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Tajikistan attack: Four cyclists mown down are identified
bbc ^ | 8/1/18

Posted on 08/01/2018 8:04:59 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative

Authorities have identified four cyclists who were killed while riding in Tajikistan in an attack that has been claimed by the IS terror group.

The victims had all kept online blogs documenting their intercontinental bike journeys.

A couple from Washington DC who quit their jobs to cycle and had already toured three continents were among those killed in Sunday's attack.

The other two were a Swiss citizen and a Dutch national.

American couple Lauren Geoghegan and Jay Austin, both 29, had been travelling for over a year.

In April, Mr Austin wrote during a bike tour of Morocco: "Badness exists, sure, but even that's quite rare.

"By and large, humans are kind. Self-interested sometimes, myopic sometimes, but kind.

"Generous and wonderful and kind. No greater revelation has come from our journey than this."

The pair had cycled through Africa and Europe before flying to Kazakhstan in May.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: globaljihad; jayaustin; laurengeoghegan; tajikistan
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Sorry but your liberalism is no protection and taking up a whole lane is always asking for a Darwin Award.


1 posted on 08/01/2018 8:04:59 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative
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tajikistan? I guess their tolerance for risk was quite high. Now they are dead.


2 posted on 08/01/2018 8:07:06 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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Assault lawn mower? Fully auto? There are just some places ya avoid.


3 posted on 08/01/2018 8:08:27 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: hal ogen

There is book smart and common sense,these libs only owned 1 of the two. Guess which one ?
What goes on in the heads of people like this other than not much


4 posted on 08/01/2018 8:11:01 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Wilderness Conservative

Badness is looking for you, especially if you are dumb.


5 posted on 08/01/2018 8:11:27 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Wilderness Conservative

Badness exists

so does frigen stupidity,obviously


6 posted on 08/01/2018 8:12:37 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Steely Tom

got me by 10 seconds


7 posted on 08/01/2018 8:13:10 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Wilderness Conservative
Mr. Pither fared better on his cycling trip...



"Next time.....DEFINITELY!"
8 posted on 08/01/2018 8:14:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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"By and large, humans are kind. Self-interested sometimes, myopic sometimes, but kind."

Ironically, he was right about the myopic part.

9 posted on 08/01/2018 8:16:06 AM PDT by DannyTN
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I’d love to quit my job and go cycling. Any nation ending in stan would not be on my list.


10 posted on 08/01/2018 8:16:33 AM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

If the country ends in “stan,” avoid it.


11 posted on 08/01/2018 8:30:25 AM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Wilderness Conservative
Previously...road hogs.

Currently...road kill.


12 posted on 08/01/2018 8:33:32 AM PDT by moovova
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The world is full of happy, smiling people who will treat you with utter ruthlessness if they ever get into a position of power over you.


13 posted on 08/01/2018 8:34:48 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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In April, Mr Austin wrote during a bike tour of Morocco: "Badness exists, sure, but even that's quite rare.
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"By and large, humans are kind. Self-interested sometimes, myopic sometimes, but kind.
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"Generous and wonderful and kind. No greater revelation has come from our journey than this."


14 posted on 08/01/2018 8:36:21 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
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By and large, humans are kind. Self-interested sometimes, myopic sometimes, but kind.

I would agree that in general, people go for live and let live and have benign sentiments toward their fellow man. But it only takes one mean fellow to kill you and in societies where the rule of law is broken down and order is not enforced, those mean ones run the show.

15 posted on 08/01/2018 8:44:27 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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The threads that hold society together are getting thinner with each passing day.


16 posted on 08/01/2018 8:46:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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“What goes on in the heads of people like this other than not much”

During the Vietnam war hippies would travel to adjacent countries and then hike into North Vietnam to show solidarity with the downtrodden communists. The Vietnamese knew these were just deluded idiots. But, they accused them each of being spies and executed them. I can picture the stunned hippies saying, “But you don’t understand! I’m with you!”

Those people who travel to North Korea or Iran probably are the same type of idiot. Hiking along a border with a crazy state? How dumb, or, ideological do you have to be? Especially when you already know what has happened to other Americans wo did the same thing.


17 posted on 08/01/2018 8:49:09 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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The Vietnamese knew these were just deluded idiots. But, they accused them each of being spies and executed them.

If only they'd done that with Jane Fonda.

18 posted on 08/01/2018 8:50:48 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DannyTN

Most humans are good. However, situational awareness can be critical to survival. Bicycling in some sh*thole country is not a good demonstration of situational awareness.


19 posted on 08/01/2018 8:56:50 AM PDT by ExpatCanuck (The)
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To: moovova

“Previously...road hogs.”

That is what I was thinking when I looked at the picture.


20 posted on 08/01/2018 9:01:49 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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