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  • DracoM
    Host
    • Mar 2007
    • 12986

    Commisérations

    That's all. Stunned and more moved by dreadful happenings in France than I expected.
    Commisérations à tous
  • Nick Armstrong
    Host
    • Nov 2010
    • 26572

    #2



    "...the isle is full of noises,
    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
      Gone fishin'
      • Sep 2011
      • 30163

      #3
      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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      • french frank
        Administrator/Moderator
        • Feb 2007
        • 30456

        #4
        I agree. Nothing to say. Not often I start the day with tears streaming down my face.
        It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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        • Flay
          Full Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 5795

          #5
          Absolutely terrible
          Pacta sunt servanda !!!

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          • BBMmk2
            Late Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 20908

            #6
            Heartfelt sympathy to everyone involved
            Don’t cry for me
            I go where music was born

            J S Bach 1685-1750

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            • pastoralguy
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 7799

              #7

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              • Beef Oven!
                Ex-member
                • Sep 2013
                • 18147

                #8





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                • Stillhomewardbound
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 1109

                  #9
                  Terrible, shocking events. There are not the words.

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                  • ahinton
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 16123

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Stillhomewardbound View Post
                    Terrible, shocking events. There are not the words.
                    No, indeed there are not - so the best that I feel that I can do is eacho wholeheartedly the expressions of everyone in this thread about these appalling events in that great country.

                    What, I'd really rather not try to wonder, would Delius, who chose to make his home not far from Paris and who had earlier written Paris, A Night Piece: The Song of a Great City, have made of these terrible actions? - a most grievous affront not only to all Parisians and all French people everywhere but also to all humanity...

                    RIP all those who perished there in the horrors of last night...
                    Last edited by ahinton; 14-11-15, 17:44.

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                    • Lento
                      Full Member
                      • Jan 2014
                      • 646

                      #11
                      I know it's just a journalistic phrase, but wish they would refer to the events as the "news" rather than the "story". Tragic.

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                      • ahinton
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 16123

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Lento View Post
                        I know it's just a journalistic phrase, but wish they would refer to the events as the "news" rather than the "story". Tragic.
                        To the extent that one might reasonably interpret the term "news" in this context to denote reportage of actual events but the term "story" as something that has emerged from the expression of someone's imagination, I'm entirely with you here; that said, what happened is indeed the former and a tragedy of unimaginable proportions senselessly perpetrated by people who can and will never win anything for anyone - including themselves - by their actions.

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                        • Lat-Literal
                          Guest
                          • Aug 2015
                          • 6983

                          #13
                          Originally posted by ahinton View Post
                          To the extent that one might reasonably interpret the term "news" in this context to denote reportage of actual events but the term "story" as something that has emerged from the expression of someone's imagination, I'm entirely with you here; that said, what happened is indeed the former and a tragedy of unimaginable proportions senselessly perpetrated by people who can and will never win anything for anyone - including themselves - by their actions.
                          Spot on Alistair! How many were involved? Not enough to fill a primary school classroom! Sadly, I've seen and heard it all so many times before.
                          There's nothing significant in broad terms whatsoever other than for those who tragically have been impacted. We gag the news - and march on!

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                          • Dave2002
                            Full Member
                            • Dec 2010
                            • 18035

                            #14
                            Very sad. A pointless waste. A sad day for France, and for Europe too.

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                            • ahinton
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 16123

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                              Very sad. A pointless waste. A sad day for France, and for Europe too.
                              Yes - but not only even that but a very sad day for humanity as a whole, if I may say so.

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