Today on "People Overreact On Twitter", the Boston marathon

[deadly_habit]

it's great for the photog, the man in real shock... no one ever follows up.

[alphacat]

Was wondering what kind of asshole sees people bleeding, dying in the street... and pulls out their phone to film it.

[sigbowls]

that is pretty messed up

the other bombing pics are messed up to on the other side of the world

[deadly_habit]

Was wondering what kind of asshole sees people bleeding, dying in the street... and pulls out their phone to film it.

Same man, it's how those award winning photos are done though.

questions i'd have for this mofo

[nitz]

there's a bombing in Iraq every week at least, if not more. And it usually doesn't happen during a massive public event, it tends to be reserved to random roadside stuff (usually aimed at tanks etc) or to car bombs and shop bombs. It's terrible but it's a totally different situation to what happened in America.

Ehhh as someone who was there, it's more than that. Civilians are often a target, similar to this Boston shit, but then they have secondary IEDs/explosives setup for when first responders show up so it's a double whammy.

I was explaining to nitz why a bomb in Iraq doesn't get as much coverage as a bomb during a public even in America.

Well yeah that and all brown people are evil to most western news networks.
If they covered all the shit like this going on in the world with as much fervor as say Boston, then everyone would be desensitized by now (that and maybe they'd wake up that it's always the innocents getting fucked up no matter what color, country, creed, religion etc) and ratings would drop.

Isn't this the whole point thought? Just because it happens everyday doesn't mean it should be acceptable and we should forget about it. If i'm right the bomb that happened in iraq that day was not a road side bomb, but a targeted one, but like Boston.

[deadly_habit]

there's a bombing in Iraq every week at least, if not more. And it usually doesn't happen during a massive public event, it tends to be reserved to random roadside stuff (usually aimed at tanks etc) or to car bombs and shop bombs. It's terrible but it's a totally different situation to what happened in America.

Ehhh as someone who was there, it's more than that. Civilians are often a target, similar to this Boston shit, but then they have secondary IEDs/explosives setup for when first responders show up so it's a double whammy.

I was explaining to nitz why a bomb in Iraq doesn't get as much coverage as a bomb during a public even in America.

Well yeah that and all brown people are evil to most western news networks.
If they covered all the shit like this going on in the world with as much fervor as say Boston, then everyone would be desensitized by now (that and maybe they'd wake up that it's always the innocents getting fucked up no matter what color, country, creed, religion etc) and ratings would drop.

Isn't this the whole point thought? Just because it happens everyday doesn't mean it should be acceptable and we should forget about it. If i'm right the bomb that happened in iraq that day was not a road side bomb, but a targeted one, but like Boston.

My view is it should be used as an example of mankind being upstanding people in the face of tragedy. It shouldn't be on the news 24/7 and used to push any agenda for people it didn't affect.
Otherwise it becomes a distraction like people driving by a car crash. It should be no more important than the normal violence in the world.
I hate the 24/7 news stations and most pseudo journalists, if people don't get that.

[Phase Down]

That's called shock.

I know he is in shock. Wich is normal when you have 55% leg and a sticking out bone. I was just saying he LOOKS sad.

what you expect him to look happy? pretty fucking obvious hes bothered by it jezus motherfucking hell

[deadly_habit]

I don't think I've ever seen someone in shock or pain smiling, but it is possible. I know I've smirked at times when getting my ass beat, but when out of it and in shock, the body just does what it naturally does.

[Dutchstep]

That's called shock.

I know he is in shock. Wich is normal when you have 55% leg and a sticking out bone. I was just saying he LOOKS sad.

what you expect him to look happy? pretty fucking obvious hes bothered by it jezus motherfucking hell

Can't I just say he looks sad without cigarettes repy with useless shit?

[Dutchstep]

So I can't say f a g?

[deadly_habit]

Say whatever you please, just realize in some part of the world it's known to offend people.

[Dutchstep]

Say whatever you please, just realize in some part of the world it's known to offend people.

No I can't because I get cigarettes instead.

