[Leica] IMGs: Memorial at Nice x 3
Nathan Wajsman
photo at frozenlight.eu
Thu Nov 10 22:29:49 PST 2016
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
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> 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.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2016/Nice+49+Memorial+1.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2016/Nice+50+Memorial+2.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/France/Cote+dAzur+2016/Nice+51+Memorial+3.jpg.html
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> Douglas
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