Bluecast wrote:Cyberman wrote: Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of my mom's death.
Sorry to hear Optimus Prime. Hopefully you have friends and family to help you through painful reminders.
Thanks, Bluecast
Bluecast wrote:Cyberman wrote: Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of my mom's death.
Sorry to hear Optimus Prime. Hopefully you have friends and family to help you through painful reminders.
Henry Spencer wrote: Another attack, this time in London in various areas in the centre (London Bridge, Borough Market, Vauxhall area). A van was used to run over people on London Bridge being driven on the wrong side of the road driven along the pavement until they jumped out of the van and then proceeded to draw knives and stab people. There has also been reports of gunshots being heard (possibly only from the Police services rather than the attackers, still unknown at the moment).
Being treated as a terrorist attack.
Henry Spencer wrote: Another attack, this time in London in various areas in the centre (London Bridge, Borough Market, Vauxhall area). A van was used to run over people on London Bridge being driven on the wrong side of the road driven along the pavement until they jumped out of the van and then proceeded to draw knives and stab people. There has also been reports of gunshots being heard (possibly only from the Police services rather than the attackers, still unknown at the moment).
Being treated as a terrorist attack.
ShenGCH wrote:(as if they're anything more than narcissistic self-glorification with negative effort involved)!
south carmain wrote:ShenGCH wrote:(as if they're anything more than narcissistic self-glorification with negative effort involved)!
I wouldn't go that far. Yeah it's a trend and most of them probably aren't even religious let alone pray for what happened but the majority probably do feel some sort of sympathy towards the victims.
ShenGCH wrote:south carmain wrote:ShenGCH wrote:(as if they're anything more than narcissistic self-glorification with negative effort involved)!
I wouldn't go that far. Yeah it's a trend and most of them probably aren't even religious let alone pray for what happened but the majority probably do feel some sort of sympathy towards the victims.
Oh, don't get me wrong - I'm sure many of those who put out the hashtags and add filters to their Facebook profile pictures do feel genuine sympathy for the victims and their families, but there's something very unsettling about the fact these acts of so-called 'resilience' have turned into an assembly line of sorts:
1. Terrorist attack occurs
2. Hashtags and photo filters spread throughout social media in abundance
3. Hype dies down
4. Repeat step one
In reality, their sentiments mean, and ultimately amount to, absolutely nothing and border on the insulting. Instead of partaking in acts of real defiance and calls for change, they instead choose to spend three seconds tweeting a hashtag and pray their platitudes about tolerance and not letting the tragedy get them down, etc., fit within the character limit from the comfort of their phone. Do you think the families of the victims are going to look at those hashtags and picture filters and feel solace and relief? If these attacks were once in a blue moon then yes, perhaps they would feel some semblance of comfort from the display of sentiment and togetherness, but these attacks are now happening on an almost weekly basis and the aforementioned assembly line is becoming very old and tiresome indeed.
south carmain wrote: They say you shouldn't give up your freedom for safety but it seems like in the UK you have neither these days.
I can agree that something needs to change because whatever pattern we're following now surely isn't working.
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