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Nearly Sane

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Explosions in St Petersburg
« on: April 03, 2017, 01:55:54 PM »
Be interested in the causes and reaction to this



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39481770
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Humph Warden Bennett

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Re: Explosions in St Petersburg
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2017, 03:12:42 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on April 03, 2017, 01:55:54 PM
Be interested in the causes and reaction to this



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39481770

I have a couple of penfriends in Russia, I have sent them both an email asking if they know any more than we do.
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Jack Knave

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Re: Explosions in St Petersburg
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2017, 05:08:27 PM »
Chickens coming home to roost.
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Re: Explosions in St Petersburg
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2017, 05:11:11 PM »
Quote from: Jack Knave on April 03, 2017, 05:08:27 PM
Chickens coming home to roost.

What does that mean?

It is a tragic situation, just as it would be in any country in the world.
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Re: Explosions in St Petersburg
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2017, 05:20:00 PM »
Quote from: Floo on April 03, 2017, 05:11:11 PM
What does that mean?

It is a tragic situation, just as it would be in any country in the world.
It looks like terrorism, hence Syria = chickens
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Humph Warden Bennett

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Re: Explosions in St Petersburg
« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2017, 10:46:11 PM »
Quote from: Jack Knave on April 03, 2017, 05:20:00 PM
It looks like terrorism, hence Syria = chickens

Jack.

Russians are people too.
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Re: Explosions in St Petersburg
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2017, 08:40:44 AM »
No one should relish the deaths of Russian people, as JK appears to doing, just because their regime is ghastly!
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Re: Explosions in St Petersburg
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2017, 11:18:47 AM »
Quote from: Humph Warden Bennett on April 03, 2017, 03:12:42 PM
I have a couple of penfriends in Russia, I have sent them both an email asking if they know any more than we do.

FTR My penfriends know no more than we do (although one of them is further away from St Petersburg than I am).
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Re: Explosions in St Petersburg
« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2017, 01:10:56 PM »
Quote from: Jack Knave on April 03, 2017, 05:20:00 PM
It looks like terrorism, hence Syria = chickens

I don't understand that comment Jack.
The St Petersburg explosions and resultant casualties were appalling. It's no different to happenings elsewhere, people are people and these were ordinary people going about their daily business.
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Re: Explosions in St Petersburg
« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2017, 01:41:01 PM »
It is the innocents that suffer in these situations; the terrorists can't get near the top brass of any regime with whom they have issues.
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Re: Explosions in St Petersburg
« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2017, 01:53:32 PM »
You're quite right about recent times (during the iRA attacks they managed to get some more prominent people). 

Has it been confirmed that the St Petersburg explosion was a terrorist attack? I haven't heard any news so far today.
Later: Watching news now, yes it does look as though it was terrorists responsible.
« Last Edit: April 05, 2017, 02:34:21 PM by Robinson »
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Re: Explosions in St Petersburg
« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2017, 08:39:34 PM »
Quote from: Humph Warden Bennett on April 04, 2017, 10:46:11 PM
Jack.

Russians are people too.
Never said they weren't - strange comment.
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Re: Explosions in St Petersburg
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2017, 08:41:58 PM »
Quote from: Robinson on April 05, 2017, 01:10:56 PM
I don't understand that comment Jack.
The St Petersburg explosions and resultant casualties were appalling. It's no different to happenings elsewhere, people are people and these were ordinary people going about their daily business.
It is a reply to Floo asking what my initial post on here meant (#2).
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