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Paris terror attacks: Vive la France. The world is with you.
bobbydazlers
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my heartfelt sympathy to the family's and friends of those that were injured or died in the terror attacks in Paris and for the French nation in the wake of this abomination.
they all have my deepest sympathy, we all stand united in the face of the horror of these monsters who are out to shatter our way of life.
they all have my deepest sympathy, we all stand united in the face of the horror of these monsters who are out to shatter our way of life.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
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The very same type of thread started by Trendy, Friday evening, was closed.
Unfortunately, these type of discussions end up being more political than anything else and that's taboo around here.
(also, this is a Ten Forward kinda thing anyway)
I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
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so are you telling me that people can come on this forum and offer sympathy on the death of famous people who have nothing whatsoever to do with star trek but I cannot use this forum to send my thoughts and sympathy to the French nation in the wake of this tragedy.
also being as I have see no threads on ten forward or here I thought I would post this.
they may close this thread but I have got my message out there and that is good enough.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
Apparently not...
As I said, Trendy started the exact same kind of thread and it was closed without so much as a 'how-do-you-do'.
It doesn't even show who closed it.
That kind of Mod action around here, sends a definite message of "Not Allowed".
Here's the thread in question if you wish to see for yourself.
http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1207558/france/p1
I even posted in it.
I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
Forever a STO Veteran-Minion
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
I agree whole heartedly, but as I said, since it is more about a political situation, it is not something They apparently wish to have discussed here.
I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
Forever a STO Veteran-Minion
this is not a political discussion but just a message of sympathy to a grieving nation.
I am pretty sure if a similar thread was raised in the wake of the 9/11 attack it would not be taken down.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
Edit: Should have said originally....In before the lock.
(Insert gif of geordi LaForge rolling under engineering section overhead door on warp core breech countdown.)
I am just shocked that no other posters have made a comment along the lines of my opening post but only to tell me I should not have started this thread.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
There was about a 24 hour window in which you could have expressed your sympathy's in the previous thread.
That window is now apparently closed.
You've still managed to say what you want.
Perhaps now would be a good time to let it go.
I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
Forever a STO Veteran-Minion
While an unfortunate event, the world powers have nobody to blame but their own spinelessness. You don't get pissed off when a dog bites you, you train it or shoot it.
Yeah, also made a comment last night in regards to Russia which i would have removed had the topic still been opened.
Condolence topics tend to turn into turmoil as enough time progresses and the time to close it had arrived.
Never quite understood the whole suicide bombing thing either, I understand terrorism, sure as hell don't support it, but I understand it's being. Suicide bombing though? That's just the result of a naive little mind being brainwashed to do the dirty work of someone else who is too... sensible(?) to do it themselves. There's no purpose to it. The would-be attackers can't even gloat about it afterwards, cause they're a crispy corpse. It's madness, all for the sake of some twisted translation of some religious text?
France seems to have got a lot recently too, and this was somewhat foretold. People kept saying that if we (Europe) take in all these refugees, some of them will turn out to be ISIS, and here we are after the result of an ISIS attack. Anyway, without turning this into politics or religion, my condolences to all those affected yesterday, both in Paris and elsewhere. Hopefully those who have the power will act more on it, and one day terrorism will be a distant memory.
This will be locked. It's political.
Talking about the deaths of actors is entertainment, not politics.
This kind of thread will draw the socialists who will ask "Why wasn't Kenya discussed or Beirut, which just happened shortly before Paris.' then we'd get into a discussion on how racist people are... due to the lack of discussion of a hundred black or arab people killed... and the outpouring of grief on the death of 100 white people.
Then it'd get nasty as you got one group of people trying to prevent it peacefully (the federation way) and one group of people wanting revenge (the klingon way).
then religion comes in.
then threats are made
then the cops come check this out.
in the end, a lot of butthurt feelings.
So yeah, that's why we don't discuss realworld politics here. We do discuss star trek politics, technological politics... generally in ten forward. In other words, we try to obey the prime directive here.
By the way, everyone has their own ideas about "what Star Trek stands for", and since it's an opinion, all are equally valid.
In before the lock to protest the lock.
Rayzee
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torgaddon101
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I do have sympathy for the families of the victims of the Paris attacks. I also have sympathy for the innocents that will be killed in the days to come when the Western world finally gets its act together and realizes that we are in a de-facto state of war with a foreign enemy that will either see the entire world converted to its way of thinking or destroyed in the process.
"A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. I would rather you made your appraisal after seeing what the enemy does, since it is certain that, angered and outraged, he will soon launch a determined counterattack." -- Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, Jan. 9 1942
And here is someone naive who believes the pablum spoon-fed to him by the Main Stream Media, right on time, with the predictably political comment.
There are no words...
Here is what you do not seem to understand: this specific board is for discussion about this specific game, Star Trek Online. Not even general Trek discussion. So even based on your above statement about the spirit of Trek, this would go on the Ten Forward board, because that is a general Trek/off topic board. But this specific board is for discussing this specific game, not general Trek, and certainly not RL topics.
The-Grand-Nagus
Join Date: Sep 2008
Agreed. This will certainly turn political and be closed. Don't worry, my sig has that second part covered.
That said, my heart also goes out to the French people.
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I would lock this thread and move it to ten forward, if I was a mod. But mods are off for the weekend so....
@pwlaughingtrendy
I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
Forever a STO Veteran-Minion
It really serves no cause. I think its a act of desperation or no hope for the future. Ironically its one of the problem with STO kill fest.