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Another terrorist attack in France. Hide your wives and children.

A man has been decapitated and several others injured at a factory in France in what President Francois Hollande has called a terrorist attack.

Two men drove into the Air Products gas factory factory near Lyon, officials said, before several explosions were heard.

One of the suspects, a 30-year-old who was known to police, has been arrested.

The dead man was found with Arabic inscriptions on him and an Islamist flag was found near the site.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33284937

Everything's a terrorist attack nowadays.

Not if a white person does it mind.

Transient wrote:Everything's a terrorist attack nowadays.

I agree, that term is thrown around loosely. But this particular case appears to be just that...

Transient wrote:Everything's a terrorist attack nowadays.

except Charleston apparently, hence the lack of thread about it on this board

quick ban their flag

Where are anonymous when you need them eh?

feedback wrote:quick ban their flag

but don't ban every game with swastikas, because they make too much money!

Ryoki wrote:Not if a white person does it mind.

They're lone gunmen!

Good thing about everyone being labelled a terrorist is that it applies a narrative and association with a marginalised demographic that the majority of people cannot identify with.

If you start calling them "criminals" or suchlike, you increase the chances of someone saying, "oh, I'm one of those..."

I think the media get a hard time for their use of the word 'terrorist'. They're actually doing everyone a huge favour.

Far scarier is the idea that an ordinary criminal is responsible for an atrocity.

syp0s wrote:............... scarier is the idea that an ordinary criminal is responsible for an atrocity.

And a nice to know one of the suspects was known to police but sad a little bit late.