| Paris Olympics 10:18 - Jul 26 with 2931 views | gtsb1966 |
Don't know why but ive got a horrible feeling about this. Hope I'm wrong obviously but wouldn't be surprised to see a serious incident and I don't mean that because of what has happened on the railways today. |  | | |  |
| Paris Olympics on 11:53 - Jul 26 with 2745 views | Chondzoresk |
The wife and I said exactly the same thing. Just feel it’s waaay too open to some kind of incident tonight. Hope I’m wrong, but there are plenty of rooftops to hide on. |  | | |
| Paris Olympics on 12:02 - Jul 26 with 2699 views | J2BLUE |
People say this before every big event. There will always be a threat but I would imagine they have extremely tight security.
With their recent history the whole city will probably be swarming with police/military. |  |
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| Paris Olympics on 12:08 - Jul 26 with 2664 views | Ftnfwest |
The Palestinians have already threatened an event. Can only imagine the level of security the Israeli team must have |  | | |
| Paris Olympics on 12:14 - Jul 26 with 2640 views | Churchman |
It’ll be fine. They’ll be under the spotlight, not least through social media, but French are very good at organising stuff. |  | | |
| Paris Olympics on 12:19 - Jul 26 with 2618 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Paris Olympics on 12:14 - Jul 26 by Churchman |
It’ll be fine. They’ll be under the spotlight, not least through social media, but French are very good at organising stuff. |
Especially strikes |  |
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| Paris Olympics on 12:35 - Jul 26 with 2536 views | NedPlimpton |
| Paris Olympics on 12:08 - Jul 26 by Ftnfwest |
The Palestinians have already threatened an event. Can only imagine the level of security the Israeli team must have |
'the Palestinians'?
Are you referring to this as I can't see anything else suggesting that 'the Palestinians' are threatening the safety of Olympians.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240725-palestinian-olympic-threat-video-
I'd imagine they have more important things to worry about at the moment |  | | |
| Paris Olympics on 18:38 - Jul 26 with 2227 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Well the French police are blaming left wing extremists for the coordinated bonfires on the TGV system with arrests expected very soon.
Are any of the rabid Guardian readers on here currently on a train spotting holiday in France? |  |
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| Paris Olympics on 18:43 - Jul 26 with 2210 views | WicklowBlue |
| Paris Olympics on 11:53 - Jul 26 by Chondzoresk |
The wife and I said exactly the same thing. Just feel it’s waaay too open to some kind of incident tonight. Hope I’m wrong, but there are plenty of rooftops to hide on. |
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"Officials have said more than 45,000 police officers are being deployed, while a 6km anti-terrorism barrier has been erected along the banks of the River Seine ahead of the opening ceremony
To keep participants safe, France will impose a no-fly zone of 150km during the ceremony, while snipers will be deployed on the top of buildings along the route."
Hope all goes well without incident. |  | | |
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| Paris Olympics on 18:50 - Jul 26 with 2181 views | Bluespeed225 |
The teams coming in on boats! Have we been, I’ve only just got in? I get they put us in a dingy… | | | |
| Are they? Like what? (n/t) on 18:50 - Jul 26 with 2176 views | Bloots |
| Paris Olympics on 12:14 - Jul 26 by Churchman |
It’ll be fine. They’ll be under the spotlight, not least through social media, but French are very good at organising stuff. |
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| Paris Olympics on 18:55 - Jul 26 with 2157 views | Zx1988 |
| Paris Olympics on 18:38 - Jul 26 by ElephantintheRoom |
Well the French police are blaming left wing extremists for the coordinated bonfires on the TGV system with arrests expected very soon.
Are any of the rabid Guardian readers on here currently on a train spotting holiday in France? |
I think that the biggest threat (if, indeed, any exists) will come from within rather than without.
