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re: Are we desensitized from horrific news coming out of Africa?
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:45 pm to Bama and Beer
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:45 pm to Bama and Beer
*In the minds of the media should I say.
That's probably sounded a lot worse than I meant it..
That's probably sounded a lot worse than I meant it..
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Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:45 pm to When in Rome
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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.
Close to what I would have said...
We all could be on a plane with a suicidal pilot. That could have been us.
We don't all attend college in Kenya, and thus aren't at risk of African tribal disputes.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:47 pm to When in Rome
i just dont really care what happens in someone else country. Its terrible and all, but really not my concern.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:48 pm to When in Rome
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150 killed in Kenya this morning,
How am I supposed to feel outraged if white guys didn't do it?
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:48 pm to Bluefin
True. I just thought it was an interesting parallel being that there was an equivalent death toll but a large difference in coverage.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 1:52 pm to When in Rome
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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.
You're right. It's a shame.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:03 pm to When in Rome
150 murders are nothing compared to the mass killings over there over the years! 
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:04 pm to Yewkindewit
I know that. This was just an example.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:07 pm to When in Rome
Nobody gives a shite about Africa
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:08 pm to When in Rome
I watched Sahara last night. General Kazim summed it up best when he said, "Don't worry. It's Africa. Nobody cares about Africa."
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:12 pm to When in Rome
That attack in that mall in Kenya got a lot of coverage on the news 
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:12 pm to When in Rome
Well that's easy.
A suicidal co-pilot locking himself in the cockpit and taking 150 people with him is out of the ordinary.
150 people getting killed in Africa is pretty much business as usual because Africa is a shithole.
A suicidal co-pilot locking himself in the cockpit and taking 150 people with him is out of the ordinary.
150 people getting killed in Africa is pretty much business as usual because Africa is a shithole.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:13 pm to lsunurse
That's because the mall is in an expat area of Nairobi and a lot of Europeans were inside.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:15 pm to Chaos_Actual
And much of the American black population want reparations for being removed from Mother Africa. It's still 1700s tribal warfare bs over there.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:34 pm to When in Rome
quote:Hegemony is firmly entrenched there. No need for outrage. Now it's just a matter of maintenace.
Are we desensitized from horrific news coming out of Africa? by When in Rome
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?
Shock and outrage is still neccessary in the ME to achieve similar results.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:42 pm to When in Rome
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Are we desensitized from horrific news coming out of Africa?
Yes. Thanks Obama!!
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:43 pm to When in Rome
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Are we desensitized from horrific news coming out of Africa?
Add the Middle East, and yes
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:46 pm to When in Rome
In the weeks after April 6, 1994, 800,000 men, women, and children perished in the Rwandan genocide, perhaps as many as three quarters of the Tutsi population. At the same time, thousands of Hutu were murdered because they opposed the killing campaign and the forces directing it.
Barely made the news then.
Barely made the news then.
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:47 pm to When in Rome
Gays can have pizza now
Posted on 4/2/15 at 2:48 pm to When in Rome
where the soil is stained red from the blood of it's citizens
why should we be surprised?
why should we be surprised?
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