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Are we desensitized from horrific news coming out of Africa?
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:38 pm
150 people were killed in that plane crash and it's all over the news and people are talking about it nonstop.
150 killed in Kenya this morning, most of which were university students gunned down at their school, and that garners a lot less attention.
What's the reason for this?
150 killed in Kenya this morning, most of which were university students gunned down at their school, and that garners a lot less attention.
What's the reason for this?
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Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:40 pm to When in Rome
Because George Bush still doesn't care about black people
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:40 pm to When in Rome
Simple answer. Yes
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:40 pm to When in Rome
This an Obama thing, not George Bush..
Everything is Obama's fault.
Everything is Obama's fault.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:40 pm to MasCervezas
Nope, from the 9th Ward.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:40 pm to When in Rome
All news - local, national, international - seems to focus on the horrific, negative shite. I can't watch it anymore.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:41 pm to When in Rome
Both are tragic. We can study a crash and strive to prevent them as much as possible. Trying to get involved in Africa will only lead to further loss of life.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:41 pm to When in Rome
An American (or European in this case) life is worth about 100 Africans
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:41 pm to UserName69
quote:
This an Obama thing, not George Bush..
Everything is Obama's fault.
Half of Obama hates black people.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:41 pm to When in Rome
I'd say we are absolutely desensitized from horrific news in general, much less the horrors on the other side of the world.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:41 pm to Honkus
quote:damn
An American (or European in this case) life is worth about 100 Africans
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:42 pm to When in Rome
It seems we get monthly mass killings somewhere in Africa, and have for several years. I think people are accustomed to it.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:42 pm to Bama and Beer
One possible answer I think is that people can identify more with the plane crashers if they travel a lot. Maybe the topic is more sensationalized.
But then again, most people that post here are in college or have family/friends in college.
I can't help but think that if the attack in Kenya happened in other parts of the world, it would be more widely publicized.
So I don't know.
But then again, most people that post here are in college or have family/friends in college.
I can't help but think that if the attack in Kenya happened in other parts of the world, it would be more widely publicized.
So I don't know.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:42 pm to When in Rome
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150 killed in Kenya this morning, most of which were university students gunned down at their school, and that garners a lot less attention.
What's the reason for this?
That's not even the most horrific thing to happen in Africa in the past 6 months.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:43 pm to When in Rome
Because many of us could have been on the plan that wacko nut job crashed...it's harder to get hit by Muslim wackos here in the modern west.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:43 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Africa is a shithole that is unfixable as it stands now.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:43 pm to When in Rome
Yes
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:44 pm to Bluefin
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That's not even the most horrific thing to happen in Africa in the past 6 months.
Try minutes.
Liberia alone could handle that amount of horror in minutes.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:45 pm to When in Rome
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God already left Africa.
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