tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219836196183200787.post2067551452063103746..comments2024-03-28T10:31:30.770-07:00Comments on "The Charbor Chronicles": Mourning the Paris AttacksThe Charbor Chronicleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16834960856531538870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219836196183200787.post-74029482305981031972015-11-14T14:32:50.592-08:002015-11-14T14:32:50.592-08:00Yes, I heard that the game continued as a means of...Yes, I heard that the game continued as a means of not having everyone panic and stampede out all at the same time. Understandable logic, although if things had gotten really bad, it might have been compared to the announcement in the second Twin Tower urging people to stay put and keep working. Our only memories of that stadium were exclusively good, it is sad to know that it now will be known at least as much for the terrorist attacks yesterday than for the 1998 World Cup if not more so. That was an awesome year for France, and perhaps especially Paris. Like you said, though, this year has been an entirely different story. Incredible sad. They kept saying on the news that The Eagles of Death metal were a metal band, and judging by the name, I had assumed that they were. Don't know anything about them, since last night was the first time that I had even heard of them, admittedly. The Charbor Chronicleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834960856531538870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219836196183200787.post-43947697159081341462015-11-13T18:59:13.959-08:002015-11-13T18:59:13.959-08:00I'm feeling fairly numb. It's strange in a...I'm feeling fairly numb. It's strange in a way that the game between France and Germany was even allowed to continue (the explosions were clearly audible - I saw footage of players appearing to stop and look around). Pop and I think it may have been an attempt to keep the 80,000 people in attendance calm, since the possibility of such a large number of people entering a panicked state could have made an already nightmarish situation much worse. Not that it much matters by the way, but it wasn't a metal band that was playing, but a rock band with the word "metal" in its name: The Eagles of Death Metal. They were playing a popular venue in the 11th arrondissement called "Le Bataclan". Sigh... I get so wrapped up in my personal problems and melodramas, but every once in a while some horrific event such as this one provides reminders (as if one were needed) that we live in a fucked-up world, and that my personal stress is trivial in the bigger scheme of things. Paris seems to be in the midst of the most trying year it's had in a very long time.Some Guy in Jerseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060966365329157247noreply@blogger.com