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Off Topic => General Off Topic => Topic started by: Berserkadin on April 16, 2013, 12:21:20 am
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/15/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE93E07320130415 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/15/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE93E07320130415)
R.I.P all brave Iraqis who died for FREEDOM
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Sad :(
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The issues are mainly like blaming h-i-t-l-e-r but not askin where he found petrol from. Free people of the world must read more books, must educate themselves and remember the year is now 2013, 2014...
edit: I felt bad when I couldnt write h-i-t-l-e-r truely
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The issues are mainly like blaming h-i-t-l-e-r but not askin where he found petrol from. Free people of the world must read more books, must educate themselves and remember the year is now 2013, 2014...
edit: I felt bad when I couldnt write h-i-t-l-e-r truely
Stop delaying.
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Stop delaying.
I am not a fucking hx or ha :P
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I am not a fucking hx or ha :P
Read more books then.
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I saw this on facebook today
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no the difference is jihadists love to blow themselves up and kill as many as they can at the same time, domestic terrorists in the us plant bombs and run away. and some kids just like shooting up schools and movie theaters.
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no the difference is jihadists love to blow themselves up and kill as many as they can at the same time, domestic terrorists in the us plant bombs and run away. and some kids just like shooting up schools and movie theaters.
So, if the guy at Boston had blown himself up you'd not have given a fuck?
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The issues are mainly like blaming h-i-t-l-e-r but not askin where he found petrol from. Free people of the world must read more books, must educate themselves and remember the year is now 2013, 2014...
edit: I felt bad when I couldnt write h-i-t-l-e-r truely
2013. Still having troubles with forum censorship. Hitler agrees: mod is dead!
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The way I look at it is like this:
U.S general media sources (FOX, CNN, etc) don't generally cover anything out side of the United States, so when 30 some odd people die in a foreign country most American's don't hear about it. However, that doesn't explain why there's such an outrage over the deaths in Boston, and the true reasoning behind that is because it's a plausible domestic terrorist attack. The United States is not a war zone, no matter what "truthers" try to tell you, I've lived in densely populated urban areas and sparsely populated rural areas. I've never once encountered 90% of the things that people would like you to believe happen every day.
So yes, most American citizens don't truly mourn and pray for the civilians who die in foreign countries, but that can mostly be attributed to it not being mentioned much. Not to mention that Iraq is still seen as a war zone, and we've been desensitized from the many deaths (American, non-American) that have already happened over there. To summarize, the Iraqi deaths are seen as war casualties, thus it's hard to draw sympathy.
I mean, wouldn't the same thing happen in any other western nation? If a bomb exploded anywhere in your nation, leaving fatally wounded and severely injured in it's wake, wouldn't you also feel more grief towards that event over any others that may be similar, but in a foreign nation?
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I mean, wouldn't the same thing happen in any other western nation? If a bomb exploded anywhere in your nation, leaving fatally wounded and severely injured in it's wake, wouldn't you also feel more grief towards that event over any others that may be similar, but in a foreign nation?
In complete honestly, no.
I don't think a lot about hundreds of deaths by road accidents either.
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In complete honestly, no.
I don't think a lot about hundreds of deaths by road accidents either.
Well, that's how I feel too, but I can understand why other people might grieve and mourn over their own dead before others.
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The way I look at it is like this:
U.S general media sources (FOX, CNN, etc) don't generally cover anything out side of the United States, so when 30 some odd people die in a foreign country most American's don't hear about it. However, that doesn't explain why there's such an outrage over the deaths in Boston, and the true reasoning behind that is because it's a plausible domestic terrorist attack. The United States is not a war zone, no matter what "truthers" try to tell you, I've lived in densely populated urban areas and sparsely populated rural areas. I've never once encountered 90% of the things that people would like you to believe happen every day.
So yes, most American citizens don't truly mourn and pray for the civilians who die in foreign countries, but that can mostly be attributed to it not being mentioned much. Not to mention that Iraq is still seen as a war zone, and we've been desensitized from the many deaths (American, non-American) that have already happened over there. To summarize, the Iraqi deaths are seen as war casualties, thus it's hard to draw sympathy.
I mean, wouldn't the same thing happen in any other western nation? If a bomb exploded anywhere in your nation, leaving fatally wounded and severely injured in it's wake, wouldn't you also feel more grief towards that event over any others that may be similar, but in a foreign nation?
Few weeks ago, in a village near my city 50 something year old dude woke up in middle of the night and went on a killing spree. Shot his wife (only survivor), killed his mother, his son, went to next house, killed everyone and continued killing people in sleep until he saw police and started running away. He managed to attempt suicide and died after few days in hospital. He killed 13 people that night. If police didn't show up (some dude called them before he got killed too), killer would probably obliterate whole village that night. Maybe even surpass current record (Breivik). No one knows why he did that and supposedly he was a good guy before killings (yeah right).
It was pretty big thing here and it's nowhere near a warzone (no war here for last 14 years). Nation mourned but honestly, I didn't give a damn. Yes, it could be some lunatic next to my house but luckily for me, it wasn't. Call me damaged but after surviving one war, being refugee for years, surviving bombing of the city I'm currently living (NATO aka USA bombing) I'm not really sensitive to people dying, especially those I don't know. I only care about my close friends and family.
Even if another bombing happens here I won't care that much will I end up dead because bomb fell on my head, what troubles me the most is aftermath aka five times cancer patients rate, all thanks to dirty bombs NATO uses (although its forbidden by UN).
What I want to say, is that I don't give a damn about 50 people dying in Boston, New York, LA, Iraq, Iran, Germany, even 10 miles from the place I live as long it's not someone I care about.
My 2 cents.
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So, if Boston had blown up you'd not have given a fuck?
no
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It's mostly the rarity value. Industrial accidents? No big whoop, happens a lot in the US. Car bombs and explosions? Happens a lot in Iraq. The actual body account is irrelevant, if we're talking social impact and media coverage. (Still not determined since no suspect, but assuming =Political) Bombings with intent to kill in crowded public areas are, let's face it, comparitively rare in the US and common in Iraq. That's why this is news. Same reason 9/11 was so "shocking". Looked at objectively it was really small scale destruction. But it happened in area not known for all-out destruction, so novelty value kicked in.
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It's mostly the rarity value. Industrial accidents? No big whoop, happens a lot in the US. Car bombs and explosions? Happens a lot in Iraq. The actual body account is irrelevant, if we're talking social impact and media coverage. (Still not determined since no suspect, but assuming =Political) Bombings with intent to kill in crowded public areas are, let's face it, comparitively rare in the US and common in Iraq. That's why this is news. Same reason 9/11 was so "shocking". Looked at objectively it was really small scale destruction. But it happened in area not known for all-out destruction, so novelty value kicked in.
Yeah, that's another great way to explain it. I'm glad someone had the ability to formulate it into words that people can understand, I certainly lack the ability apparently.
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Man bites dog/dog bites man
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in Greece we can`t even afford the raw materials to build a bomb..