<story><title>Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/world/europe/paris-shooting-attacks.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>djfm</author><text>I live in Paris and was spending the night in the middle of the hot zone. I was a few hundred meters from the Bataclan but fortunately the area I was in was spared. I tried to get a Uber but they were unavailable, &amp;quot;State of emergency, please stay home&amp;quot;, the app said. I took a city bike home, rode about 10kms and barely saw anyone in the streets all the way home. It was really, really weird. I&amp;#x27;m awfully sad that people can be proud of having killed a hundred innocents. I&amp;#x27;m not afraid, I&amp;#x27;m just terribly sad. Please stop this pointless killing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>noobermin</author><text>I wanted to get back to your comment given that this thread has erupted into a political discussion. I just wish you the best, and I hope that I am correct in saying that a lot of us have our thoughts with you and the rest of you in Paris.</text></comment>
<story><title>Paris Shootings and Explosions Kill Over 100, Police Say</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/world/europe/paris-shooting-attacks.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>djfm</author><text>I live in Paris and was spending the night in the middle of the hot zone. I was a few hundred meters from the Bataclan but fortunately the area I was in was spared. I tried to get a Uber but they were unavailable, &amp;quot;State of emergency, please stay home&amp;quot;, the app said. I took a city bike home, rode about 10kms and barely saw anyone in the streets all the way home. It was really, really weird. I&amp;#x27;m awfully sad that people can be proud of having killed a hundred innocents. I&amp;#x27;m not afraid, I&amp;#x27;m just terribly sad. Please stop this pointless killing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Fluid_Mechanics</author><text>If we didn&amp;#x27;t need to secure their oil by supporting&amp;#x2F;deposing despots in the region, and didn&amp;#x27;t want to provide the Israelis with military&amp;#x2F;political&amp;#x2F;financial support then we would not be dealing with any of this carnage.&lt;p&gt;Their attempts to fight back will only escalate the situation, and the carnage will continue.&lt;p&gt;Edit: I&amp;#x27;m not advocating that we not support Israel. I&amp;#x27;m simply stating a hard truth regarding &amp;quot;why they hate us&amp;quot;.</text></comment>