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Old 13-09-2015, 12:31 PM #1
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Its funny isnt it but as its in SA we dont really care so much. I am not saying that its bad but the hierarchy of death is always interesting..
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-34231620
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oh my
my thought are with them and there famliys
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what thoughts?
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well they could be dead from it
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It was god that sent a thunderbolt that knocked the crane down
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Yeah I read about that... Absolutely awful... Imagine if something like that happened here in the UK? More people would probably care.... I guess that's just society.
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Yeah I read about that... Absolutely awful... Imagine if something like that happened here in the UK? More people would probably care.... I guess that's just society.
if it happened in the USA we would be on page 3 already
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That's awful.
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rather ironic that an act of "god" should wipe out 100 at Mecca
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I think you're reading far too much into it.... :/
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and on 9/11 date..
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I did read about it yes, I didn't make a thread as what else is there to say except 'that's terrible'?
It's a tragic accident, they happen.
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I did read about it yes, I didn't make a thread as what else is there to say except 'that's terrible'?
It's a tragic accident, they happen.
the sussex aircrash got 35 replies
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Its funny isnt it but as its in SA we dont really care so much. I am not saying that its bad but the hierarchy of death is always interesting..

Yes a Storm caused that
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It woz only dust-faces LT, no harm done. If there were any Brits there they would all have been immigrants anyway, probably on benefits, so just means us tax payers will be shelling out less for fags and tattoos rite?
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It woz only dust-faces LT, no harm done. If there were any Brits there they would all have been immigrants anyway, probably on benefits, so just means us tax payers will be shelling out less for fags and tattoos rite?
yes that is why we dont care
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yes that is why we dont care
It's not actually a race issue, just an empathy issue. People feel worse for people "like them" because they have "lives like theirs", therefore they can more easily imagine that it WAS them, therefore they feel worse.

If it was Americans people would be more concerned, yes, but this probably applies regardless of whether or not the injured Americans (or Brits, other Europeans, etc.) are white or not... sooo... it's cultural bias rather than racial, basically.
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Jeeesus. that's awful. RIP to all those killed
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I dont get why people not reacting to this is an issue, look at it this way, a car crash in your home town is going to be more important news to you than a motorway crash 400 miles away. Of course people would react more if the crane crash happened in the UK, because it's closer to home. You could just as easily ask why no one is talking about the shooting in Marseille or the Californian wildfires.
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I dont get why people not reacting to this is an issue, look at it this way, a car crash in your home town is going to be more important news to you than a motorway crash 400 miles away. Of course people would react more if the crane crash happened in the UK, because it's closer to home. You could just as easily ask why no one is talking about the shooting in Marseille or the Californian wildfires.
I totally agree.
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I dont get why people not reacting to this is an issue, look at it this way, a car crash in your home town is going to be more important news to you than a motorway crash 400 miles away. Of course people would react more if the crane crash happened in the UK, because it's closer to home. You could just as easily ask why no one is talking about the shooting in Marseille or the Californian wildfires.
Thank Feck for someone sensible.
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