Forerunner
Member
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Fuck him.
Fuck him.
Police 'neutralized' person wearing explosive belt at Brussels Central Station
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cr0w
Old Member
You'll be fine. There are higher odds of a collision on the tracks en route.
They only shot this asshole after his trolly/suitcase allready exploded and after he shouted Allahu Akbar. So as long as you don't try stuff like that, you'll be fine. There are overreactions from time to time, but lethal force is only applied in very rare instances when it is absolutely clear it's necessairy
Was a while back (last summer?). Student was doing research on radiation, wearing equipment and a pretty heavy jacket on a very hot day. It spooked some people so close to the airport and subway attacks and antiterror troops intercepted him and held him under gunpoint for hours before they realised it was false alarm
NYCmetsfan
Banned
Ramadan, they have done this for the last two years
It only needs to happen once ^_^
I'm half joking, but when you see how many people are killed in the US because a policeman thought (wrongly) that the person was carrying a gun, I fully expect a "mistake" to happen soon if the current situation go on (and it will).
I'm probably not the one that will be mistaken for a terrorist (black and north-african senior CERN researchers were taking me with them when they were passing Swiss border control in their BMW because I was avoiding them troubles...) but I'm thinking about people that fit more the idea people have of a terrorist will probably have to be really cautious.
What I hope is that it stays like that. But I doubt it, there's tens of thousands of people protecting us, and we only need one that lose his temper once...
The "backpack should be forbidden in city center" don't give me much hope, too...
Yes, this is exactly like the Ottoman army laying a siege on Vienna. /s
Because jihadists are returning home and it doesn't happen any that YouTube leaves Daesh videos online for weeks.
Wrestlemania
Banned
Best get back to your secure bunker - I hear they can send Muslims through the internet and out of your screen now!
ClosingADoor
Member
You might want to check some different news sources, because last time I checked there aren't that many armies marching through the Balkans into Europe at the moment.
Octavianus
Banned
Sure, but the fact that stuff like this is possible at all is scary shit. Still can't get used to the idea of it happening so close to home.
You can also get hit by lightning, get run over by a car, accidentally trip and break your neck etc etc. I don't know, I don't see it as "scary" at all.
Eh, it's estimated that 20% of the fighters in Syria and Iraq are originally European so it is not easy to say what is happening in Europe right now is OK or normal.
Credible sources for that?
ClosingADoor
Member
I agree that we have major problems with jihadist returning and EU immigration and integration policies. But to paint this as some Islamic invasion and compare it to the Ottoman Empire marching into Europe like that poster did is just stupid.
Onlinehero
Member
"Ontploffing" is explosion? That's adorable.
the al-monitor link above lists it as 5,000-6,000 of 25-27,000 but AFP, those who track fighters, has a nice chart
note: the AM article is based on the AFP news wire article
Comparing what's happening now in Europe with the Ottoman Empire's siege on Vienna at a time when it was probably the strongest player is Europe is ridiculous. It's passed even the level of hyperbole and reaching incredible levels of stupidness.
It was the military according to Conflict News.
Happy that the guy got stopped, less happy about the fact that another terrorist went out to try and attack civilians.
You can really see they are getting desperate because of Raqqa IMO
Happy that the guy got stopped, less happy about the fact that another terrorist went out to try and attack civilians.
You can really see they are getting desperate because of Raqqa IMO
Oh and the fact that most Muslims don't identify with anything Ottoman. The country of my roots even successfully fought against them. It's just dumb to think Ottomans=all muslims.
Octavianus
Banned
You don't see the possibility of getting blown up because some douchebag thinks you and every man, woman and child next to you deserve to die in the most horrible way possible as 'scary' at all?
Ok.
'Explosie' works as well.
I seriously don't understand YouTube.
Put a video with a copyright song and you are taken out in minutes, upload a video with a hateful message and it stays there for weeks and months.
I thought it was just a joke? (funny or not is another matter)
Baby boomers here would probably have said that they were stopped in Poitiers (south of Paris) in 732, though... it used to be one of those popular dates from school for which basically noone actually know what happened.
Songs can be easily detected by software which then automatically blocks the video. Something like an isis video will have to flagged by a user and then evaluated by a person. Taking weeks to delete it is definitely too long though.
So maybe read your own link better next time?
And even the 5000-6000 is.."hm", as I remember this thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1393831 (some other estimates).
Nope. For one, the chance is extremely low. For another, there are enough terrible accidents that can happen.
888
Member
Well good thing they stopped this today...
hanspampel
Banned
You can also win the lottery
Exactly my point. Just because you can win if you play, you aren't happy or euphoric all the time.
Exactly. Those are accidents.
Living in fear is like being dead already.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
You're literally saying some Anders Brevik-level shit. Think about that for a second.
Octavianus
Banned
I suppose. I have extreem social anxiety so I can't really help it. Stuff like this just makes it even worse.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
More like die in a fire, in this world and the next.
Fuck them. Great work by military.
Getting caught up in someone blowing himself up is the same (I know it doesn't apply to all kind of accidents): Wrong time, wrong place.
You can also get stabbed by some junkie on the street. But that's no reason for people to think it's scary that this possiblity exists.
No surprise there. I'm a really rational person, so I don't have any problems in that regard. I would say that if you don't live in a big city, such things are even way less likely to happen but that probably doesn't apply to you then.
I can't really get the thought process behind this argumentation. I know the statistical chance, but still. I think most people, myself included, are having a problem with certain individuals chosing to "hunt" other human beings down. Thunder is not doing that. A car crash is not doing that. A terrorist attack, or any attack actually, does exactly this.
There is a constant chance of dying that raises when I leave my home, but those people are adding to that number deliberately. This is what's hitting my switch at least.
I don't see the argument "but it's unlikely they're getting you" helping or coping with this situation.
back to the topic:
Glad this time it worked out. Let's hope they find some connections to other members or sympathisers.
NoblesseOblige
Banned
Your chances of dying are actually higher in your home if you live alone.
BUNTING1243
Banned
Crazy, I was there like a week ago.
Glad they got him before anything awful happened
Glad they got him before anything awful happened
But I don't. And also that is not the point.
Nobody tries to raise my chances of dying at home. Hopefully.
No one is saying "terrorism is fine".