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Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - icephoenix21 - 2013-04-15
Maybe this is a bit out of place (I do have sympathy towards those people that were effected by this and wish that no more individuals be harmed), but why is this pomegranate always happening in the US.
You almost never hear about things like this happening in other countries.
I mean, what other country has this many school shootings; bombings, and other acts of terrorism and violence on their own soil?
I suppose the answer lies in who's behind the bombings, of which it could even be the plot of some Americans.
It's really just adding to the reasons of why I don't want to live in America.
Excuse me for not being patriotic and supportive of the country as a whole.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - MuscleWizard - 2013-04-15
icephoenix21 Wrote:Maybe this is a bit out of place (I do have sympathy towards those people that were effected by this and wish that no more individuals be harmed), but why is this pomegranate always happening in the US.
You almost never hear about things like this happening in other countries.
I mean, what other country has this many school shootings; bombings, and other acts of terrorism and violence on their own soil?
I suppose the answer lies in who's behind the bombings, of which it could even be the plot of some Americans.
It's really just adding to the reasons of why I don't want to live in America.
Excuse me for not being patriotic and supportive of the country as a whole.
africa
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - KhainiWest - 2013-04-15
icephoenix21 Wrote:Maybe this is a bit out of place (I do have sympathy towards those people that were effected by this and wish that no more individuals be harmed), but why is this pomegranate always happening in the US.
You almost never hear about things like this happening in other countries.
I mean, what other country has this many school shootings; bombings, and other acts of terrorism and violence on their own soil?
I suppose the answer lies in who's behind the bombings, of which it could even be the plot of some Americans.
It's really just adding to the reasons of why I don't want to live in America.
Excuse me for not being patriotic and supportive of the country as a whole.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Canada
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - icephoenix21 - 2013-04-15
MuscleWizard Wrote:africa
So we can compare America's acts of violence to those of a third-world
Nice.
Edit: [MENTION=4235]KhainiWest[/MENTION]; lol, from that article:
-'October 2008 to July 2009 - Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Six natural gas pipelines owned by Encana Corp. were bombed after letters were sent to a local newspaper opposing the gas industry.' The nature activists have my approval.
-April 9, 1989 - Charles Yacoub hijacks a bus and drives it to Parliament Hill to protest the Syrian invasion of Lebanon so he jacks a bus.
I mean I know there's more serious ones than that but still, not something that would make our news (or anyone else's besides Canada's). I have a friend in New Zealand that heard about this Boston issue before I did..
Also, the length in comparison:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_United_States
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - KhainiWest - 2013-04-15
icephoenix21 Wrote:So we can compare America's acts of violence to those of a third-world country that is (at least in many places) struggling, whether it be with disease, education, women's rights, government, etc.
Nice.
Edit: @KhainiWest; lol, from that article:
-'October 2008 to July 2009 - Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Six natural gas pipelines owned by Encana Corp. were bombed after letters were sent to a local newspaper opposing the gas industry.' The nature activists have my approval.
-April 9, 1989 - Charles Yacoub hijacks a bus and drives it to Parliament Hill to protest the Syrian invasion of Lebanon so he jacks a bus.
I mean I know there's more serious ones than that but still, not something that would make our news (or anyone else's besides Canada's). I have a friend in New Zealand that heard about this Boston issue before I did..
Also, the length in comparison:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_terrorism_in_the_United_States
The canadian list is longer when it comes to Domestic Terrorism. Not to mention that the crime rate between our two countries are statistically almost identical. What skew's them is how the courts describe specific laws, they differ between our two countries.
By the way, Nigeria, is very modern, it even hosts the United States embassy, yet is top 5 in the most dangerous places in Africa, not sure on Earth.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - ShadeCaro - 2013-04-15
My heart does go out to the families who lost a member / have one injured.
I wonder how my dad's taking it, he was born in Boston and has lots of family there.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - Lozmaster - 2013-04-15
ShadeCaro Wrote:I wonder how my dad's taking it, he was born in Boston and has lots of family there.
Get your butt off southperry and go phone him and find out.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - Justin - 2013-04-15
Maybe if this stuff didn't get such MASS coverage other psychos would be less inclined to do it... Yeah, it's horrible and tragic, but we do not need these major news outlets giving 5 minute updates during the whole debacle. Most information reported within the first day is completely false anyway, they just make pomegranate up or twist things so that they have SOMETHING to put out there.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - ShadeCaro - 2013-04-15
Lozmaster Wrote:Get your butt off southperry and go phone him and find out.
He has a meeting right now but gets off at 4:30, I already planned on it.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - CrazyForDex - 2013-04-15
Justin Wrote:Maybe if this stuff didn't get such MASS coverage other psychos would be less inclined to do it... Yeah, it's horrible and tragic, but we do not need these major news outlets giving 5 minute updates during the whole debacle. Most information reported within the first day is completely false anyway, they just make pomegranate up or twist things so that they have SOMETHING to put out there.
But bro, what about those ratings?
In all seriousness, the media knows people want to know what took place and considering nobody has a clear idea of what occurred or why, they are trying to keep viewership high by covering it. The news media is for profit and thus doesn't really have a choice in the matter.
Lol @ all the people on social media pouring their hearts out and sending condolences to those affected. This seems to happen whenever there is some sort of tradegy nowadays, people come crawling out of the woodwork to pretend that they really care, to gather attention while also criticizing those who are not openly simpathetic. In a few days it will all be back to business as usual.
Edit: I'm sorry if my post comes off as uncaring, but I am simply commenting on the whole hypocrisy of this social media phenomenon.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - Loose - 2013-04-15
CrazyForDex Wrote:Lol @ all the people on social media pouring their hearts out and sending condolences to those affected. This seems to happen whenever there is some sort of tradegy nowadays, people come crawling out of the woodwork to pretend that they really care, to gather attention while also criticizing those who are not openly simpathetic. In a few days it will all be back to business as usual.Never forget. Rinse and repeat. Etc.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - FallenMemory - 2013-04-15
I live in Boston, and man is it crazy down here. I don't even know what to say.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - Chilly - 2013-04-15
Justin Wrote:Maybe if this stuff didn't get such MASS coverage other psychos would be less inclined to do it... Yeah, it's horrible and tragic, but we do not need these major news outlets giving 5 minute updates during the whole debacle. Most information reported within the first day is completely false anyway, they just make pomegranate up or twist things so that they have SOMETHING to put out there.
I have to agree with this, even though it was a sports event, there is little need for ESPN to try and cover this. I emphasize try, because I was expecting to watch a different program, but I get this anchor try to conduct interviews when his forte was clearly teleprompter reading. It was annoying, both the shoddy coverage and the inundation of repetitive information.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - Mike - 2013-04-15
Jesus... I am pretty speechless.
Thoughts to the victims; I hope everyone is okay.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - Teigri - 2013-04-15
icephoenix21 Wrote:So we can compare America's acts of violence to those of a third-world country that is (at least in many places) struggling, whether it be with disease, education, women's rights, government, etc.
Nice.
Africa is not a country.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - CrazyForDex - 2013-04-15
Teigri Wrote:Africa is not a country.
Lmao. I was wondering if someone was going to bring that up.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - icephoenix21 - 2013-04-15
Teigri Wrote:Africa is not a country.
My typo. I am aware that it's not a country.
As for the video you sent me, I really don't care to watch it for 15 minutes.
I'm sure Africa has some very civilized countries, but in that same aspect they also have incidences like Darfur.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - FrozNlite - 2013-04-15
icephoenix21 Wrote:Maybe this is a bit out of place (I do have sympathy towards those people that were effected by this and wish that no more individuals be harmed), but why is this pomegranate always happening in the US.
You almost never hear about things like this happening in other countries.
I mean, what other country has this many school shootings; bombings, and other acts of terrorism and violence on their own soil?
I suppose the answer lies in who's behind the bombings, of which it could even be the plot of some Americans.
It's really just adding to the reasons of why I don't want to live in America.
Excuse me for not being patriotic and supportive of the country as a whole.
In addition to Africa, um, much of the Middle East?
For example, there were 20 car bombings in Iraq today that left 37 dead.
Just saying.
I don't disagree with you completely, as the United States has an incredible problem with violence domestically, but we're by far not the worst. Our country isn't currently embroiled in civil unrest like dozens. It just happens to be the biggest global superpower with a major problem.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - Corn - 2013-04-15
China seems to have even more school shootings than we do. We just don't hear about them. Because it's China.
Bombs go off near finish line of Boston Marathon - zantgx - 2013-04-15
US Gov't will blame 1 of 3 types of ppl
1) Arabic
2) Jews
3) North Koreans