2020 Nice Stabbing (opens in new tab)

Well this might sound odd, but I've seen some videos.. it's very likely not just a kitchen knife. I've only seen this happening with large blades. And then it actually happens surprisingly fast. I imagine they "train" somehow to get some routine.

But either way, I can't see anyone interfering with something like that going down.

So just for the record. By now there's photos, and the blade looks long but not very broad. Looks like a filet knife I would say.

France has a long, ugly history of colonization in Islamic countries in Africa. That left a very strong negative feeling, not entirely unlike Iran shows towards the US. That makes France a target for terrorism -- not because they expect anything from France, but because of the ways terrorism is promulgated, as resentment looking for a target to strike at.

If you're interested, I'd start here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_War

Nobody will talk about it honestly, but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_migrant_crisis

The thing is, those sporadic acts will have exactly opposite reaction. The 'protectors of islam' are pouring petrol under nationalist movement kindling . If that ever catches fire muslims will be the biggest scape goat for nasty things to come out of it.

This might sound farfetched today - it is as of today - but add together: global market crash, covid and big win for right wing party and local muslim pogroms are not out of cards. Look to poland and hungary, where leader would simply look away and pretend racist stuff doesn't happen.

It happened today and maybe treating it as a joke isn't all that appropriate?