To paraphrase, he said that a criminal/terrorist act was not the prevalent theory based on what they had so far. It's not what they're going to be focusing on.
I don't think anyone has said they've ruled out anything, I sure haven't. It's not logical/likely that someone would go through the effort to get to where the fire started rather than do a bomb in a much easier area where they could kill people and destroy the church but terrorism isn't logical.
I heard Notre Dame is gonna be the team to beat this year.... apparently they're really on fire right now.
If that was terrorism, it's going to be the first time in a long time that a big successful terrorism act hasn't been claimed by anyone. They are usually not shy about getting the publicity. And I'm no arson specialist, but something that started so small that the initial inspection missed it sounds more like an accident to me. If it was by design, that was pretty damn clever.
Personally, I never thought real terrorists would target a location that wouldn't include lotsa people, however, there are shit tons of wannabe terrorists who get radicalized online, I would not be surprised to learn it was someone like that wanting to get big attention. OR one of the workers through a cigarette down where he shouldn't have.....we may never really know what happen.
With 875 churches being burned or vandalized last year in France, I can see the quick jump to speculate arson. I read arson has been ruled out and they are looking at the construction crew.
Terrorism my ass. People always want to see some active agency in these events. 99.9% of the time it’s just sheer incompetence or bad luck. More people probably die by accident in one day worldwide than have ever been killed through modern terrorism.
Let's switch gears. Not sure of the cause of the fire, but the news keeps leading in with all of the precious artifacts being saved. Most notably the crown of thorns, a piece of the cross he died on, and one of the nails he was impaled with. Do people actually look at this stuff in awe? Like it's real? This baffles me.
Anyone who's been around commercial renovation could tell you that fire on the job is typically the guy with the torch - plumber, roofer, etc Or some other flammible shit
Yep, that's how a big chunk of Windsor Castle caught light back in the 90's. Wouldn't be surprised if this was caused by a discarded cancer stick.
I can't wait for the rebuilding committee for Notre Dame demand that it's reconstruction be "more inclusive and progressive"......