Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >