[ SECRET POST #3240 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3240 ⌋

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Comments

Re: The world post Paris

[(Anonymous)]

Oh ffs. What happened in Paris is horrific, but it's nothing new. People in the West are only making a big stink about it because it happened in their backyard this time.

(And before someone accuses me of trolling, I'm far from the only person saying this. Case in point: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/world/middleeast/beirut-lebanon-attacks-paris.html?_r=0)

Re: The world post Paris

[diet_poison]

so what exactly is so eyeroll-worthy of people feeling less safe when violence does happen in their backyard?

I mean I agree that people tend to ignore violence in places they expect it from that are far away from them and that's bad and sad, but it doesn't invalidate what anyone else here is saying.

Re: The world post Paris

[(Anonymous)]

There is a difference between "homegrown" and "imported" terrorism. Many people see domestic terrorists as a criminals and foreign terrorists as soldiers declaring war. 9/11 is still a huge deal, but Oklahoma bombing not that much.

People don't pay that much attention to the bombings in Beirut and Nigeria, because they are usually considered internal matters, and quite honestly, most people feel more affected when something happens closer to home. Western countries just are more connected to each other than to African or Middle Eastern countries.

Re: The world post Paris

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Internal strifes are scary, but they're also part of the internal issues and are deal with as such.
External attacks? Those are something completely different, because they don't just create fear of more violence, but also fear of an escalating situation that can involve more than one side and may even lead to a international war. And that is something that scares anyone more than anything else.

Re: The world post Paris

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly. And when violence happens in countries in the Middle East, people just see it as a daily occurrence at this point, since it seems every time you watch the news there's fighting and bombings going on somewhere over there. So it's not all that shocking anymore to people who don't live in that area of the world.

That sucks, of course, because even if it's common, it's no less sad or horrifying, and regular violence in Middle Eastern countries, and in Africa, is something Western countries should care about for various reasons. But that attitude does explain the lack of interest or fear all the same.

Re: The world post Paris

[(Anonymous)]

If someone you know gets terminal cancer, are you not allowed to care more than you do when people you don't know are dying of cancer every day?