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OK - enough petty bickering. Thank you for providing me one of the few answers to go on. It would actually surprise me greatly to find that not many Americans know about it seeing as it is a WOT thing. The letter from my friend and the lack of much US response to Aelia's thread had me wondering though.
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10-12-2003, 07:23 PM | #12 | |
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OK - enough petty bickering. Thank you for providing me one of the few answers to go on. It would actually surprise me greatly to find that not many Americans know about it seeing as it is a WOT thing. The letter from my friend and the lack of much US response to Aelia's thread had me wondering though. [/QUOTE] You have said you are against generalzing several times. And maybe you didn't say anything directly, and maybe I am reading into to much, but considering there wasn't much of a response at all to Aelia Jusa and you singled out Americans seems to say something. After all no Englishmen at all have responded. Oh, I guess I should mention that I used the English for no other reason than next to Americans, I would guess English would be the most populous on the board. [ 10-12-2003, 07:27 PM: Message edited by: Iron_Ranger ]
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10-12-2003, 09:13 PM | #13 |
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IR, I don't think Davros meant anything derogatory by his comment. I think it was merely that his friend was American and didn't know anything about Bali, which caused him to wonder about other Americans since he had evidence of one being unaware. I think it's generally more pleasant to assume the best and that people don't have ulterior motives, than to wonder if they do. At the very least I avoid having to defend myself all the time [img]smile.gif[/img] . I also think that bickering over what people might have meant or inferred or who they might have been generalising about isn't really appropriate in this thread.
I have to say I was a little underwhelmed by the responses as well. I'm sure that other countries aren't getting quite the coverage as we are getting, as Bali is very close to Australia and we made up the lion's share of foreign casualties, however this was a world event and I would have expected that it would have mentioned at least a bit. For example I heard on the radio the other day about British anger over the shabby way the government has treated the victims and their families since the bombing. Still, caring and acknowledging these things isn't only achieved by posting on a thread on a gaming board [img]smile.gif[/img]
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10-12-2003, 09:24 PM | #14 |
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It was in the news here, i just didn't know what to add to this whole thing. It's sad enough as it is.
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10-12-2003, 09:41 PM | #15 |
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Sorry I haven't posted sooner but I haven't been around much lately. At least in Dallas, the tragedy did get a lot of coverage. Americans, as a generic whole, do not understand any rational of terrorist activity. When it occurs the reaction is horror at the event, sympathy for the victims, and a hatred of the terrorists and whatever their cause happens to be. That this is the one year anniversary has not been covered. Crassly, that is because it is "yesterday's news" and the media has moved on. Unless there is an overriding local impact to the event, then insular American media won't remember or cover the event. That doesn't mean that Americans dont care or share the pain of the victims. It is more a reflection of our news service than the compassion that is really present in the average person.
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10-12-2003, 09:50 PM | #16 |
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200+ lives lost multiplied by surviving loved one's grief and sadness. What words can really fit?
Small consolation that many of those behind this act are reaping swift justice from the all death they have sown. Aside- The news here has covered it, or rather I am paying attention to many sources of news so maybe it was hard for me miss since I cast a wide net for information.
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