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Boston

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:15 pm
by Dexter Morgan™
R.I.P. all who fell today, and to all who are bombed with drones daily like the wedding party of 30 in Afghanistan today due to another drone "mistake".
:smt090

Re: Boston

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:20 pm
by Sniperwax
Earl Ragnor Lodbrok™ wrote:R.I.P. all who fell today, and to all who are bombed with drones daily like the wedding party of 30 in Afghanistan today due to another drone "mistake".
:smt090


Has anyone claimed credit yet? It could have been domestic terrorism. Little early to start polls with these assumptions.

Re: Boston

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 9:02 pm
by Sol
links?

Re: Boston

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:54 am
by ƒëmmë
from the news reports I saw only 2 dead from the blasts in Boston.

Personally think it was an internal nutter, given it was an international event that was targeted.

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/wo ... 6621197225

Re: Boston

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 8:51 am
by Guild
Image

Re: Boston

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:13 am
by Legendary Apophis
Three.

Re: Boston

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:22 am
by Guild
Legendary Apophis wrote:Three.


was a repost.

Re: Boston

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:25 am
by Juliette
Guild wrote:Image



Yeah. I was wondering about the same thing. :)

Re: Boston

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:27 am
by SuperSaiyan
Anything on home soil will always gain more local media attention.
I don't understand why no one has thought of that aspect yet while trying to criticize the situation.

Re: Boston

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:29 am
by Guild
George Hazard wrote:Anything on home soil will always gain more local media attention.
I don't understand why no one has thought of that aspect yet while trying to criticize the situation.


i thought of that exact reason several hours ago, even commented it to someone saying how its stupid that its such a tragedy when a few people die in america but its not worth covering when a lot of people die in a foreign country

but when i saw this meme... well it does make you think about it,not critisise but think about it

Re: Boston

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:30 am
by SuperSaiyan
Guild wrote:
George Hazard wrote:Anything on home soil will always gain more local media attention.
I don't understand why no one has thought of that aspect yet while trying to criticize the situation.


i thought of that exact reason several hours ago, even commented it to someone saying how its stupid that its such a tragedy when a few people die in america but its not worth covering when a lot of people die in a foreign country

but when i saw this meme... well it does make you think about it,not critisise but think about it

Its not much to think about, its only natural to care more about what is happening down the street than what is happening on the other side of the planet.

Re: Boston

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:32 am
by Guild
George Hazard wrote:
Guild wrote:
George Hazard wrote:Anything on home soil will always gain more local media attention.
I don't understand why no one has thought of that aspect yet while trying to criticize the situation.


i thought of that exact reason several hours ago, even commented it to someone saying how its stupid that its such a tragedy when a few people die in america but its not worth covering when a lot of people die in a foreign country

but when i saw this meme... well it does make you think about it,not critisise but think about it

Its not much to think about, its only natural to care more about what is happening down the street than what is happening on the other side of the planet.


should put things into perspective though, 3 people die in america, 30'some die in Iran and about 16,000 starve daily

Re: Boston

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:33 am
by Juliette
George Hazard wrote:Anything on home soil will always gain more local media attention.
I don't understand why no one has thought of that aspect yet while trying to criticize the situation.
It is not home soil in Europe though, and yet it is being made into a major catastrophe and oh-oh terror yikes!

Hell, more people die each day in traffic accidents in the Netherlands alone. So yeah. I still wonder why the hell this is so much worse than what happens in Iraq/Afghanistan/Pakistan/Libya/Tunisia/Egypt/Sudan/and other members of the Caliphate. (Only looking at major centers of terrorism here. Of course traffic and disease still kill a lot more than terrorism ever will.)


Then again, I suppose if the apple salesman sells pineapples, that is news, whereas the pineapple salesman selling pineapples is just doing his job.

Re: Boston

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:36 am
by SuperSaiyan
Juliette wrote:
George Hazard wrote:Anything on home soil will always gain more local media attention.
I don't understand why no one has thought of that aspect yet while trying to criticize the situation.
It is not home soil in Europe though, and yet it is being made into a major catastrophe and oh-oh terror yikes!


Well thats just you then. Clearly you crazy europeans care more about the big ol' fatty than you do the middle east. lol

Guild wrote:
George Hazard wrote:
Guild wrote:
George Hazard wrote:Anything on home soil will always gain more local media attention.
I don't understand why no one has thought of that aspect yet while trying to criticize the situation.


i thought of that exact reason several hours ago, even commented it to someone saying how its stupid that its such a tragedy when a few people die in america but its not worth covering when a lot of people die in a foreign country

but when i saw this meme... well it does make you think about it,not critisise but think about it

Its not much to think about, its only natural to care more about what is happening down the street than what is happening on the other side of the planet.


should put things into perspective though, 3 people die in america, 30'some die in Iran and about 16,000 starve daily


People die every time you take a breath, if you stopped to think or care about every single one of them you'd not be able to function.

Re: Boston

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:37 am
by BarelyAllen
George Hazard wrote:Anything on home soil will always gain more local media attention.
I don't understand why no one has thought of that aspect yet while trying to criticize the situation.

Also, Americans like to think of this country as relatively safe. When something like this happens, it opens up the reality that the U.S. isn't protected from everything. They don't feel the same about other countries, seeing them as not being organized enough to mount a defense.