[esfandyar]

http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/04/ ... begun.html

The Post-Boston Islamophobic Hate Crimes Have Begun

by Julianne Hing, Thursday, April 18 2013, 4:22 PM EST

On Wednesday, a white man harassed and punched a Palestinian woman in Medford, Massachusetts, calling her a “terrorist” and blaming her for the deadly bombing attack at the Boston Marathon.

Hema Abolaban, a physician, was walking down the street with a friend when they were approached. Malden Patch reported:

“He was screaming ‘F_ you Muslims! You are terrorists! I hate you! You are involved in the Boston explosions! F_ you!’” Abolaban remembered. “Oh my lord, I was extremely shocked.”

She said the man - described as a white male in his thirties wearing dark sunglasses - kept shouting and walking toward her as she backed away.

“I did not say anything to him,” she said. “Not even that we aren’t terrorists…he was so aggressive.”

Abolaban is not alone. The New York Post reports that a Bangladeshi man was beaten up by Latino men outside a Bronx Applebee’s restaurant. He, too, was blamed for the Boston bombing.

Many Arabs, Middle Easterners, Muslims, South Asians, and those confused for any of the above have been bracing themselves for the discriminatory response since the bombing happened. Indeed, immediately after the race police questioned a Saudi student who was at the race. He’d been hospitalized with injuries he sustained during the attack, but very quickly, media set upon the student, announcing him as “the Saudi suspect.” Boston police later confirmed that the student was only a witness, not a suspect, but only after they searched his apartment for five hours and carted out bags of his belongings.

On Tuesday, an airplane leaving Boston’s Logan Airport was grounded this week after passengers reported that two men were speaking Arabic on the plane, Boston’s Fox 25 reported.

We have been here before. Fueled by a hysterical demagoguery which has saturated the political climate, Islamophobic hate crimes have been a defining feature of life for South Asian, Arab, Middle Eastern and Muslim communities since Sept. 11.

Say whatever you please, just realize in some part of the world it's known to offend people.

No I can't because I get cigarettes instead.

thats because its a shit word for small minded people.

[EliteLennon117]

Ya fuck discrimination

[wub]

[Sexual_Chocolate]

i wonder if they know how dumb they really look.

[wub]

i wonder if they know how dumb they really look.

#notanidiot just a #deepthinker

[nitz]

My view is it should be used as an example of mankind being upstanding people in the face of tragedy. It shouldn't be on the news 24/7 and used to push any agenda for people it didn't affect.
Otherwise it becomes a distraction like people driving by a car crash. It should be no more important than the normal violence in the world.
I hate the 24/7 news stations and most pseudo journalists, if people don't get that.

That's a very valid point DH.

[skell1ngton777]

shutup imma make u a parking lot in ur, house

[magma]

Isn't this the whole point thought? Just because it happens everyday doesn't mean it should be acceptable and we should forget about it. If i'm right the bomb that happened in iraq that day was not a road side bomb, but a targeted one, but like Boston.

It's all about relevance to the audience and novelty. Although a bomb in Baghdad is just as serious and upsetting as a bomb in Boston, it struggles to reach the Western news because a) It's a fairly routine and unfortunately expected occurrence in recent warzones and b) Because it doesn't change the way the viewers of Western news (i.e. Westerners) live their day-to-day lives.

Baghdad's a dangerous place at the moment - but not many viewers of Fox News live there. Boston isn't currently a dangerous place and a LOT of western media viewers live there. If their home just got a little bit less safe, they probably want to know about it. If a place they're unlikely to visit because it's too dangerous stays at a constant level of danger, it's not really "news".

Having said that, rolling news should be able to cover a LOT more than it does - and not necessarily the violence around the world, either. The amount of dwelling on issues like this is counter-productive - I agree with DH's post a lot. These things shouldn't be glamourised so much just because they're exciting - information should be given to those that need it, but they shouldn't be used as an excuse to whip the entire world up into a terrorised frenzy of PATRIOTIC JUSTICE until only a war will calm them down again.