What is okay, encouraged and politically correct to say: Hindutva Fascism (referencing a country defending its sovereignty to attack on terrorist bases. No muslims within the country were ever targeted for this operation, in fact many anti-government influential Muslim leaders like Owaisi declared their support).
What is not okay, discouraged and EVIL to say: Islamic Terrorism (referencing 4 terrorists attacking innocent tourists, asking them to show their IDs, recite the kalma and even pull down their pants to prove they are muslim before the non-muslims are identified and murdered)
Whoever propagates these views (and you know who you are), please examine yourself and your views, and ask yourself if what you are propagating is truly for the good of this world? Or is it only to score social media brownie points?
Alice, is there anything we can do to help? The museum occurrence sounds terrifying and I am so sorry you had to go through that. I'm so sorry this is happening but if there is anything us online folk can do, let us know. Even if it is just to listen to you vent about how you're feeling. Sending you lots of cyber hugs.
Dom, my darling! Thank you so much for the kind words! *hugs* I honestly thought, when I made that post, that I'm venting and no one would take note. It's just not the first time in my life that I've had to deal with things like this, and not even the first time that I momentarily cracked and needed to vent online for a second to be able to continue moving forward. So I just hope that you and everyone else who reacted know just how much it means to me. I am so, so grateful for the fact you care!
Regarding what can be done, I wrote about a few options in this ask reply, but I wanna repeat that even just knowing that you care already means a lot!
TBH, I do have more to vent about, because since I've posted, another person died due to a previous terrorist attack. On Friday, there was an attack on a family car, on its way to a holiday vacation in the city of Tiberias, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. It left me reeling. When my sister was pregnant, I wanted to give her a special bday gift, one last vacation with her sis before she gives birth, so I asked her where she'd like to go together to, and she said Tiberias. Waze took us exactly through the junction that the terrorist attack happened in this last Friday. Every time I think that that could have been my sis and my unborn nephew, I feel like I can't breathe.
The terrorists shot from their own car at that of the Jewish family, a mother and her two daughters, 16 and 20 years old girls. Then when the mother was wounded and her car came to a stop, the terrorists stopped as well, one of them got out, walked over to the family car, and shot the mother and her two daughters again, from up close. This is referred to as "dead checking," meaning the terrorist makes sure the victims are dead, not just wounded. And the two daughters were indeed dead, but he missed that the mother was still alive. For a few days they fought for her life in a Jerusalem hospital, but the other day she passed away, too. Their names were Lucy (Leah), Maya and Rina Dee (may their memory be a blessing). This is their picture:
The husband and father, Rabbi Leo Dee, chose to donate organs, to save others. He also asked for people to share the Israeli flag on social media. One of my dear colleagues is a British Jew, and he's friends with this family. He shared on Whatsapp a beautiful video of people lining up the route of the funeral of the late Lucy Dee, they were standing in the rain just to wave their Israeli flags for the grieving husband and father. So I'm gonna do exactly what he asked for, I'll share the Israeli flag as well.
Thank you so much, my beautiful friend, I'm sending you all the love and hugs right back!
All of you who post about free Palestine don't understand that israel gave them freedom 15 years ago, with the Disengagement Plan, and since then Terror organisations took turns on who rules the Gaza strip and played a little game called 'let's start a war with israel, even though they did nothing'.
You have to understand that if Hamas would put their weapons down, we would have peace, But if Israel would put their weapons down, their would be no Israel.
Today I want to write about a very serious topic. It’s one week ago since the cruel mass shooting in Las Vegas. I was very shocked when I heard it in the news. My thoughts go out to all the victims and to all families who lost a loved one.
For me it’s obvious that America needs a new gun law. I think James Corden found some great words in his show. For someone who comes from a country where you need a gun license to buy guns it’s shocking to see that all the guns the offender used for his shooting were legal!
But I don’t want to discuss America’s gun laws. I want to discuss something else. It was the third time that there was an attack at a festival or concert. The first cruel terror attack happened 2015 at Bataclan. I still remember how shocked I was. I was watching the football match between Germany and France that night and suddenly the commentator said that there were explosions outside of the stadium. Later it was reported that many people died at a shooting during a concert of the Eagles Of Death Metal. The attacks of Paris were a very craven, shocking crime. Since then many more terror attacks by ISIS happened, especially in Europe. And the second attack at a concert happened this year in Manchester at Ariana Grande’s concert where so many young innocent teenagers had to die. Again I couldn’t believe it. I still can’t. Who does this?
I once read an interview with Aerosmith where they said that they’re afraid of playing in Europe but they still keep playing because of their fans and because they don’t let terror change their lives. Brandon Flowers said something similar the other day.
Since I love going to concerts, no matter if it’s in an arena, a small club or in a stadium, I questioned how safe it was to attend a concert these days. I know that we shouldn’t be scared by the terror, instead we should be brave and stand up. But it’s not easy when these terror attacks intervene your daily life because the ugly truth is: it causes fear.
Since the terror attack in Manchester happened you aren’t allowed to bring anything to a concert or festival in Germany. The safety standards have been increased since then. No bags allowed (except of a small fanny pack), no drinks (you were allowed to bring a Tetra Pak to a festival). You’re only allowed to bring yourself, the ticket, a phone and some money.
Just a few months after the Paris attacks I went to a concert by The Libertines. While I was standing in the crowd I was watching two guys who didn’t take off their jackets. It was very warm in the club so it didn’t make sense to me. So I caught myself watching these two guys for a while because I wondered why they didn’t take off their clothes. It was conspicuous for me. It didn’t make sense. Maybe they planned something. Maybe they hid guns or something else in their jackets? My mind was going crazy! In the end I saw the guys singing along to the band and nothing happened. Maybe they just didn’t want to waste their money at the checkroom?
Since then I attended a lot of more concerts and I never felt unsafe. No matter if at the Red Hot Chili Peppers concerts in a big arena or in small clubs. I NEVER felt unsafe. Until June this year.
I went to the Rock im Park festival in Germany. It has the same line up as Rock am Ring at the same weekend. It just takes place in Nuremberg, far away from Rock am Ring. So I was there this year. The first day was great. Sunny weather, great bands and atmosphere. Until midnight. We were waiting in line to see the late night headliner Kraftklub, one of my favorite German bands. Suddenly my friend looked at her phone and told me “Okay, so Rock am Ring was evacuated due to a terror threat”. I was shocked. At the same time a guy from the staff entered the stage and told us about the news. But he also told us that nothing happened at Rock am Ring. People stayed peaceful and left the area. Nothing happened. The organizers and the police were still investigating. There was no terror threat for us at Rock im Park, he told us. But I noticed that many people in the crowd were looking around and it was a weird atmosphere. Many people left the area.
My friend and I also discussed whether we should leave or stay. In the end we stayed. We even enjoyed the show and the rest of the weekend. It was a great festival weekend! Even Rock am Ring could proceed at the next day.
But I have to be honest, for one short moment I felt scared and watched every person who passed me. I watched the security guards and the crowd. I watched the exits and forgot to look at the stage. It took some time. I mean, there wasn’t a terror threat for our festival but since it was the same organizer and it was located in the middle of a city, something could have happened.
In the end I’m happy that we stayed. We didn’t let the fear destroy our weekend and I didn’t let it destroy my joy for concerts and live music. I will keep going to concerts. I will be cautious of what is happening around me, but apart from that I will enjoy the show. And I think we should keep enjoying activities in a crowd of people. No matter if at festivals, night clubs, musicals, carnivals or other events. Don’t let the fear stop you from living your life!
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