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Old 04-15-2013, 05:50 PM   #58 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Vanilla View Post

And notice that there's bombings in Syria everyday and no one blinks an eye lid.
Let's take stock of a few things:

-Syria has been in the American media, daily, for months.
-Syria is in a civil war
-The purpose of war is to kill
-Therefor, unless a bombing or murder of civilians is (somehow) relevant to the overall progression of the general conflict, it's not going to get much major media coverage.

-America has several times the population of Syria
-America has several times the GDP of Syria
-Bombings of civilians in America are an anomaly
-America is home to many, many globally significant media outlets

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Or were you referring to the reaction on this board? If that's the case, it might have something to do with the ratio of Syrians to Americans on it. Just a wild guess.
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