Terror Attack: 130 Dead in Paris

[Ice]

Even I thought at the time that taking out Saddam was not a bad idea.
Of course I also wasn't as old and wise yet as I am now.

A bit of sarcasm mixed with reality... I echo this.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Turkey Shoots down Russian plane: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34907983

Possibly with F-16's.

[Fragony]

Turkey Shoots down Russian plane: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34907983

Possibly with F-16's.

And probably not in Turkish airspace, bit of a problem then if so

edit, comfirmed that two Turkish F16 shot it down, and that they knew it was a Russian plane. Oh my. Russian pilot is ok by the way before you ask.

extra edit, one pilot certainly isn't ok

[Viking]

Steven Pinker's opinion on how attacks like this one fit with the supposed general decline in violence:

Certain categories of violence could continue to see statistical declines, Pinker said, including homicide, domestic violence, and rape. But others, notably the use of “cheap, low-depth, high-publicity violence such as terrorism and rampage shootings,” may hold to current levels far into the future.

Reflecting on overall historical trends, Pinker said, “Violence reduction might be like other types of technological progress — that is, not linear and not exorable, but highly likely over the long run.”

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...-yes-actually/

[Shaka_Khan]

Something happened in California. The motive isn't determined yet. Whatever the motive is, it's terrorism for sure.

[Fragony]

Not much is known yet but it certainly looks like it. This is something we will just have go get used to, especially in Europe but also in the USA

[Idaho]

Not much is known yet but it certainly looks like it. This is something we will just have go get used to, especially in Europe but also in the USA

I predict that it could count for as much as 0.2%% of the traffic deaths each year.

[Husar]

Something happened in California. The motive isn't determined yet. Whatever the motive is, it's terrorism for sure.

Was there any point during the creation of your post at which you thought about the actual information contained in your videos or did you just want to waste my time?

Not much is known yet but it certainly looks like it. This is something we will just have go get used to, especially in Europe but also in the USA

http://www.theonion.com/article/no-w...larly-ha-51938

[Montmorency]

While Islamic violence is indeed a subset of violence, it would be strange to suggest that any other subset of violence should have its individual characteristics and contributing factors ignored because 'violence is violence, and one sort is not of more concern than another'. What I am getting at is that when studying a subset of violence, you need both the broad and common analysis as well as the deep and comparative analysis.

Otherwise, you simply get the inverted image of the "War on Drugs".