At This Rate, They Should Just Leave the Lights Off

The lights at the Eiffel Tower will be switched off Sunday night to honour victims of the attack in the heart of London that killed seven people and injured 48, the company running the monument said on Twitter.

Absurd sentimental flummory, as useless as a Twitter hashtag that says "Pray for Paris San Bernadino Brussels Orlando Nice Wurzburg Munich Ansbach Reutlingen Ohio Berlin Istanbul St. Petersburg Stockholm Dortmund Manchester London.

I also enjoy the notion of post-Christian Europe actually praying for anything.