Yeah OP! Way too personal.

Not like it would ever happen here . . . oh wait

Anonymous wrote:So many Americans are acting like it happened here, and that this is about us. It's not.

Neither was Nazi-occupied Europe and the establishment of death camps.

It does not bother me that people are taking Paris "personally."

What bothers me is that people are "only" taking Paris personally. See...Isis and BH are not attacking people because of a "Western" life style - they are attacking any people who do not think like them. Which is why you have bombings in Lebanon, massacres in Nigeria, non Western women who are being forced into sex slavery...etc. If folks are only up in arms because they attacked Paris, then that would bother me. If you are only upset because a Western city was attacked, then that would bother me. ISIS and BH do not discriminate in who they attack, we should not discriminate about which attacks we are outraged about.

Anonymous wrote:So many Americans are acting like it happened here, and that this is about us. It's not.

....Wow.

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Anonymous wrote:So many Americans are acting like it happened here, and that this is about us. It's not.

France has been our ally for centuries. Are you American in culture and do you know our history? It was an attack on our common cultures, laws, values systems, secular government. Freedoms that we cherish and fought for in non-Calyphyte governments and governments not controlled by Rome.

Although I agree with this sentiment, and I would add that we are a NATO country and an attack on our NATO friend is an attack on us, and that the French have come to our aid since our inception so we have a special bond with them, I do believe you mean Caliphate and not Calyphyte.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Enough with the references to flyover country already.

I can't agree with you on this one. Flyover folks know nothing about urban reality and urban dwellers don't understand the rural folks. It's a bridge too far these days.

I've said this before, but since the hicks who don't live on the coasts have recently acquired electricity and running water, they also were able to access the Internet. They have access to the same knowledge as everyone else. Even though those flyover folks in Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, St. Louis, etc. don't have firsthand knowledge of urban living, they can read about. Some even use DCUM.

Wouldn't it be amazing if there were a word -- maybe that rhymed with mural -- that was the opposite of urban? If there were such a word, maybe we could use it?

The point of the term "flyover country" is to be derisive. Surely you understand that?

Simply calling people who cling to their guns and their Bibles "rural" would be akin to calling people who control certain caliphates in the Middle East "Muslims."

What about the large population of Muslims in Michigan? Do they cling to their "guns and Bibles" -- or does your derision apply only to your stereotype of people who are not on the coasts?

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Anonymous wrote:You clearly don't like in a target city like dc. Go post on you local message board on flyover country.

I live in DC and I think I have a better chance of dying by getting run over in a crosswalk by a bad driver than I do of being gunned down by ISIS.

You have utterly failed to comprehend, or even note, the deeper issues and implications of the Paris attack.

+1

This attack, and others, are an affront against all of humanity that is part of the civilized world. You'd better believe "it's about us."

Just because it's "about us" doesn't mean ISIS has a realistic chance of carrying out attacks in the U.S. And even if they did, you're still far more likely to get shot by someone who thinks he's in love with your coworker or something like that than to be killed by terrorists. (And even then, that's pretty unlikely.)

The point isn't whether the attacks are an affront against the civilized world; of course they are. The point is that we in the U.S. are reacting to them as if they indicate that we're all facing sudden death by decapitation on our way to work.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Enough with the references to flyover country already.

I can't agree with you on this one. Flyover folks know nothing about urban reality and urban dwellers don't understand the rural folks. It's a bridge too far these days.

I've said this before, but since the hicks who don't live on the coasts have recently acquired electricity and running water, they also were able to access the Internet. They have access to the same knowledge as everyone else. Even though those flyover folks in Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, St. Louis, etc. don't have firsthand knowledge of urban living, they can read about. Some even use DCUM.

Wouldn't it be amazing if there were a word -- maybe that rhymed with mural -- that was the opposite of urban? If there were such a word, maybe we could use it?

The point of the term "flyover country" is to be derisive. Surely you understand that?

Simply calling people who cling to their guns and their Bibles "rural" would be akin to calling people who control certain caliphates in the Middle East "Muslims."

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Anonymous wrote:You clearly don't like in a target city like dc. Go post on you local message board on flyover country.

I live in DC and I think I have a better chance of dying by getting run over in a crosswalk by a bad driver than I do of being gunned down by ISIS.

+10000. How are the people who are so terrified of being attacked by ISIS able to work up the courage to drive a car every day? After all their chances of dying in a crash are about a million times greater than being killed by terrorists.

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Anonymous wrote:You clearly don't like in a target city like dc. Go post on you local message board on flyover country.

I was at the Pentagon on 9/11, moron.

Stop being such a pussy. Paris isn't about you.

I call troll.

or sociopath

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I can't agree with you on this one. Flyover folks know nothing about urban reality and urban dwellers don't understand the rural folks. It's a bridge too far these days.

You are (at least marginally) aware of the large urban centers in the flyover country, aren't you?

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Anonymous wrote:You clearly don't like in a target city like dc. Go post on you local message board on flyover country.

I live in DC and I think I have a better chance of dying by getting run over in a crosswalk by a bad driver than I do of being gunned down by ISIS.

You have utterly failed to comprehend, or even note, the deeper issues and implications of the Paris attack.

+1

This attack, and others, are an affront against all of humanity that is part of the civilized world. You'd better believe "it's about us."

+1

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Enough with the references to flyover country already.

I can't agree with you on this one. Flyover folks know nothing about urban reality and urban dwellers don't understand the rural folks. It's a bridge too far these days.

I've said this before, but since the hicks who don't live on the coasts have recently acquired electricity and running water, they also were able to access the Internet. They have access to the same knowledge as everyone else. Even though those flyover folks in Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, St. Louis, etc. don't have firsthand knowledge of urban living, they can read about. Some even use DCUM.

Wouldn't it be amazing if there were a word -- maybe that rhymed with mural -- that was the opposite of urban? If there were such a word, maybe we could use it?

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Anonymous wrote:You clearly don't like in a target city like dc. Go post on you local message board on flyover country.

I was at the Pentagon on 9/11, moron.

Stop being such a pussy. Paris isn't about you.

Well, I was at a dinner hosted by the American Ambassador in the European country where I work, and he seemed to feel that Paris is about the US as well as France. But I'll let him know that someone on DCUM says he's overthinking the issue. He'll be so relieved!

I happen to agree with that, but there is nothing inherently superior about the view of an ambassador.

Especially if he is in an European country and likely a political appointee rather than a carrier FSO who would know something