University of Michigan Professor Juan Cole pointed out last night on PBS’s Newshour:
Remember that we’re all concerned, as we should be, about these events at Virginia Tech today. In Iraq this is a daily event. Imagine how horrible it would be if this kind of massacre were occurring every single day. And the people of Iraq feel that either the Americans are not stopping it or they’re actually causing it.
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And then I found one of the comics I read has created a visual! Here ya go:
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Very good point. People like to watch, it's the same thing with auto accidents.
But people don't really see all the stuff that happens in Iraq. Something about the news not wanting to depress people too much. That's why there's always a story about a puppy or something.
I take your point and agree. In particular the saccharine bullshit put out by the president about the shooting is a heinous injustice given that his war has caused orders of maginitude more suffering both for Iraqis and, to a lesser extent, American servicemen and their families.
I also find loathesome the jackasses who have piled on to this incident to push gun control and censorship of video games. PersonallyI find this, written originally in response to 9-11, to be quite apropos.
http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.9.12.102423.271.html
Sorry, the URL got cut off. Here it is again:
http://www.adequacy.org/stories/
2001.9.12.102423.271.html
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