[Leica] IMGs: Memorial at Nice x 3

[Jim Nichols]

I applaud your position, Douglas.  That was a senseless and cowardly 
act.  I'm amazed at the number of items included in the informal memorial.

Nice, touching images.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 11/9/2016 3:59 PM, Douglas Barry 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
>