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RE: Bastille Day Horror in Nice
July 15, 2016 at 10:35 am
(July 15, 2016 at 6:45 am)Pandæmonium Wrote: Confirmed by BBC news from eye witnesses that the man started shooting at police when the van started coming to a stop and that there other munitions in the truck.
Which isn't really a confirmation at all. Panicking people generally don't get an adequate picture of events.
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RE: Bastille Day Horror in Nice
July 15, 2016 at 10:58 am
I understand what he's saying, fog of war and all that. I just can't be bothered anymore.
I'm going back to not posting and purely moderating. Laters all.
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RE: Bastille Day Horror in Nice
July 15, 2016 at 11:04 am
(July 15, 2016 at 10:58 am)Pandæmonium Wrote: I understand what he's saying, fog of war and all that. I just can't be bothered anymore.
I'm going back to not posting and purely moderating. Laters all.
No, dude. I like having you around. Please post more.
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RE: Bastille Day Horror in Nice
July 15, 2016 at 11:28 am
In 1917 thousands of people gathered in Fatima allegedly witnessed miraculous solar activity, caused by Virgin Mary, or some such nonsense. Eyewitness testimony is the weakest kind of evidence there is.
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RE: Bastille Day Horror in Nice
July 15, 2016 at 12:18 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2016 at 12:22 pm by purplepurpose.)
Im a racist. I have zero reaction when innocent muslims are blown by their own brainwashed comrades. But when white people suffer on such scale...
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RE: Bastille Day Horror in Nice
July 15, 2016 at 12:21 pm
(July 15, 2016 at 12:18 pm)purplepurpose Wrote: Im a racist. I have zero reaction when innocent muslims are blown by their own brainwashed comrades. But often thi kind of slaughter sometimes gets me, when white people suffer on such scale.
Welp. Now you've gone from 'confusing-rhetoric-annoying-man' to 'utter assbag.'
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