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Grendel  ·  3454 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Charlie Hebdo’s Multi-Million-Dollar Pile of Tragedy Money

I appreciate your input, and I have no problem admitting that you have a better perspective on the situation than me, but I can't share your optimism.

When I see what happens in countries with a muslim majority, and I see that France has one of the biggest muslim populations in Europe, both in absolute numbers and percentage, and I see jewish people say that they don't feel safe any more, and then something like Charlie Hebdo happens and this is the reaction, and then you have a nationalist party gain so much support...

The way I see it, these are signs, that keep adding up; little by little, lines are being drawn, sides are forming. Sorry but I can't help but feel that the peaceful situation you described is the proverbial calm before the storm.