State of emergency declared across France after Paris shootings and explosions

Re:State of emergency declared across France after Paris sho... by kgwgk on Friday November 13, 2015 @07:41PM (#10563628)

There were less than 100 homicides in Paris in 2012 and 2013 [1]. More than 100 might have been killed today.

[1] http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2015/05/05/01016-201...

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Re:State of emergency declared across France after Paris sho... by Retric on Friday November 13, 2015 @08:46PM (#10563949)

And compared to the average for that block it's even worse.

The point being of the people murdered in France this year less than 1/5th of them where killed by terrorists. Yet, the other 4/5th don't make international news.

Yes, this is a tragedy, so are all those other deaths.

PS: Even at over twice the normal rate, the average US city is far worse every year.

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Re:State of emergency declared across France after Paris sho... by kgwgk on Friday November 13, 2015 @09:20PM (#10564098)

There are around 700 people murdered in France each year. But in most cases it's someone from your family killing you, or someone that hates you for some reason, or you're involved in criminal activities.

Maybe there are 100 people killed in France in a typical year by complete strangers. And we're talking about 180 people (maybe more) killed in 2015 by complete strangers and in the name of Allah. I don't think that can be easily ignored.

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Re:State of emergency declared across France after Paris sho... by Retric on Friday November 13, 2015 @10:15PM (#10564261)

Most people ignore the 400,000+ people murdered every year.

What's hard, is accepting that things like this happen, but there not reason to alter policy in any meaningful way.

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