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Would a massacre like this, exact same setting and everything, be as big of a deal anywhere else in the world?
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I'd have to say no. The reason that all this has made such a HUGE impact on the US is because its not something that happens every day. We look at news reports constantly about deaths in Iraq and Iran and other middle east countries, and just think 'Ho-hum, another day in the middle east.' But if you think about it, a person can open yahoo.com at any random time and almost always see a news article about deaths in the middle east... I did it just now, and sure enough, right at the top of the News section is 'Gunmen in northern Iraq kill 23 from small religious sect'.
Every day we read about suicide bombers and car bombs and school shootings in the middle east, often with greater casualties than the V-Tech massacre. You may say that its all part of war, but when the civilians are being killed by their own people, it doesnt change how pointless it is. We're not used to this kind of killing on our own soil. We've come to think 'that doesnt happen here, that happens there.'
As for what the people in Iraq think about all the deaths, that I cant say.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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