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After Nice, resist the fear of terrorism
At what point are the prayers
falling on deaf ears?
In France, another attack has left
dozens dead. French President
Francois Hollande says 50 more
are hovering between life and
death. It isn't even the first attack
of the month -- a little more than
two weeks into July, hundreds are
dead worldwide from terror, from
and Bangladesh to Iraq, and now
mass murder has come again to
the West.
Of what variety, it's hard to say.
Early pictures suggest the man
behind the attack was little more
than a loser and petty criminal. No
terrorist group has claimed
responsibility; there is no word on
political motivation.
To what extent, then, this is a
classically defined terrorist attack
is an open question. Whatever the
motivations and affiliations, the
deaths in Nice are unspeakably
tragic and the attack terrifying.
This time, it wasn't a suicide
bomber, as it was last month in
Turkey. It was a truck, its driver
carving a swath of destruction
through 30,000 revellers on Bastille
Day -- the French holiday celebrat-
ing the beginning of the end of
despotism. The symbolism, there,
is dark.
In the City of Light last year, gun-
men struck at those out on the
town. In Dhaka, terrorists struck at
the end of Ramadan.
The purpose of terrorism isn't
the body count, though there's cer-
tainly that too. The point is to make
us all afraid, to tear at society itself,
and make it cower.
ANNE -CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP/Getty Images
French police officers search a truck in a street of Nice on July 15, 2016, near the building where the man who drove a
truck into a crowd watching a fireworks display the day before reportedly lived.
There will be funerals, in days to
come. And mourning. And vigils
for the dead. And calls for solidar-
ity and for French society to collec-
tively tackle its divisions and con-
tradictions. The political far right,
in another dark twist, will be
grossly energized, as it always is by
terrorism.
For the average person, there is
but resistance -- to square the
shoulders and refuse to allow ter-
rorism to change the way we live,
to refuse to give into fear.
In its way, these are our little tri-
umphs over terrorism, individu-
ally, and collectively.
Canada has been mercifully
spared the magnitude of tragedy
the French have absorbed over the
last couple years. But the lesson is
relevant here, too -- the fear of ter-
rorism knows no border or
nationality.
"The goal of terrorists is to instil
fear and panic," French Prime
Minister Manuel Valls said Friday.
"And France is a great country, and
a great democracy, that will not
allow itself to be destabilized:'
Whatever answers are found in
coming days and weeks, mass
murder isn't enough to tear France
apart. To give in to impulses of
division, xenophobia and fear,
would be to succumb to terrorism.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
15 years ago...
• A band came and performed at the Clinton Legion which fea-
tured impersonators of Elvis, Roy Osborne and Buddy Holiday.
The event was called "The Concert they Never Gave".
• The Central Huron Fire Department got a new tanker. The
tanker was added to replace one that was sold to a fire depart-
ment in Durham which was getting old and had some safety
concerns. The tanker cost around $149,000 before taxes. It could
hold 3,100 gallons of water.
• Two sheep were stolen from a bam in Kinburn. Between 2 p.m.
and 7 a.m., someone entered the unlocked barn and took the
animals.
25 years ago...
• The Clinton Garden Club, formerly the Horticultural Society, held
a very successful rose show. A variety of prizes were given out to
the best arrangements.
• On July 1, 1991, the Bayfield Optimists Club put on a Canada
Day celebration in Bayfield. There were fireworks as well as 10
skydivers who dropped at least 6000 feet.
• Granville Constructors of Mississauga were awarded the tender
for the Huronview North Site at a Huron County Council meeting.
They bid amoung seven firms.
35 years ago...
• Barbara Hoy of Vanastra won $1000 at the Clinton's weekly Mon-
ster Bingo.
• The Huron County Playhouse was planning their most popular fun-
draiser — the fifth International Art Auction. The auction featured 100
works including paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, etc. At least
10% of the work being made by local southwestern artists.
• Two youth got in a car accident after swerving to avoid hitting a
dog. The 24 and 17 year old swerved into a ditch, hit a hydro pole
and flipped over. Both went to the hospital with serious injuries.
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