Here's a question for ya...
Bombing in London... Tragedy, yes or no?
Terrorists in London detonate bombs, blowing up a subway and a bus, killing approximately 56 people, and wounding many others. O course this would be considered a tragedy. For about a week it made the front page of every major news paper throughout the world, headlined on all of the prime time news programs, and so on.
Another question for ya...
Suicide bombing in Iraq Kills 58, and wounds many others... Tragedy, yes or no?
The newspapers and prime time news programs wouldn't think so. I found this article in the back of the news paper, and it was nothing more than a caption. Not a major story on the news, and just a little article about it on the internet.
It's understandable that it is a bigger deal because it's the first attack like this that has occured in London. But why is it not even a big deal in Iraq?? Granted, attacks like these take place almost every day, but because they're so frequent or expected, does that make them less of a tragedy, or a tragedy at all?
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Well yes it IS a tragedy that there was a bombing in Iraq. and i think its a tragedy as well that we've grown so accustomed to it that we've tuned out. You said it best, ites because it happens so often that its nothing new to us. Media capitalizes of fear and surprise, etc. The attacks on London were unheard of until now and it strikes fear in countries across the world.
By the way, there were more bombings this morning in England.
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