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AbuskedtiAbuskedti Posts: 1,917
edited April 2007 in A Moving Train
innocent Virginia Tech students that were killed..

... but the faces and lives of lost soldiers remains hidden
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  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    Well, I think most soldiers signed up for the army knowing the fact that they might die. College students usually don't expect to be shot at school. They didn't bring it upon themselves.
  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    I've seen plenty of photos of dead soldirers, as well a documentary on teh head injured survivors. Just cos there is another tragedy elsewhere does not diminish the importance of theis event.

    There will be more and more of these school shootings as motre disaffected kids see it as their ticket to fame. It's America's version of the suicide bomber !!!!!
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  • AbuskedtiAbuskedti Posts: 1,917
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    Well, I think most soldiers signed up for the army knowing the fact that they might die. College students usually don't expect to be shot at school. They didn't bring it upon themselves.

    Oh yeah.. the soldiers aren't heros.. they brought it on themselves.

    I forgot
  • MLC2006MLC2006 Posts: 861
    Abuskedti wrote:
    Oh yeah.. the soldiers aren't heros.. they brought it on themselves.

    I forgot


    if you wanted to talk about killed soldiers or the war, you could easily go to one of the 95,000 other war threads on this very site instead of starting this thread which is just intended to ruffle feathers and show that you are a dick.
  • AbuskedtiAbuskedti Posts: 1,917
    MLC2006 wrote:
    if you wanted to talk about killed soldiers or the war, you could easily go to one of the 95,000 other war threads on this very site instead of starting this thread which is just intended to ruffle feathers and show that you are a dick.

    I may be a dick.. but I find it relevant this perceived difference in innocence. Sorry if it offends you
  • MLC2006MLC2006 Posts: 861
    Abuskedti wrote:
    I may be a dick.. but I find it relevant this perceived difference in innocence. Sorry if it offends you

    3 days after the worst shooting in US history, the point you are trying to make is irrelevant. there has been A LOT made of the loss of soldiers' lives in this war. the posts on this site are proof of that.
  • taratara Posts: 293
    i find the title of this thread to be insulting. what is so 'random' about the virginia tech people? are people 'random' unless they join the army? where they are fully aware of the consequences. the students were trying to better themselves, expand their minds, and were slaughtered.
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  • Alex_CoeAlex_Coe Posts: 762
    Abuskedti wrote:
    Oh yeah.. the soldiers aren't heros.. they brought it on themselves.

    I forgot


    Fuck ya. when a soldier signs up for war, he does it knowing that his life is at stake. The kids at college didn't agree to sacrifice themselves. 'Tard.
  • AbuskedtiAbuskedti Posts: 1,917
    Alex_Coe wrote:
    Fuck ya. when a soldier signs up for war, he does it knowing that his life is at stake. The kids at college didn't agree to sacrifice themselves. 'Tard.

    That makes it more tragic - or less?
  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    There definitely needs to be more coverage of the soldiers we lose every day in Iraq. That is not to say that there shouldn't be coverage of the kids who died at Va Tech.

    If we spent part of every day looking at the faces of the fallen soldiers, the country as a whole would be working harder to end this war.

    But that's probably why we aren't seeing them as much as we should.
  • somebodyelsessky2020somebodyelsessky2020 Posts: 1,173
    you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone that thinks that our soldiers lives are any less important than these innocent victims of the tragedy at VT. the title of this thread is ridiculous as is the premise. soldiers enlist and train to be soldiers to fight for our freedom and i respect and admire all of them for their bravery. without them this wouldn't be america. but each and every one knows they could be killed at any time during this war. that however still doesn't make it easier to handle for anyone if they should happen to be killed. the tragedy at VT is in a whole other realm of life. school is not supposed to be a war zone or a place you expect to be gunned down. it's a place of education for kids trying to learn. loss of innocent life is of equal importance in both these instances and should not be compared by the amount of news coverage. trust me, a mother or father that lost her son or daughter in the war is just as grievous as any that lost theirs in the VT shootings. now let's stop the stupidity.
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Brain of J.Lo wrote:
    There definitely needs to be more coverage of the soldiers we lose every day in Iraq. That is not to say that there shouldn't be coverage of the kids who died at Va Tech.

    If we spent part of every day looking at the faces of the fallen soldiers, the country as a whole would be working harder to end this war.

    But that's probably why we aren't seeing them as much as we should.

    This is exactly what I think. Death of anyone is a tragedy.
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,492
    JaneNY wrote:
    This is exactly what I think. Death of anyone is a tragedy.

    Anyone?
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  • cornnifercornnifer Posts: 2,130
    Abuskedti wrote:
    innocent Virginia Tech students that were killed..

    ... but the faces and lives of lost soldiers remains hidden

    Yeah. Weird, huh?
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    cincybearcat wrote:
    Anyone?


    Take it in the context of the passage I quoted - the soldiers AND the professors and students.
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  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    I know what abu is saying and I agree wholeheartedly.
    Last week in my local paper there was a photo of a Canadian soldier attending a military service for a soldier killed in the same attack that injured him....he was in his hospital bed on an airport tarmac, all hooked up to IV's, bloodied and bruised and wiping tears....it was a very powerful picture, and made me wonder how different this war would be if Americans had access to coverage of these services, flag-draped coffins, etc. It IS a tragedy for anyone to die violently, which is exactly why drawing attention to the coverage discrepancies is fair.
  • TheVoiceInsideTheVoiceInside Posts: 361
    out of sight out of mind.
  • Born2JamBorn2Jam Posts: 255
    Abuskedti wrote:
    That makes it more tragic - or less?

    Apples and oranges.
    Two totally different scenarios.
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  • Born2JamBorn2Jam Posts: 255
    JaneNY wrote:
    This is exactly what I think. Death of anyone is a tragedy.


    Except the mother fuckers who murder for the sake of murder.
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