Paris Attacks

[Vosem]

First off, what happened in France today is absolutely awful, and my condolences and prayers go to the victims, their relatives, and those close to them.

Second off, it is absolutely integral that we do not derive the wrong lessons from this tragedy. It would be wrong to blame or retaliate on refugees (as, unfortunately, might be happening in Calais, in what -- if it is happening -- is just as deplorable an attack as the one that happened in Paris), many of whom are running to escape this very sort of terror, and it would be wrong to blame or retaliate on Western Muslims as a whole, who, as a bloc, absolutely do not condone this sort of violence. At the same time, it would be wrong to forget who is responsible (terrorist groups of Muslim Middle Eastern origin), and it would be wrong to let them and their friends go unpunished for over 100 deaths.

Last off, I hate to agree with Donald Trump on anything at all, and now is probably the wrong time. Nevertheless, it must be said that if the French government took the first word of Liberté, egalité, fraternité more seriously, 4 people might not have murdered 80.

That is all.