Shooting incident at Louvre in Paris

Wait, what is the issue with calling him a machete wielding knifeman?

I dont think there is any covering up being done. The guy was wielding a knife and a machete and the reason they call him knife-man is because it has a more dramatic ring than just calling him man. Calling him machete man every time when referring to him sounds a bit silly when its not a term, where as a knifeman is.

Anything out there said why they think he might be going to the museum?

Obviously carrying round a bolo knife is pretty odd thing to do in france. I wonder who this guy is and what he was planning on doing. Was there anything else found on his person or in his backpack?
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Wait, what is the issue with calling him a machete wielding knifeman?

I dont think there is any covering up being done. The guy was wielding a knife and a machete and the reason they call him knife-man is because it has a more dramatic ring than just calling him man. Calling him machete man every time when referring to him sounds a bit silly when its not a term, where as a knifeman is.

Anything out there said why they think he might be going to the museum?

Obviously carrying round a bolo knife is pretty odd thing to do in france. I wonder who this guy is and what he was planning on doing. Was there anything else found on his backpack?
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How about Machete Knife Man? :D
 
Is a machete better or worse than a knife? I'd have thought machetes were better for slashing, while a knife is for stabbing. Aren't stab wounds more dangerous than slash wounds?
 
scorza said:
Is a machete better or worse than a knife? I'd have thought machetes were better for slashing, while a knife is for stabbing. Aren't stab wounds more dangerous than slash wounds?
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Given the lack of explosives, I wonder if the plan was to do something rather more macabre - ie: decapitation.
 
Narj said:
Given the lack of explosives, I wonder if the plan was to do something rather more macabre - ie: decapitation.
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Who knows, although I haven't watched the videos from the stills I've seen jihadi John used a knife to behead his victims.
 
Avenged7Fold said:
Rather than a hammer?

What do you expect them to use when beheading?

Why are you even looking at beheading pictures anyway...
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A sword, a machete (if you accept there's distinction between a machete and a knife), a guillotine.

The pictures I saw were all on MSM like the BBC, Daily Mail.
 
He didnt have a knife he had two machetes.

Knife = random nutter
Two machetes = you know who

Is 'knifeman' even a word?!
 
scorza said:
Is a machete better or worse than a knife? I'd have thought machetes were better for slashing, while a knife is for stabbing. Aren't stab wounds more dangerous than slash wounds?
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Easier to defend against a knife - get stabbed in arm vs arm being chopped off...
 
n111ck said:
Is 'knifeman' even a word?!
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I have seen it in media a fair bit and usually refers to someone who commits a crime with a knife.

Edit: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/knifeman

I dont think knifewoman has the same ring to it, shame its gender locked

scorza said:
A sword, a machete (if you accept there's distinction between a machete and a knife), a guillotine.
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I think you will probably find beheading weapon preferences correlates to the likelihood of the sicko carrying out having that tool. I cant imagine its particularly easy to carry round the a guillotine or get a sword when out in the sands fighting other people with guns. An odd thing that the go to thought when you look at a still is 'Pfft, that's hardly the right tool for the job'...
 
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n111ck said:
He didnt have a knife he had two machetes.

Knife = random nutter
Two machetes = you know who

Is 'knifeman' even a word?!
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A machete is a knife

Go moan at the dictionary if you dont like it

also

knifeman
noun
noun: knifeman; plural noun: knifemen; noun: knife-man; plural noun: knife-men

a man who uses a knife to commit a crime.

Its being reported as a Machete anyway, so all the usual people moaning about "lefty media" are clutching at straws on this one

n111ck said:
Two machetes = you know who
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Danny Trejo?
 
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Greebo said:
Weird incident. He had two rucksacks and a suitcase which is why he wasnt allowed to enter and stopped by the guard. That's when he drew a machete and went for the guard who then shot him.

No report of explosives found.

Looks like the guy just went nuts when his entry was blocked as he had too much luggage?

http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/03/soldier-opens-fire-outside-louvre-in-paris-6424428/
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Man how do you come up with this stuff, you're almost defending the guy as if he's been wrongly done by having his luggage checked when there have been numerous mass terrorist attacks in Paris. He obviously was planning to attack people in the Louvré with the machete and fortunately they checked him before hand. He quite obviously didn't lose his crap and shout "Alluhu Akhbar" over his bags being checked LOL
 
gettothechopper said:
A machete is a knife

Go moan at the dictionary if you dont like it

also

knifeman
noun
noun: knifeman; plural noun: knifemen; noun: knife-man; plural noun: knife-men

a man who uses a knife to commit a crime.

Its being reported as a Machete anyway, so all the usual people moaning about "lefty media" are clutching at straws on this one



Danny Trejo?
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gettothechopper said:
A machete is a knife
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I certainly always considered it a knife but that is probably because thats what my Filipino relatives call it. I think when you hear about a machete here, its always as a weapon, where in most countries they are mainly used in a context as a tool for stuff.

Regardless, as you say, the word machete is used several times...

Real question is, is this a machete or is it a knife?:

http://oi63.tinypic.com/2e545t5.jpg
 
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