The title of this topic suites the story.Phenomena wrote:**** sick...
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From the first post of this topic and this post, at least 345 people were killed in Iraq.
I'm pretty sure that the majority of the west cares more about the college shooting than who died in 4 days in Iraq. That is what I find sad.
Not to say that it makes the Canada thing any less sad, but perhaps our priorities are a bit crooked.
I'm pretty sure that the majority of the west cares more about the college shooting than who died in 4 days in Iraq. That is what I find sad.
Not to say that it makes the Canada thing any less sad, but perhaps our priorities are a bit crooked.
Perhaps it is because this is a bit closer to home, and that people are expected to die in a war zone, but not in a college. It has been said that the reason why the majority of the public does not agree with the war is because we don't feel as much of an attachment to the war as we did with say WWII or Vietnam. Media coverage has been lame to say the least, and it has pretty much faded from the public's view. Also, what makes one loss of life more tragic than the next? Is it simply numbers? If we solely focus on numbers you quickly forget faces and such. I find your arguement pointless.
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I find your argument pointless. There shouldn't be a difference from one place to another. You don't know any of these people. You don't even know people who know these people. 87 of those people were killed because of roadside bombs. These are civilians killed. Madmen kill 87 people. A madman kills one person. By your logic JFK's assasination should be more important than the holocaust?
Numbers seem more logical than mere distance and public interest.
Numbers seem more logical than mere distance and public interest.
like jks said, people are almost expected to die in a war. The majority of the american/canadian citizens think that there should NOT be a war going on right now, as for WWII there was reason. The war on Iraq also has a lot of unanswered questions to it and it almost feels like it isn't a war at all, more like a fight with no rhyme nor reason. If the circumstances were different, I think the outlook would be different.
Don't get me wrong though, i feel for the families and loved ones of the people who won't have someone coming home when the war is over. I know what it feels like to lose someone close to me as my unlce died in a car crash 3 weeks ago. there is no reason for it.
Don't get me wrong though, i feel for the families and loved ones of the people who won't have someone coming home when the war is over. I know what it feels like to lose someone close to me as my unlce died in a car crash 3 weeks ago. there is no reason for it.
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You are not hearing my point. No life is more valuable than others, no number of people dying is more or less tragic than 1 person dying, its just that humans have a horrible attention span, and tend to focus on things close to home.Dan!! wrote:By your logic JFK's assasination should be more important than the holocaust?
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