The terrorist attacks we don't care about

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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    jnimhaoileoin said:

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    jeffbr said:

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    PJ_Soul said:

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    PJ_Soul said:

    Who the fuck is doing that though? I feel like you and some others who lean to the right are basically inventing this phenomenon. I have NEVER EVER once in my whole life downplayed the seriousness of this or the scope, magnitude and potential. On the contrary. I have said the exact opposite many times over the years. That you think that about me 100% proves that you are just making this shit up out of thin air, seriously.

    So when did you say the exact opposite and what did you say?
    In a whole shit load of threads where it was being discussed.
    Name one?
    What about the one where I got attacked for saying that 20 - 25% of Muslims can be considered to have radical views (at least)? I have no idea what thread that was. But seriously, if you ever payed attention and spent less time trolling you would know that I've never held back punches as far as radical Islam goes. Fucking pay attention.
    20-25% is what you say?
    I am paying attention. Just don't recall you saying that.
    I remember her catching plenty of heat from that, especially I think from a former poster who is Muslim.
    So since you guys agree do you stand by that percentage now?
    or is it lower.
    What has that got to do with this thread?
    Terrorism that no one seems to care about.
  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    To get back to what this thread is actually about, it is tragically true that we tend not to be as emotionally invested in attacks that happen in countries whose citizens we may not find it as easy to relate to
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    jnimhaoileoin said:

    To get back to what this thread is actually about, it is tragically true that we tend not to be as emotionally invested in attacks that happen in countries whose citizens we may not find it as easy to relate to

    That is changing rapidly though.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,663
    Anyway, moving on.... I saw video taken by people who were in the airport in Istanbul and hiding in a store or something. What impressed me was how totally together and calm they all were.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    PJ_Soul said:

    Anyway, moving on.... I saw video taken by people who were in the airport in Istanbul and hiding in a store or something. What impressed me was how totally together and calm they all were.

    They were praying.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,663
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Anyway, moving on.... I saw video taken by people who were in the airport in Istanbul and hiding in a store or something. What impressed me was how totally together and calm they all were.

    They were praying.
    How do you know?
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,663
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    jnimhaoileoin said:

    To get back to what this thread is actually about, it is tragically true that we tend not to be as emotionally invested in attacks that happen in countries whose citizens we may not find it as easy to relate to

    That is changing rapidly though.
    Interesting comment. Why do you say that?
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    ^^^
    More and more people are relating to the "attacks" at home.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,663
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    ^^^
    More and more people are relating to the "attacks" at home.

    I'm still not sure what you're trying to say, especially now with the quotation marks around the word attacks.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    PJ_Soul said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    ^^^
    More and more people are relating to the "attacks" at home.

    I'm still not sure what you're trying to say, especially now with the quotation marks around the word attacks.
    More and more people from the country they live in used to be worlds apart from the abject horror that they are now witnessing everyday one the television.
  • jnimhaoileoin
    jnimhaoileoin Baile Átha Cliath Posts: 2,682
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    ^^^
    More and more people are relating to the "attacks" at home.

    I'm still not sure what you're trying to say, especially now with the quotation marks around the word attacks.
    More and more people from the country they live in used to be worlds apart from the abject horror that they are now witnessing everyday one the television.
    If you're saying that people are actually relating more to these attacks now that they can see them on television, then I think the opposite is true. In fact, we're becoming so desensitised to these attacks now that they're appearing on our screens more and more often.

    My point though really, was that when attacks occur in a country with a culture very different from our own, we find it harder to relate to the victims, sad as that may be. Whereas when we see an attack on France or Belgium, not only is it geographically closer to home but it is an attack on people who are so similar to ourselves that we feel greater empathy. More selfishly, we are more affected by these attacks because they raise our fears for our own safety when we see such places and people attacked. On the other hand, attacks that happen in Africa and the Middle East are almost taken as a given, as if they are part of the way of life there. It's a damning indictment both of life in those countries and of our own resignation and inability to bring about change.
  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    Some members of this board waste a ton of time trolling

    Lame
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    edited June 2016
    Yet another attack the west could give two shits about:

    http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/30/asia/afghanistan-violence/index.html

    Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)At least 34 people were killed Thursday when two suicide bombers attacked a convoy of buses carrying newly graduated police officers in Afghanistan, authorities said.

    The dead include 30 officers and four civilians, said Musa Rahmati, the Paghman District chief.
    An additional 60 people were wounded in the attack west of Kabul.
    One attacker was on foot, and the other was in an explosives-packed car, Rahmati said.
    They attacked five buses carrying 219 police graduates who were traveling to Kabul from a police training center in neighboring Wardak province.
    The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, the group's spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said in a statement.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    https://theintercept.com/2016/07/19/civilian-death-toll-from-coalition-airstrikes-in-syria-could-be-single-largest-in-u-s-led-war-on-isis/
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,663
    edited July 2016
    Drowned Out said:

    https://theintercept.com/2016/07/19/civilian-death-toll-from-coalition-airstrikes-in-syria-could-be-single-largest-in-u-s-led-war-on-isis/

    Who is a terrorist depends on perspective, that's for sure (I personally would not classify this as terrorism, and not because I live in a country that is in the coalition. Just because deaths caused by military action carried out by internationally recognized governments during a military conflict just isn't terrorism by definition, even when civilians are killed. But I understand why you posted this).
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    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,292
    A Syrian refugee tried to enter a German music festival, was denied and blew himself up while injuring 12. He pledged his dumb ass to ISIS
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,292
    Mass stabbing in Japan at a facility for the disabled. 15 dead. 45 injured

    Just now breaking ...
    Be Excellent To Each Other
    Party On, Dudes!
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Jason P said:

    A Syrian refugee tried to enter a German music festival, was denied and blew himself up while injuring 12. He pledged his dumb ass to ISIS

    Do you know if he had any last words?
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,403
    Jason P said:

    Mass stabbing in Japan at a facility for the disabled. 15 dead. 45 injured

    Just now breaking ...

    19 dead at facility for the disabled
    A man in his 20s a former employee in custody
  • PJPOWER
    PJPOWER Posts: 6,499
    edited July 2016
    Bentleyspop said:

    Jason P said:

    Mass stabbing in Japan at a facility for the disabled. 15 dead. 45 injured

    Just now breaking ...

    19 dead at facility for the disabled
    A man in his 20s a former employee in custody
    Just read that, crazy... Those poor families. Another crazy person with a new kind of crazy agenda succeeded.
    http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/693198/at-least-15-killed-knife-attack-stabbing-Sagamihara-Japan
    Post edited by PJPOWER on

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