do think of my opinion/s, I don't really give a care... im not here for you or anyone else. im not here to convince you of anything and im not here to perhaps assuage anyones white guilt and im definitely not here to conform to what the western society deems appropriate.

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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,598
    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    So your answer to my question is no? Like I said...this rings hollow.

    Social media was full of these posts after Paris. Looks like history is repeating itself in more ways than one.
    I wasn't even a pj member at the time the Ankara and Beirut attacks happened so yes my answer is no.

    as for Syria.... ive aired my share of opinion regarding that ongoing bullshit... whether its on this forum or another Is irrelevant... nor to I care to rifle through my posts to prove/disprove you opinion of what i post or make you feel good... but anyone that knows me... and clearly thats not you, knows my position. as for what you actually. or anyone else do think of my opinion/s, I don't really give a care... im not here for you or anyone else. im not here to convince you of anything and im not here to perhaps assuage anyones white guilt and im definitely not here to conform to what the western society deems appropriate.

    I didn't ask you to rifle back through anything. I just asked what you personally did before attacking others for doing something else.

    White guilt. Cool.

    Freedom of choice and freedom of expression are both great things. Glad we both enjoy them.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    did you? have i offended your selectiveness??? im attacking inconsistency, not peoples compassion. im questioning the whitewash and eurocentrism of our collective history.


    So your answer to my question is no? Like I said...this rings hollow.

    Social media was full of these posts after Paris. Looks like history is repeating itself in more ways than one.
    I wasn't even a pj member at the time the Ankara and Beirut attacks happened so yes my answer is no.

    as for Syria.... ive aired my share of opinion regarding that ongoing bullshit... whether its on this forum or another Is irrelevant... nor to I care to rifle through my posts to prove/disprove you opinion of what i post or make you feel good... but anyone that knows me... and clearly thats not you, knows my position. as for what you actually. or anyone else do think of my opinion/s, I don't really give a care... im not here for you or anyone else. im not here to convince you of anything and im not here to perhaps assuage anyones white guilt and im definitely not here to conform to what the western society deems appropriate.

    I didn't ask you to rifle back through anything. I just asked what you personally did before attacking others for doing something else.

    White guilt. Cool.

    Freedom of choice and freedom of expression are both great things. Glad we both enjoy them.
    amen to that brother. ;):)

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  • myoung321
    myoung321 Posts: 2,855
    Those that use religion as an excuse for violence will not succeed in stifling our liberty and freedom.

    My thoughts, Love, and so many other emotions to my brothers and sisters in Belgium.
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  • myoung321
    myoung321 Posts: 2,855
    rgambs said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it... I was not charlie hebdo... I was not Parisian.. I am not Belgian.... how do you wage war on an ideology? it is stateless and against it we are powerless... or at least we appear to be given our govts' reactions and their own ideologies. are our govts even serious about stopping this threat as they see it?

    Nope, they aren't. Chaos in the Middle East keeps our spoon in the pot, terrorism in Europe and the US is fuel for the defense budget and the hawkish leaders.

    Exactly... The old eye for an eye... which leaves everyone blind.
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    JimmyV said:

    rgambs said:

    JimmyV said:

    catefrances said:

    oh no a European city has been the victim of a terrorist attack.... woe is us.. what will we do... what can be done... who gave a shit about Ankara... who gave a shit about Beirut.. who gives a shit about Syria... how has our compassion become so selective... we say all lives are equal but we don't really mean it...

    Love these posts attacking others' compassion. Did you start threads here on Ankara, Beirut, and Syria? Honest question. If you did, good for you. If not, this rings hollow.
    If she had, they would be 6 pages deep with MAYBE a dozen replies each.
    Her sentiment is not wrong, and neither is it wrong from all the social media posts you are referencing...the media practices anglo-centrism with vigor, pointing that out is not a sin.
    Anyone of us can bring attention to any issue we want on this board. If something isn't getting the attention it deserves, start a thread and bump it. It isn't about the media. It's about not speaking up about something and then attacking others for speaking up about something else. Most of us on Facebook/Twitter will all see tons of posts like these over the next few days. There will be plenty of support for them. To me they will ring hollow, just like after Paris.
    Disagree.
    There will twice as many Facebook posts of people who couldn't find Belgium on a labelled map sharing their hearts and thoughts and just feeling so terrible. Why the preference for one country they can't find over another?
    The media tells them about one and not the other, and in many cases, the color of the people inhabiting the region is the primary reason for deciding to cover a story or not.
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  • muskydan
    muskydan Posts: 1,013
    g under p said:

    callen said:

    This will give Trump some material.

    I'm sure he will have something Provacative to say. It's no wonder The Donald doesn't have to spend much money on political ads....we the people keep him in the news. There's at least 5 threads on this board with his name in it.

    I've been through that metro system in Brussels on my way to a festival in Werchter. I hope the Belgium people will recover from this attack.

    Peace

    And yet some of you geniuses mention his name again as these horrid terrorist events are unfolding, un-fucken-real. God bless the victims and families of those lost by another ISLAMIC TERRORIST attack.
  • hsohi
    hsohi Posts: 1,033
    I'm just thankful that Islam is a religion of peace.
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