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[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Mourning the loss of innocent lives in Paris.
Please send your thoughts
and prayers to the people of France.

"Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité"

Comments

[rosywonder.livejournal.com]

We are terribly shocked to wake to such a tragedy. My thoughts and prayers go to all those directly affected by this outrage.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

You're not anywhere near Paris are you Rosemary? I imagine with the country being in a declared state of emergency, they're telling people to stay home if they can, and no traveling other than what's necessary.

I remember when everything shut down here on 9/11. It was like being frozen in time. I had not television and couldn't keep up with the news. I wasn't using cable tv at the time and with the towers coming down there was no signal for over the air broadcast.

I had to go to a neighbors house to watch the news and the President's address.

Last I heard Hollande had declared France as being in a state of war...but it that at home or in the Mid-East.

This is all so horrible.

[rosywonder.livejournal.com]

No we are several hundred kilometres south west but it feels like the whole of France is in mourning at the moment. There are now several days of national mourning ahead which is a good opportunity for us all to reflect on what has happened. The President has declared a state of emergency but I'm not sure how that will affect us.

I am just so utterly filled with sadness at this horrible act and I do pray that people of all faiths and cultures will come together to show that evil cannot and will not triumph.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Evil can't triumph, otherwise it's the end of the world. Hugs to you my friend.

[otherhawk.livejournal.com]

Been watching the news - it's just awful. My thoughts go out to those across the channel.

[lindafishes8.livejournal.com]

It's too horrible to imagine. Why do people do such things? Unimaginable. My heart hurts for all the victims.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Because there's idiots out there who've let themselves be brainwashed into become mindless tools to be used by fanatics...who don't care a whit for the human race.

The governments of the world better wake up before its too late... and be proactive instead of reactive. Sadly there's no easy solution to terrorism.

[threecee.livejournal.com]

Sadly, the pro-gun faction here in the US will be proclaiming that the bloodbath could have been prevented if only the French citizens had been about their peaceful activities armed with loaded automatic weapons.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Could have been prevented? I doubt that. However if a few of those patrons being armed and able to defend themselves and the others might have saved some lives.

I am actually a believer in the right to bear arms but, with strict qualifiers in place though, stringent background checks, psychological testing and education on gun use and safety. Not everyone is capable of being a responsible gun owner.

It does come down to a person's right to defend themselves...but how can you if you aren't armed. Words don't work with these people.

In these clandestine,random attacks against people going about their peaceful activities, nothing can be done to prevent them The police and governments cannot give blanket protection against this sort of violence....unless people want to see armed solders with AK47's on every street corner.

There's no simple answer to this from any perspective.

[threecee.livejournal.com]

Deepest sympathy to the injured and bereaved people of France, and disgust and contempt for the cowards who orchestrated this massacre.