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Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say

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623 points franzb | 1 comments | 14 Nov 15 00:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.219s | source
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coldcode ◴[14 Nov 15 01:47 UTC] No.10563950[source]▶
Right now we don't know who these people are, where they came from and what their aims were (besides terror). Of course terror is exactly this, you don't know, you imagine the worst, and everyone reacts, often pointlessly. I wonder why France?
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imaginenore ◴[14 Nov 15 02:10 UTC] No.10564047[source]▶
We know exactly who they are: islamists. We have video recordings where you can hear them yelling "allahu Akbar" while shooting.

42% of young Muslims in France believe suicide bombings are justified (35% overall).

http://www.pewresearch.org/files/old-assets/pdf/muslim-ameri...

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auntienomen ◴[14 Nov 15 03:44 UTC] No.10564343[source]▶
42% is appalling, but so what? What's your conclusion? (Recall that a majority of Americans have no problem with dropping bombs on foreign civilians.)
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1. pbhjpbhj ◴[14 Nov 15 04:04 UTC] No.10564394[source]▶
>a majority of Americans have no problem with dropping bombs on foreign civilian //

What's your reference here? I'd be quite shocked if people "had no problem" with such actions; "felt they were justified" is entirely believable however.