{"id":8295,"date":"2024-07-26T16:42:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T16:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=8295"},"modified":"2024-07-26T20:33:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T20:33:21","slug":"sncf-summer-olympics-sabotage-it-could-have-been-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/sncf-summer-olympics-sabotage-it-could-have-been-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"SNCF Summer Olympics Sabotage: It Could Have Been Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This isn&#8217;t, or isn&#8217;t quite, what I&#8217;ll be talking about this week. But what strikes me as a probably-pecksniffian \u2014 look it up \u2014 nasty prank got my attention:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/vandals-target-frances-high-speed-rail-network-olympics-get-underway-2024-07-26\/\">France&#8217;s train network hit by arson attacks hours before Olympic ceremony<\/a>&#8221; ; Dominique Vidalon, Elizabeth Pineau; Reuters (July 26, 2024) Summary:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Attacks cause chaos hours before Games start<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Massive security operation in place<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Possible suspects include leftist militants, environmental activists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Worldwide audience will watch opening ceremony<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c28eyr3y18yo\">Rural sabotage plays havoc with opening of Paris Olympics<\/a>&#8221; ; Paul Kirby, Andrew Harding; BBC News (July 26, 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>About speculation mentioned in the Reuters summary: there&#8217;s no reported evidence, a little before noon here in central Minnesota, pointing at folks pushing any one particular &#8216;Great Cause&#8217; having set fires and stolen equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is that, so far, nobody seems to have been hurt. Apart from folks in France having their lives disrupted by a major transportation SNAFU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s not always the case, when folks with high ideals and flexible ethics decide that doing something bad for &#8216;the greater good&#8217; is a just simply spiffing idea:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/advent-sunday-kyrie-then-death\/\">Advent Sunday: Kyrie, Then Death<\/a>&#8221; <br>(December 9, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/hamas-harvard-ukraine-and-alaska-air-looking-for-a-bright-side\/\">Hamas, Harvard, Ukraine and Alaska Air: Looking for a Bright Side<\/a>&#8221; <br>(October 28, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/remembering-9-11-death-daft-ideas-and-a-tree\/\">Remembering 9\/11: Death, Daft Ideas and a Tree<\/a>&#8221; <br>(September 11, 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This isn&#8217;t, or isn&#8217;t quite, what I&#8217;ll be talking about this week. 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