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Awful. sounds like there may be another attack at a Metro station also.

There is....live pictures from outside their underground too... Fuckers

And a second Metro station now too.

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the right wing media, keeping it classy as ever.

/awful fucking news.

What do you want?

I want everything.

But you can't have everything?

Then I'll break some more of your things.

I'll punish you!

You can't, you're a grownup and have to follow the rules.

I'll find you!

No you won't, it's not like the old days - we don't even wear school uniforms
Oh, and a lot of your kids are joining us because they've found out that we want everything
and we can break anything we like.

Why are you doing this?

We're right. You're wrong and we can break anything of yours we like.

Can we discuss this peacefully?

No. We're right, you're wrong and we can break anything of yours we like.

Fuck 'em all. Wish I knew the answers.

https://twitter.com/evanlamos/status/712194836649082880/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

love all the "journalists" on twitter desperate for the photos "hope your ok can we use your photos where do we send the cheque ?"

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jesus. most of that twitter 'conversation' consists of greedy, lazy, sympathy faking journalists trying to get the scoop on that picture.

/edit: beaten to it

this ones even more greedy journos :
https://twitter.com/PaulineArmandet/status/712192021516165122/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

This is really shit. There is a relatively unsettled Muslim population in Molenbeck and often other parts of the centre of Brussels, but I don't think they are capable of this. From an outsider point of view, and the fact that Brussels is already a very cosmopolitan and sometimes disjointed place, I hope it can avoid the intended destabalisation and group together rather than reaching for the pitchforks. Nuts.

Scary stuff. Those twitter conversations with all "Hope you're ok, can we use your photo?" are kinda depressing.

Journalists are shit, and twitter makes them shitter.

Anyone else seeing that image of a woman in just her bra all over the place?
Seems the bomb blast shredded her jacket so now she's sat with nothing but her bra and jeans on a bench, in complete shock by the looks of it.
I'm sure she doesn't mind the image being used like that.

Nightcrawlers.

Just emailed one of the journalists in that twitter conversation, recommending that she check out Nightcrawler.

There is a relatively unsettled Muslim population in Molenbeck and often other parts of the centre of Brussels, but I don't think they are capable of this.>

It would be wrong to suggest that an entire community is responsible, it's more a question of an atmosphere of resentment where the vulnerable and weak minded can be recruited. You're right to say that the intention of this attack is partly to cause more tension, more isolation of the Muslim population and thus the cycle continues. I hope the Belgian authorities realise this and don't respond in too heavy handed a way. Obviously I also hope they catch them.

This is awful.
There were also terror attacks in Ivory Coast, Turkey and Pakistan recently too but the victims were brown and probably Muslim so it doesn't really matter.

^ virtue signalling klaxon

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Was meant to go to Belgium today. Have had to exchange tickets for tomorrow instead. Family asking if I should go. Pointed out to them that I commute into work in London everyday where there is just as much chance of something happening.

Please step away from the keyboard

And a lot more than 180 miles from our shores.

Raqqa, a couple of days ago. Many civilians dead. No-one gave a shit.

People do care about that. But they also do not fear that happening on their doorstep. An attack in Western Europe is a failing of the European security services to prevent an attack. The same security services that we are hoping will stop us being killed.

That's why we give more shits about Brussels than somewhere a lot further away.