Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good on you, Douglas. I have had the sad occasions to make similar visits to Paris a year ago and to Brussels earlier this year. I refuse to be cowed. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 09 Nov 2016, at 22:59, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > A few months ago, on Bastille Day - July 14th - while celebrating the > French national day, eighty six innocent people were killed, and four > hundred and thirty four people were injured in a utterly senseless attack > by a delusional Daesh supporter. The attack occured on the Promenade de > Anglais when the fanatical scumbag, driving a large truck, drove into > helpless people, mowing them down. All for the greater glory of Allah, of > course. > > This tragedy prompted me to choose Nice as a destination when I heard that > people were cancelling their holidays in droves. OK it was a very small > gesture of defiance, but if we allow evil to triumph in small ways, its > pervasive miasma grows remorselessly. > > There's a spontaneous and emotional memorial to the dead and injured men, > women and children which sprang up after the attack in a small park near > the site of the tragedy. Here are three pictures. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2016/Nice+49+Memorial+1.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2016/Nice+50+Memorial+2.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2016/Nice+51+Memorial+3.jpg.html > > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information