CBH1926 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) After recent beheading of school teacher and church goers in France things are starting to escalate. Latest attacker was Tunisian that entered Italy as a refugee but was deported. Erdogan has also been attacking him as well as others. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/28/anger-towards-emmanuel-macron-grows-in-muslim-world https://apnews.com/article/france-terrorist-attacks-in-church-155dc69a8c360ea6ed72280b8188f8ab Edited October 30, 2020 by CBH1926 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) My sister inlaw has lived in downtown Paris now for 10 years. She lives next to Jardin Luxembourg....Saint Germaine neighbourhood. I visit there fairly often . She is no fan of Macaroon..... Edited October 30, 2020 by kingofsurrey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuckin_futz Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Then there's the lock downs. Those don't exactly endear Macron to the population. Even Hollande and Sarkozy lasted 5 years. Macron really seems to have worn out his welcome in 3 1/2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, kingofsurrey said: My sister inlaw have lived in downtown Paris now for 10 years. She lives next to Jardin Luxembourg....Saint Germaine neighbourhood. I visit there fairly often . She is no fan or Macaroon..... Macaroons are delicious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsurrey Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, CBH1926 said: Macaroons are delicious! Bridget is OK... but i way prefer Carla Bruni.... Carla B hs so much talent, simply amazing singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 40 000 protested in Bangladesh against French President, I don’t see lot of mask wearing folks here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 44 minutes ago, CBH1926 said: 40 000 protested in Bangladesh against French President, I don’t see lot of mask wearing folks here. We are &^@#ed as a species. GG life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, Dazzle said: We are &^@#ed as a species. GG life. Were we ever not? As a species we suck at long term planning and responding to non visual threats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24K PureCool Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Well the plan was always to elect him and oppose him from day 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.Am.Ironman Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Why is Bangladesh mad at Macron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Isn't the beheading of a teacher the most outrageous thing in this whole string of events? I'm shocked that we're talking about a politician here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtis Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Paris has turned into a poop hole! Was their last year, not a very nice place these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HorvatToBaertschi Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 5 hours ago, nuckin_futz said: Then there's the lock downs. Those don't exactly endear Macron to the population. Even Hollande and Sarkozy lasted 5 years. Macron really seems to have worn out his welcome in 3 1/2. Hollande and Sarkozy wore out their welcome pretty quickly. French people vote for people they instantly complain about. It's comical. I believe no matter who would have been voted into office in 2017 would have done the exact same things vis a vis COVID 19. However, I'm still personnaly waiting for some action regarding the 3 recent terrorist attacks, but when it comes to COVID, I'm not necessarily unhappy as a french citizen. Canada obviously has more freedoms during covid, but it's a country with a lot less population, and a population that is much more respectful of laws, regulations, restrictions etc... For what it's worth, Macron personally made me save 200€ a year for tuition (total tuition for university was 400€, so still a pretty ridiculously low amount), and he hasn't really done anything to make me angry. I don't like him but at the end of the day, french people just love to criticize. It was either him or one of the 2 extreme wings. You know what you have, you don't know what you can have or could have had.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Darius Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 30, 2020 Kinda related to this...it looks like Erdogan (Pres of Turkey) is really stirring the pot with regards to what is going on with France. Turkey's currency has collapsed and their economy is going into the toilet. Erdogan is handling this by presenting himself as the defender of all Muslims and is constantly barking at the West and has specifically targeted Macron and France in his diatribes which evoke symbolism involving the crusades etc etc. He is trying to turn this into an "us" vs "them" situation to take attention away from his domestic problems. IMHO he is the biggest destabilizing factor in the region and perhaps the world right now. Hes got his hands in the war in the Caucasus, he is meddling in Syria and Lybia, he is pushing the envelop with naval forces in the Eastern Mediterranean by constantly infringing on contested EE/EU sea boundaries, he has activated and tested Rusian S-400 missle systems even though he is a supposed member of NATO. Part of the problem is the US normally has had a presence/stabilizing effect in the region but with Donny boy in power an autocrat like Erdogan feels like he can run roughshod and spew Ottoman era nationalistic rhetoric. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategal Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 10 hours ago, I.Am.Ironman said: Why is Bangladesh mad at Macron? https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-10-30/killings-in-france-trigger-bangladesh-protests-against-macron Short answer - some of his comments after the attack were viewed as anti-Muslim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekey Pete Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Wow. The Muslim communities should be focused on condemning what is yet another extremist attack, carried out in one of the most horrific ways possible against a human being. Not criticising another country for exercising its right to free speech. I'm tired of the whole, "oh they shouldn't have cut that teacher's head off BUT she shouldn't have disrespected our religion". What year is this? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobar Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) Imagine if I cut off a Muslim teachers head for disrespecting the Christian religion. This kind of crap makes me wanna puke. I believe all religions preach some sort of thou shall not kill mantra in their writings. Maybe this why a lot of people dont seem to trust people of Muslim faith. You can get killed anywhere in the world by people supposedly seeking a better life that bring this savagery with them. If your really looking for a better life be better. Edited October 30, 2020 by crobar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 hour ago, crobar said: Imagine if I cut off a Muslim teachers head for disrespecting the Christian religion. This kind of crap makes me wanna puke. I believe all religions preach some sort of thou shall not kill mantra in their writings. Maybe this why a lot of people dont seem to trust people of Muslim faith. You can get killed anywhere in the world by people supposedly seeking a better life that bring this savagery with them. If your really looking for a better life be better. Just so we're clear. Americans right now are pointing weapons at other americans at polling stations saying "gods watching you, vote smart" Let's not pretend one make believe sky fairies followers are more violent than the other shall we 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobar Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Warhippy said: Just so we're clear. Americans right now are pointing weapons at other americans at polling stations saying "gods watching you, vote smart" Let's not pretend one make believe sky fairies followers are more violent than the other shall we I condemn this kind of behavior from anyone, this topic happened to be about beheadings in France. I also realize the Christians acted pretty well the same way for centuries. Edited October 30, 2020 by crobar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBH1926 Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Warhippy said: Just so we're clear. Americans right now are pointing weapons at other americans at polling stations saying "gods watching you, vote smart" Let's not pretend one make believe sky fairies followers are more violent than the other shall we I don’t think we can put Buddhism and Islam side by side and say both religions produce same kind of violence. Also besides religious nuts in America, I can’t think of another country in the west that has these types of problems. You can make fun of Christians in Canada and I highly doubt anyone will come over to cut your head off. On the other hand if you published a drawing of the prophet next to your name and address, your fate would be determined depending on where you live. Edited October 30, 2020 by CBH1926 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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