Paris attacked again

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RobSpur said:
Have you been to Paris in the last 10 years ?

If so, did you find that :

* Paris was in a western, first world country, or was not in a western first world country ?
* People in Paris were mainly white Christian looking types, or mainly Muslimy/Arabic type looking people ?
* People in Paris could speak English or could not speak English ?
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A lot of the Arabs in Paris can speak English. The French, not so much.
 
RobSpur said:
Have you been to Paris in the last 10 years ?

If so, did you find that :

* Paris was in a western, first world country, or was not in a western first world country ?
* People in Paris were mainly white Christian looking types, or mainly Muslimy/Arabic type looking people ?
* People in Paris could speak English or could not speak English ?
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Stop talking ****e. You made a **** of it in your OP and quite frankly you have just went down hill from there.
 
Archers Road said:
A lot of the Arabs in Paris can speak English. The French, not so much.
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I think we can all agree that France Is a non English speaking nation mate.

Apart from those of us who are wriggling like a wee worm caught on a big fat hook.
 
King Shergar said:
It's pretty obvious that an attack in France will create more media attention from us, as France are a neighbouring country to us. So we as a nation are obviously going to be more concerned when these attacks are happening near our doorsteps, than if the attacks are happening in Syria.

France are also an allie of ours, where as Syria are not. So an attack on France has the potential to trigger our armed forces into action.
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I partly agree with you.

I don't agree that people watching the news last night, were generally thinking "oh my god, this could mean our military gets involved",

I think they were generally (quite reasonably and understandably) feeling the horror of the situation and feeling deepest empathy for those who got caught up in it.

To a degree, they could also have been thinking 'Christ, it could be us next'.

And whilst the 'Christ it could be us next' factor is certainly more relevant when it happens in France, than when it happens in Syria, and is therefore a reason why it has a bigger emotional effect on us than when 200 Syrians are executed in cold blood in Syria, I also suggest that the fact that it was French people who were killed, rather than Syrian people, makes it a far bigger story, and in our eyes a bigger tragedy.

On this basis, I would suggest that if the 200 French had been killed by ISIS in Syria, rather than in France, it would still have affected peoples' sensibilities here more, than if it had just been another 200 Syrian people murdered by ISIS in Syria.

In western eyes, Syrian lives are worth less than French lives.
 
Paris is a great City and the people too.

Learning a bit of local lingo before going somewhere is common courtesy.
 
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Ciaran said:
Paris is a great City and the people too.

Learning a bit of local lingo before going somewhere is common courtesy.
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I agree, but many Parisiennes will be offended if they think you don't think they can speak English. Try asking a middle class Parisienne if they can speak English, and they'll look at you as if you just asked them whether they are from the moon.

Anyway, the English speaking comment was only a small facet of the point I made.

For the avoidance of doubt, my deepest sympathy goes out to all those caught up in these terrible events, as it does to those whose lives have been lost and or torn apart in Syria.
 
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Aldo McTrotsky MP said:
Its fine, they speak English.
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If you looked back at my original comment as a whole, and you then reflected on the fact that you have attempted to counter it, solely by stating that English isn't the first language in Paris, I would suggest that if you were looking at things objectively and reasonably, you would agree that your argument was somewhat pathetic.

I have pointed out that western people care less about Syrian lives than they do about French lives, and that is the case. Your attempt to disprove the point by commenting that Parisiennes aren't native English speakers, is utterly vacuous.
 
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