Balloon release marks Bataclan anniversary

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-41976251/balloon-release-marks-bataclan-anniversary

Nice gesture but all that plastic being released into the sky is not a good thing!

It would be much better to plant trees or have some other suitably fitting memorial. Balloon releases are a bad idea.

Love the planting trees idea

If you do a balloon release you're an ignorant arse as far I'm concerned. I'm all for hopes and wishes but your balloon lands somewhere. They dont vanish.

Really think there are better events/companies to moan about plastic about rather than a horrendous event where people where murdered.

How about starting with McDonalds happy meal toys

My God 2 years. I remember reading about it first on here before it was on the news (as usual with mumsnet).

Has the creature been tried yet?

Agreed that there are worse offenders but this is silly. And I don't even think it's a respectful way to mark the event. It's actually quite childish

Not sure re the trying. I hope so..

I can't imagine how I'd feel of I was a relative though.

Glad it's not birds being released. A lot of them die as a result.

I think people find it therapeutic releasing a balloon in memory but I don't know why nobody doesn't invent an environmentally friendly type of balloon for it

Trees would have been nice

Article is a year old, it's been 3 years. Agree about balloon releases though, hate them and Chinese lanterns.

3 years? Where does the time go?

Gosh yes it's a year old.. I literally just heard about it on ITV news. Sorry.. out of date

I was only thinking today that I hadn’t managed to upset anyone for a while on a balloon release thread. I was hoping that was because they had become a thing of the past.

Clearly not though. There are still thoughtless people who think it’s a good idea.