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The article mentions 2015, I don't think French will take your advice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

by narag 7y ago

The article mentions 2015, I don't think French will take your advice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks

pornel 7y ago
Isn't that exactly the point? We still talk about the 2015 tragedy, even though we have equally deadly tragedies every day, except from "boring" causes that don't make the news.
- narag 7y ago
  Maybe it's different in the USA. In France, more than a hundred killed in a night is very alarming news. Do you think Gendarmerie should forget about terrorists so they can focus on more "boring" causes? Sad I need to say: I don't agree with the tone of the article. I was just responding to a comment that said exactly that.
  - pornel 7y ago
    > Do you think Gendarmerie should forget about terrorists so they can focus on more "boring" causes? Yes. Terrorism works exactly because of irrational out-of-proportion reaction to the attack. The attack is only for show, and later harm is self-inflicted. e.g. after 9/11 more people died from increased road use caused by fear of flying, than from the attack itself. Every day lots of people die in car crashes, from diseases, pollution, accidents, suicides, addictions, poverty, but these deaths are too common, too numerous, and not spectacular enough to get 24/7 news coverage — such deaths have been deemed acceptable, unlike terror deaths. When there's a war on terror trillions of dollars appear out of thin air, but when a fraction of that is needed to improve healthcare or environment it's "but who's going to pay for it?"
    - narag 7y ago
      It seems you're writing from a USA perspective, that's alien from European reality. There aren't so many violent deaths over here and a sizeable proportion of them has been caused by islamic terrorism. Saying that police should ignore that threat shows a terrible level of misinformation. On the other hand we spend much more in public healthcare than in wars. Are there other problems that take lives? Of course, but terrorism is one of the biggest problems that fall into police competences.

by narag 7y ago

The article mentions 2015, I don't think French will take your advice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2015_Paris_attacks

pornel 7y ago

Isn't that exactly the point? We still talk about the 2015 tragedy, even though we have equally deadly tragedies every day, except from "boring" causes that don't make the news.

narag 7y ago
Maybe it's different in the USA. In France, more than a hundred killed in a night is very alarming news. Do you think Gendarmerie should forget about terrorists so they can focus on more "boring" causes? Sad I need to say: I don't agree with the tone of the article. I was just responding to a comment that said exactly that.
- pornel 7y ago
  > Do you think Gendarmerie should forget about terrorists so they can focus on more "boring" causes? Yes. Terrorism works exactly because of irrational out-of-proportion reaction to the attack. The attack is only for show, and later harm is self-inflicted. e.g. after 9/11 more people died from increased road use caused by fear of flying, than from the attack itself. Every day lots of people die in car crashes, from diseases, pollution, accidents, suicides, addictions, poverty, but these deaths are too common, too numerous, and not spectacular enough to get 24/7 news coverage — such deaths have been deemed acceptable, unlike terror deaths. When there's a war on terror trillions of dollars appear out of thin air, but when a fraction of that is needed to improve healthcare or environment it's "but who's going to pay for it?"
  - narag 7y ago
    It seems you're writing from a USA perspective, that's alien from European reality. There aren't so many violent deaths over here and a sizeable proportion of them has been caused by islamic terrorism. Saying that police should ignore that threat shows a terrible level of misinformation. On the other hand we spend much more in public healthcare than in wars. Are there other problems that take lives? Of course, but terrorism is one of the biggest problems that fall into police competences.