Explosions at Boston Marathon

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    I think what deathboy is alluding to is that when people get blown up in some far off country there's a tendency to shrug our shoulders and say "Oh dear". But when it happens nearer to home (or at home) it suddenly becomes a big deal. But actually when you look at it objectively, the outrages are the same.

    As someone who lived through the IRA bombings in London, remembering the US lack of interest in - and in some cases, support for - those events compared with the outrage that is caused when it happens there (Waco, Boston etc), I can understand his viewpoint.

    And of course the media is all over it. Explosions look great on tv - much more interesting than some politician blathering on about something no-one really cares about. Sad but true.

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    • but it's not supposed to happen to us,
      you know, we have freedom      GeorgesIV
    • or say London's economic center VS Belfast... :pkingsteven
    • exactlyhans_glib
    • deathboy is not totally wrong but maybe some sentences are too much.
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    • What you're talking about is the Identifiable Victim effect, of course we're going to be more concerned with what happens in our own neighborhood.Josev
    • in our own neighborhood. That doesnt mean we shouldnt be ore concerned with what's happening to others in the world, but it explains why there's such concern here.Josev
    • world, but it explains why we have so much concern here.Josev
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