France has been a socio-political tinderbox for years, and no doubt there will be plenty who will (perhaps rightly?) take a dim view of the billions being spent on Global Sports Day when there are, most likely, plenty of internal social issues that would desperately love even a fraction of the money. | |
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| Are they? Like what? (n/t) on 19:54 - Jul 26 with 2048 views | Warkystache |
| Are they? Like what? (n/t) on 18:50 - Jul 26 by Bloots |
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Surrendering in World Wars.
Burning stuff. |  |
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| Are they? Like what? (n/t) on 20:04 - Jul 26 with 1988 views | Buhrer |
| Are they? Like what? (n/t) on 19:54 - Jul 26 by Warkystache |
Surrendering in World Wars.
Burning stuff. |
Riots.
If you needed someone to set some bales of hay on fire, and then drag a dead pig behind a tractor, Johnny French is your garçon. |  | | |
| Paris Olympics on 20:20 - Jul 26 with 1908 views | cressi |
As most of the police and effort going into Paris a good opportunity to do bad deeds elsewhere in France as they will have taken their resources. | | | |
| Are they? Like what? (n/t) on 20:23 - Jul 26 with 1877 views | Warkystache |
| Are they? Like what? (n/t) on 20:04 - Jul 26 by Buhrer |
Riots.
If you needed someone to set some bales of hay on fire, and then drag a dead pig behind a tractor, Johnny French is your garçon. |
Guillotining the aristocracy.
Eating frogs and snails
Laughing at English attempts to speak their language, yet still insisting on speaking it.
Their politics are strange as well. Bit like the USA. They either want the far left or far right in power.
Oh and Versailles, though genuinely beautiful, is a nightmare to walk round. Like the Louvre. | |
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| Paris Olympics on 22:00 - Jul 26 with 1735 views | ronnyd |
At least they had the good sense not to put Israel and Iran in the same boat. | | | |
| Paris Olympics on 10:39 - Jul 27 with 1414 views | ElephantintheRoom |
| Paris Olympics on 18:55 - Jul 26 by Zx1988 |
I think that the biggest threat (if, indeed, any exists) will come from within rather than without.
France has been a socio-political tinderbox for years, and no doubt there will be plenty who will (perhaps rightly?) take a dim view of the billions being spent on Global Sports Day when there are, most likely, plenty of internal social issues that would desperately love even a fraction of the money. |
That’s exactly the issue. There’s even a huge amount of disgust about closing the Seine to commercial traffic for weeks before and during the harvest - just for last night’s soggy extravaganza. There’s trouble ahead of the Olympic village doesn’t get turned over to social housing asap | |
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| Are they? Like what? (n/t) on 12:28 - Jul 27 with 1328 views | Churchman |
| Are they? Like what? (n/t) on 20:23 - Jul 26 by Warkystache |
Guillotining the aristocracy.
Eating frogs and snails
Laughing at English attempts to speak their language, yet still insisting on speaking it.
Their politics are strange as well. Bit like the USA. They either want the far left or far right in power.
Oh and Versailles, though genuinely beautiful, is a nightmare to walk round. Like the Louvre. |
I’m glad somebody else thinks that about the Louvre and Versailles.
Oh, and the Mona Lisa. What a dingy little painting that is.
Overall, I like Paris. Very stylish, though their Metro system was a bit dingy and scary when I travelled on it. | | | |
| Are they? Like what? (n/t) on 16:11 - Jul 27 with 1224 views | Hugoagogo_Reborn |
| Are they? Like what? (n/t) on 18:50 - Jul 26 by Bloots |
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They are the world's elite at striking. Nobody downs tools better than the French. |  | | |
| Paris Olympics on 17:24 - Jul 27 with 1120 views | ronnyd |
Just watched the men's cycling time trial, which was a fairly close affair. Shame that the director seemed to think we wanted to see all the Paris landmarks on a regular basis and not the actual action on the road. Tarling unlucky, had a puncture which may have cost him a silver medal. | | | |
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