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Originally posted by Cas
Of course that we are gonna be more struck by the terrorist act in Paris
a. Sadly, the situation in Middle East has been like that for many years. People know that it's not safe there, esp if you're Christian.
b. The tragedy happens in Paris, considered one of the global capitals - well protected too.
c. The things is - it's only natural for people to care more about things that they know better, that are close to you. You may be sad when an airplane incident happens - it's a tragedy after all. Now if someone close to you dies, God forbids, you feel infinitely more times devastates.
So stop with the SJW, "offensive" bull crap.Not here, not now.
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Last sentence doesn't deal at all with my comment.
Letter c is absolutely nonsense. How "close" one is with a culture doesn't ultimately mean their deaths are more important. I'm talking socially-wise; what someone means as an individual.
Letter b is like that because it is not located on a place where first-world countries (i.e. France, the U.S.) have all tried to control, the Middle East. Countries located there were not separated by cultures, but by mere intentions of not giving enough power to a region in order to have a better control of the area, rich in oil and undeniably well-positioned to commerce. It just wasn't convenient for 1st world countries.
The conclusion with a is basically the same as letter c. NO deaths of innocent people in A are less tragic than deaths from people in B. Not all people in the Middle East are extremists. The lives of those non-extremist ones matter as much as the lives of the innocent people who died in France. What disappoints me, however, is how over-exaggerated this event is being covered by the media.